{"id":2826,"date":"2025-10-27T09:59:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/?page_id=2826"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:59:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:59:22","slug":"research-approvals-for-the-overseas-citizenship-of-india-oci","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/research-approvals-for-the-overseas-citizenship-of-india-oci\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Approvals for the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A registered Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) is granted multiple entry,\nmultipurpose, life-long visa for visiting India, he\/she is exempted from\nregistration with Foreign Regional Registration Officer or Foreign Registration\nOfficer for any length of stay in India, and is entitled to general &#8216;parity\nwith Non-Resident Indians in respect of all facilities available to them in\neconomic, financial and educational fields except in matters relating to the\nacquisition of agricultural or plantation properties&#8217;. However, they require special\npermission from the Indian government to conduct research in India.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This permission is obtained by applying online through the Online OCI Services portal (<a href=\"https:\/\/ociservices.gov.in\/\"><strong>www.ociservices.gov.in<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by selecting &#8220;research activity&#8221; and uploading the required documents, which typically include a bonafide certificate from an Indian institution, passport and OCI card copies, and a research synopsis.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\nPlease find the detailed instruction in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/testoir.iisc.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/OCI-Research-Approval_Final.pdf\">linked pdf file<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A registered Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) is granted multiple entry, multipurpose, life-long visa for visiting India, he\/she is exempted from registration with Foreign Regional Registration Officer or Foreign Registration Officer for any length of stay in India, and is entitled to general &#8216;parity with Non-Resident Indians in respect of all facilities available to them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2827,"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826\/revisions\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oir.iisc.ac.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}