{"id":25605,"date":"2020-05-15T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=25605"},"modified":"2020-05-15T15:11:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:11:01","slug":"oci-card-holders-repatriation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/oci-card-holders-repatriation\/","title":{"rendered":"MEA Writes to Home Ministry Seeking to Allow OCI Card Holders on Special Flights in Next Phases"},"content":{"rendered":"
I am an OCI card holder. Can I travel to India during the Coronavirus pandemic? Is India allowing OCI card holders to travel on inbound repatriation flights?<\/strong> Thousands of weary faces on OCI have been looking forward to the government of India with such queries since the restriction on their travel to India came into effect on March 13 in the aftermath of COVID19. Foreign citizens of Indian origin with or without OCI cards have been kept away from the currently operated emergency flights to India from USA, the UK, the UAE, Singapore, Australia and other countries.<\/p>\n With the mounting of pressure exerted by authorities representing the OCI community in different parts of the world, however, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has hinted at allowing OCI card holders on repatriation flights \u201cat some stage\u201d of the Vande Bharat Mission. The second phase of the operation of bringing distressed Indians back home will be initiated on May 16 and be continued till May 29. An MEA official said that an immediate change in the operation may not be possible on a short notice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n