The following categories of persons (except Pakistan and Bangladesh) are eligible to apply for OCI Card:

• Who is a citizen of another country, but was a citizen of India at the time of, or at any time after, the commencement of the constitution; or

• Who is a citizen of another country, but was eligible to become a citizen of India at the time of the commencement of the constitution; or

• Who is a citizen of another country, but belonged to a territory that became part of India after the 15th day of August, 1947; or

• Who is a child or a grand-child or a great grandchild of such a citizen; or

• Who is minor child of a person eligible for OCI card; or

• Who is a minor child, and whose both parents are citizens of India or one of the parents is a citizen of India; or

• Spouse of foreign origin of a citizen of India or spouse of foreign origin of an OCI Cardholder and whose marriage has been registered and subsisted for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the application for OCI Card.