Hon Manmohan Singh has announced on Saturday that the OCI and PIO cards would be merged into a single facility. Any toughts on that and its implications?
In jest ...
CGI SF Notification. People who got their PIO card are required to surrender their PIO card and upgrade to OCI card.
CGI Houston Notification. People who got their PIO card are required to surrender their PIO card and apply for fresh OCI card.
CGI NY Notification. People who got their PIO card are required to freshly apply and then surrender their PIO card.
Ministry of Home.
You can check your status by your passport number, application number, PIO number, or OCI number. Actually by Passport number in 2011, application number in 2012, PIO number in 2014 and OCI number in 2015 ... by which time we will have another rule.
All applications are required in triplicate. They need to be self-attested if you have a middle name, and notarized if you do not have one.
Kids can sign, unless they are older than 5 years.
Fee for any changeover transaction USD 200.
News reports are already flowing of people being detained at Indian airports and being asked why they did not change from PIO to OCI yet.
[ EDIT/ ADD ]
Did I miss CGI-Chicago? Chicago is still accepting applications for both PIO and OCI.
The government is seeking opinions on what the fines for people not surrendering their PIO cards should be.
Now there will another mad rush for people converting from PIO to OCI. Already the SC rule has dragged the OCI processing times in Houston consulate to 8 months. Hopefully they will honor the PIO until its expiry, otherwise I need a refund or a gratis OCI conversion.
Also what about children on PIO (both Indian parents)?
In jest ...
CGI SF Notification. People who got their PIO card are required to surrender their PIO card and upgrade to OCI card.
CGI Houston Notification. People who got their PIO card are required to surrender their PIO card and apply for fresh OCI card.
CGI NY Notification. People who got their PIO card are required to freshly apply and then surrender their PIO card.
Ministry of Home.
You can check your status by your passport number, application number, PIO number, or OCI number. Actually by Passport number in 2011, application number in 2012, PIO number in 2014 and OCI number in 2015 ... by which time we will have another rule.
All applications are required in triplicate. They need to be self-attested if you have a middle name, and notarized if you do not have one.
Kids can sign, unless they are older than 5 years.
Fee for any changeover transaction USD 200.
News reports are already flowing of people being detained at Indian airports and being asked why they did not change from PIO to OCI yet.
[ EDIT/ ADD ]
Did I miss CGI-Chicago? Chicago is still accepting applications for both PIO and OCI.
The government is seeking opinions on what the fines for people not surrendering their PIO cards should be.
Where did you collect this information from.
I checked CGI SF but didn't find this info in notification.
I still have not got PIO or OCI. Need to apply for one now.
I am at Washington state hence need to go via CGI SF. Is OCI the only option I have?
Hon Manmohan Singh has announced on Saturday that the OCI and PIO cards would be merged into a single facility. Any toughts on that and its implications?
Dude, check the dictionary for JEST. I knew this was a sensitive topic, so made it clear in 1st line itself. Ok, see here
http://www.google.co.in/search?clie...oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=KKsrTeuPKca8rAeC8o2ICg
Dude, check the dictionary for JEST. I knew this was a sensitive topic, so made it clear in 1st line itself. Ok, see here
http://www.google.co.in/search?clie...oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=KKsrTeuPKca8rAeC8o2ICg
sanjoseaug20, I went to that link and didn't find anything regarding the new......single facility.
"facility" is often used as the euphemism for toilet. A single facility might mean that everyone has to use the same location to "go" for whatever benefit they get. For example non-pio-foreigners and pio-foreigners, the former group being spouses of pio-foreigners, will have to use the same location to relieve themselves of whatever (travel document related) issues. Facilities are often in the news when India is concerned, as in "700 million have access to a mobile phone, but only 350 million have access to a facility in the morning", "foreigners have a higher standards for cleanliness of facilities than indians do" etc.. I think the Hon'PM had (being an English educated gent) used the word with his tongue in the cheek.
Dude, check the dictionary for JEST. I knew this was a sensitive topic, so made it clear in 1st line itself. Ok, see here
http://www.google.co.in/search?clie...oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=KKsrTeuPKca8rAeC8o2ICg