Conditions
The conditions for issuing a PIO card to a person are that:
- The person ever held an Indian passport; or
- The person's parents or grandparents or great grandparents were born in and permanent residents of India and never moved to (i.e. were never nationals of) Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka; or
- The person is the spouse of a citizen of India or of a PIO and has been so for more than a year; or
- The person and his/her parents, grand parents or great grandparents must not have been a national of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Pakistan or Sri Lanka at any point of time.
The PIO Card Program came into effect on 15 September 2002.
Read more about this topic: Persons Of Indian Origin Card
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