Urgent - Few questions On PIO Card Application

[Samrkhurana]

Hello Friends,

I am in the process of applying for PIO card for my baby daughter , born two months ago here in US. I and my wife are both Indian citizens holding Indian passports.

However, I have some questions/clarifications regarding the information to be provided on the Application form.

1) I live in Georgia, Can I only apply at the consulate that has Georgia under it's jurisdiction i.e "Consulate General of India, Houston" ?

2) Do I need to submit my baby's original US passport alongwith the application? (Or would a notarized photocopy do?)

3) Does the copy of passports of both the parents need to be notarized ...or plain photocopy is fine?

4) In point (13) ...Proof of Residence in India is asked for....What document serves as a proof....Would a copy of Passport do?

5) I am using the form on Houston Consulate website ...http://www.cgihouston.org/PIOTemplate2.pdf.....
Is this the right form? It seems every consulate has it's own forms and processing times....


Boy...Could they have made this more confusing ....aaarrrrrghhh

Thank God for this nice forum and all you wonderful people...

I certainly appreciate your help in this matter.

God bless.

 

[tamtom]

1) I live in Georgia, Can I only apply at the consulate that has Georgia under it's jurisdiction i.e "Consulate General of India, Houston" ?

2) Do I need to submit my baby's original US passport alongwith the application? (Or would a notarized photocopy do?)

3) Does the copy of passports of both the parents need to be notarized ...or plain photocopy is fine?

4) In point (13) ...Proof of Residence in India is asked for....What document serves as a proof....Would a copy of Passport do?

5) I am using the form on Houston Consulate website ...http://www.cgihouston.org/PIOTemplate2.pdf.....
Is this the right form? It seems every consulate has it's own forms and processing times....

Samrkhurana,

Based on reading the instructions on the Houston consulate's web site (http://www.cgihouston.org/pio.html), my understanding of the answer to each question is as follows:

1) Clearly you can apply in Houston. I can't tell whether it is okay to apply in other consulates, so if you want to do that, you should ask them.
2) Notarized photocopy will do.
3) Need to be notarized.
4) Copy of parent's Indian passport showing address in India will do.
5) If you apply in Houston, use Houston's application form.

To make sure, you could ask your questions to the consulate itself.

Hope this helps,

Tamtom