Renewing Indian passport while Citizenship application is pending

[Raajd]

Hi,

 

My wife’s Indian passport is expired but she is eligible to apply for naturalization. Can she apply for renewing her Indian passport while her naturalization application is pending just in case if she wanted to travel before she acquires US citizenship?

[pontevecchio]

By all means have her renew the passport. Hopefully you are aware that once naturalized she needs to send the Indian Passport to the Embassy for cancellation and they will return it with a notation "cancelled due to acquiring US Citizenship".