Got British citizenship? You must surrender your Indian passport before you can apply for OCI. We handle the entire process — application form, document prep, VFS appointment booking.
Sorted's surrender service is £79 — the cheapest in the UK, versus £100+ elsewhere. The government consular fee is £30, paid separately at your appointment, plus the ICWF levy and the VFS service charge. The £79 covers the application, document prep and VFS booking.
Typically 2–4 weeks from your VFS submission. You need the certificate before you can apply for an OCI card, so most people start it as soon as they receive British citizenship.
Yes. Indian law requires you to surrender your Indian passport once you acquire another nationality, and the resulting Surrender Certificate is mandatory for OCI. Sorted offers a Surrender + OCI bundle (£199) to handle both.
Under Indian law, if you've acquired citizenship of another country (like British citizenship), you must surrender your Indian passport and obtain a Surrender Certificate. This certificate is then required before you can apply for an OCI card.
Many people don't realise this is a separate step — you can't just apply for OCI directly. The surrender must happen first, and you need the certificate in hand before the OCI application can begin.
Send us a message and we'll confirm what you need. You'll receive a document checklist within hours.
Photo/scan your passports, naturalisation certificate, and other docs. Send via WhatsApp — we check everything.
Within 12 hours, your application is complete, documents organised, and VFS appointment booked.
Submit your documents at VFS. Pay the government fee (£30, plus the ICWF levy and the VFS charge). We guide you through the day.
Typically 2-4 weeks. Once received, you're ready to apply for OCI — and we can help with that too.
If your application is rejected because of anything we filled or prepared, we redo it free. No argument, no extra fee.
Our work on your surrender application: the fields we complete, the documents we prepare, the VFS appointment we book, and the checks we run before it goes in. If a rejection traces back to any of that, we redo the application at no cost to you.
We guarantee accuracy and submission — not the government’s decision, and not its timeline. Neither is ours to promise, and a guarantee that pretended otherwise would be a sales line rather than a guarantee. Government and VFS fees are paid to them, not to us, and are non-refundable whatever happens. And if a fact you gave us was wrong, we’ll help you put it right, but that isn’t a rejection caused by our work.
Typically 2-4 weeks from VFS submission to receiving your Surrender Certificate. We'll track the status for you.
No — you must receive your Surrender Certificate first before applying for OCI. But we offer a Surrender + OCI bundle for £199 that manages both applications seamlessly, one after the other.
The government consular fee for a surrender certificate is £30 — the fee in the consular schedule in force from 1 July 2026, which is exclusive of the ICWF levy; the VFS service charge is separate again. You pay it directly at the VFS centre along with those two, separate from our service fee. None of it comes to us.
You can still apply for a surrender certificate. Additional documentation is needed — WhatsApp us and we'll guide you through the specific requirements.
If your application is rejected because of anything we filled or prepared, we redo it free. That is the part we control, so that is the part we stand behind: the accuracy of what goes on the form and getting it submitted correctly. We do not guarantee the government's decision or its timeline, and we could not honestly promise either — they are not ours to give. Government and VFS fees are paid to them and not to us, and are non-refundable whatever the outcome. And if a fact you gave us was wrong, we will help you put it right, but that is not a rejection caused by our work.
Whether your child should apply for British citizenship or a British passport is a question for a regulated immigration adviser — we can't advise on that. We handle the Indian documents whichever way you decide.
WhatsApp us today. Most applications completed within 12 hours.
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