Indian passport surrender after 3 yrs

[adamsands25]

Folks,
Need to surrender Indian passport. It has been more than 3 years since i received Canadian citizenship. Never travelled on Indian passport after that. The BLS site does not have any information on surrender fee if doing after 3 years. Has anyone surrender Indian passport after 3 yrs and did you have to pay any penalty ?
Thanks

 

[forw.jane]

Folks,
Need to surrender Indian passport. It has been more than 3 years since i received Canadian citizenship. Never travelled on Indian passport after that. The BLS site does not have any information on surrender fee if doing after 3 years. Has anyone surrender Indian passport after 3 yrs and did you have to pay any penalty ?
Thanks

https://eoi.gov.in/eoisearch/MyPrint.php?0834?001/0005

1.

Passport not surrendered up to three years and not used for travel after obtaining foreign passport.

No penalty

Should be no penalty.

 

[adamsands25]

https://eoi.gov.in/eoisearch/MyPrint.php?0834?001/0005

1.

Passport not surrendered up to three years and not used for travel after obtaining foreign passport.

No penalty

Should be no penalty.

Many thanks for the reply forw.jane.
My issue is its been more than 3 yrs. The statement talks about upto 3 yrs. Not much clarity on it.

 

[forw.jane]

Many thanks for the reply forw.jane.
My issue is its been more than 3 yrs. The statement talks about upto 3 yrs. Not much clarity on it.

You should give a call to BLS or do a walkin to get an answer for this.

 

[CANADA-1]

Folks,
Need to surrender Indian passport. It has been more than 3 years since i received Canadian citizenship. Never travelled on Indian passport after that. The BLS site does not have any information on surrender fee if doing after 3 years. Has anyone surrender Indian passport after 3 yrs and did you have to pay any penalty ?
Thanks

S.No.	Scenario	Penalty	Section
01.	Passport not surrendered up to three years and not used for travel after obtaining foreign passport	No Penalty	-----
02.	Passport not surrendered up to three years and travelled once after obtaining foreign passport.	No penalty for retention of passport but penalty of Rs.10,000 (CHF 450.- *) for travel on Indian passport	12(1A)
03.	Passport not surrendered up to three years and travelled more than once after obtaining foreign passport.	No penalty for retention of passport but penalty of Rs.10,000 for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate penalty on travel not to exceed Rs.50,000 ) (CHF 2250.-*)	12(1A)
04.	Passport not surrendered for over three years and used for travel after obtaining foreign passport.	Penalty of Rs.10,000.-(CHF 450.-*) for retention of passport and penalty of Rs.10,000 (CHF450.-*) for each travel on Indian passport (aggregate penalty on travel not to exceed Rs.50,000) (CHF 2250.-*)	12(1A)
05.	Renewal/re-issue of Indian passport and travelling on it after acquiring foreign nationality.	(i) Rs.25,000 (CHF 1125.-*) for each renewal/re-issue and (ii) Rs.10,000 (CHF 450.-*) on each travel on Indian passport (aggregate penalty on travel not to exceed Rs.50,000 ) (CHF 2250.- *) * at official exchange rate	12(1A)

 

[forevermore76]

Folks,
Need to surrender Indian passport. It has been more than 3 years since i received Canadian citizenship. Never travelled on Indian passport after that. The BLS site does not have any information on surrender fee if doing after 3 years. Has anyone surrender Indian passport after 3 yrs and did you have to pay any penalty ?
Thanks

No one really was able to answer, did you figure out what are the consequences of not surrendering within that 3 years? I'm sitting at 4 - never traveled on that passport or surrendered.