Pensioners who are living abroad and have changed their Nationality are required to follow the procedure as indicated below:
1. Open a non-resident Bank account in any scheduled Bank.
2. Execute a Power of Attorney in duplicate on Indian non-judicial Stamp paper of Appropriate value or where non-Judicial Stamp paper is not available, on plain paper affixed with adhesive Indian Stamp of Appropriate value. The value of the stamp will be determined with reference to practice as obtained in the place where the Power of Attorney is executed. The Power of Attorney will be executed before Notary public or Indian Mission abroad. It must be signed in the presence of an Indian Official of Indian Embassy/Mission abroad who should attest the signature of the pensioner.
3. If the Power of Attorney is executed on a plain paper and not affixed with the adhesive Indian Stamp, the pensioner may be requested to write to his agent in India advising him take the same to the Collector within 3 months of its receipt for getting it stamped according to Indian Stamp Act.
4. Submit an arrear claim on IAF (CDA)-651, if the pension has not been drawn for more than one year.
5. Submit Pension Claim on IAFA-380(a).
6. Submit Life Certificate duly attested by an authorized official of an Embassy/ High Commission of India or Consuls of Indian Consulates or a Notary Public or Officers of an Indian Public Sector Banks attached to a Branch in the Country where the pensioner is residing, once in a year in November each year.
7. Furnish a Nationality Certificate on the following lines:-
Certified that the Pensioner was an Indian National at the time of his retirement and has changed his Nationality thereafter and became a naturalized citizen of a foreign state.
8. To forward an attested copy of pensioner’s Pass-Port.
The above documents along with pensioner’s Pension certificate are to be forwarded to pensioner’s agent in India. ie Pension Disbursing Authority for onward transmission to Chief C D A (Pension), Allahabad.
The Life and Nationality certificates referred to at item 1 and 2 above to be submitted initially with the first claim and thereafter once in a year along with the claim for the month of April each year. In addition a declaration certifying the Act/deed done by the pensioner’s Attorney shall also be submitted in April each year. Those documents may be sent to the Attorney well in time by the pensioner so as to enable him to submit them with the claim for the month of April. It may be noted that the pension will not be paid beyond the date on which the next Life Certificate, Nationality Certificate rectification deed is due.
Lt Col Pritam Singh Jauhal (Retd) World War II Veteran
Founding President Indian Ex-Servicemen Society British Columbia
We thank Col Pritam Singh for the useful information
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Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions)
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