(Made in support of my application for an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card)
I, Harpreet Singh Gill, S/o Sh. Mohinder Singh Gill, born on 1 April 2026 at Jalandhar, Punjab, last resident in India at House No. 12, Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab and presently residing at 45 Maple Street, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, holding Indian passport number K1234567, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:
A. My foreign citizenship
A1. That I was a citizen of India and held the Indian passport whose number is stated above.
A2. That I acquired the citizenship of Canada on 2 April 2026, voluntarily, and that I hold a Canada passport number AB123456.
A3. That I understand that Indian law does not allow a person to hold Indian citizenship together with the citizenship of another country, and that I will not use my Indian passport for travel after taking the foreign citizenship.
B. Declaration in support of my application for an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card
B1. That before I took foreign citizenship I was a citizen of India, in that: I was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, and held an Indian passport from 2004 until I took Canadian citizenship.
B2. That I am applying for an OCI card on the basis of that former Indian citizenship, and that the particulars in my application and in this declaration are the same.
B3. That I am not, and have never been, a citizen of any country whose citizens the current rules do not allow to be granted an OCI card, and that I will give any further declaration that the current rules require.
B4. That I understand that an OCI card is not Indian citizenship and does not give me the rights that the law keeps for citizens of India.
VERIFICATION
Verified at Surrey, British Columbia on 4 April 2026 that the contents of the above declaration are true and correct to my knowledge, that no part of it is false and that nothing material has been concealed therefrom.
DEPONENT
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Harpreet Singh Gill
Sworn before a Notary Public at Surrey, British Columbia on 4 April 2026.