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     Gudiwada Yavvanam Kaatesina Bewarse Username: Gudiwada Post Number: 7619 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 104.4.96.244 Rating: N/A |
PIO SCHEME HAS BEEN MERGED WITH OCI SCHEME W.E.F. 9TH JANUARY 2015 AND NEW PIO CARDS ARE NOT BEING ISSUED W.E.F. THIS DATE. THE VALIDITY OF EXISTING PIO CARDS IS AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDED TILL LIFELONG AND IT WILL REMAIN VALID. 1. IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO CONVERT PIO TO OCI. IT IS OPTIONAL. 2. NO TIME FRAME HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED FOR CONVERSION. IT CAN BE DONE AT ANY TIME IF THE HOLDER DESIRES TO CONVERT IT. 3. CONVERSION IS GRATIS AND NO APPLICATION FEE IS CHARGED. THEREFORE, THE QUESTION OF PENALTY DOES NOT ARISE AS IT IS NOT TIME BOUND. 4. EXISTING CARDS ARE VALID LIFELONG AND THE VALIDITY STAMP ON IT MAY BE AFFIXED BY ANY FRRO, INDIAN MISSIONS OR EVEN IMMIGRATION CHECK POSTS, IF DESIRED BY ANYONE. VALIDITY STAMP IS NOT MANDATORY. 5. CONVERSION APPLICATIONS FROM PIO TO OCI NEED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE SAME OFFICE, WHICH ORIGINALLY ISSUED THE PIO CARDS, SINCE THESE CARDS WERE ISSUED BY THE INDIAN MISSION UNDER THEIR DELEGATED POWERS AND ENTIRE RECORDS/DATA OF THE APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE WITH THEM ONLY. FOR FURTHER QUERIES RELATED TO OCI, PLEASE WRITE TO SHETTYBN@NIC.IN |