Visa and Travel restrictions relaxed for limited category of OCIs by MHA

In a recent move by MHA, the Visa and travel restrictions have been relaxed for a limited category of stranded Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders to some to the country. The life-long visa to OCIs was temporarily suspended in March in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The categories that have been allowed by the MHA includes minors born to Indian nationals abroad and holding OCI cards, those who wish to come to India on account of family emergencies, such as, death in family, couples where one spouse is a cardholder and the other is an Indian national and they have a permanent residence in India and university students who are cardholders (not legally minors) but whose parents are Indian citizens living in India.