PIO card entering India

[rrajendr]

My son is a US citizen/passport holder and we are planning on applying for a PIO for him at the SFO consulate. I have the following questions on how he could use the PIO card

1. How can he use the PIO card to enter and exit India?
a. Does he simply show the PIO card, US passport to enter and exit India?
2. Incase if the PIO card processing takes a lot of time I know that he can apply for visa. I was wondering anyone has experience on how visa could be applied if PIO processing takes a long time at the SFO consulate.
a. Do they return the PIO application and its supporting documents before visa could be applied?
b. Should a new visa application+visa supporting documents need to be resent for getting a Indian visa?

 

[ginnu]

My son is a US citizen/passport holder and we are planning on applying for a PIO for him at the SFO consulate. I have the following questions on how he could use the PIO card

1. How can he use the PIO card to enter and exit India?
-----------When you reach India you face Indian immigration department. Show his US passport and his PIO Card. when you depart India first go to Airline counter they will look at his US passport and then you go for immigration clearence(fill up the form) and face the Indian immigration officer give him his US passport and PIO card and he will look for India entry stamp in his US passport.
a. Does he simply show the PIO card, US passport to enter and exit India?
-------------------------read above
2. Incase if the PIO card processing takes a lot of time I know that he can apply for visa. I was wondering anyone has experience on how visa could be applied if PIO processing takes a long time at the SFO consulate.

-------------------------check the SFO Indian consulate site for Visa.
a. Do they return the PIO application and its supporting documents before visa could be applied?
-------------------No. if applied for PIO and PIO is pending still one can get Visa. Indian embassy DC gives PIO in 45 days. NYC India consulate gives PIO in 15 days.
b. Should a new visa application+visa supporting documents need to be resent for getting a Indian visa?
--------------------YES.

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