The Indian Mission to the United States introduced a new mandate requiring all birth certificates issued outside India, including the U.S. to be apostilled  before being submitted with OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) applications. This update applies to applicants from December 30, 2024, onwards. You can see the official notification on consular support desk website . Prior to this notification, applicants born in the USA did not need an apostille. Moving forward OCI applican