PANAJI
With the Home Ministry now accepting passport revocation orders by reverting to previous decision to accept ‘revocation certificates’ instead of ‘surrender certificates’, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the move will bring huge relief to Portuguese passport holders in Goa.
“After taking over the charge as a Union Minister for Home Affairs, Amit Shah cleared the proposal of considering the Revocation of Passport order issued by passport authorities in lieu of Surrender Certificate for permitting Visa/Exit Permissions and OCI card cases. This decision comes as a huge relief to the Portuguese passport holders (originally Goan residents) in availing OCI card,” Sawant said as he expressed gratitude to the Centre for the “pro-people decision.”
In its communiqué on June 11, the MHA stated that the acceptance would be solely based on the condition that these Goans have obtained Portuguese nationality as per the Portuguese Nationality Law.
