Organisation : Consulate General of India
Facility : Apply for Persons of Indian Origin Card (PIO-Card)
Applicable For : All India
Website : https://www.cgiguangzhou.gov.in/
Apply PIO Card
PIO Scheme has been withdrawn since 09.01.2015 and all PIO cards issued till 09.01.2015 are deemed to be OCI cards.
Related : CGI Overseas Citizenship of India Card : www.statusin.in/24411.html
Guidelines for applying OCI card in lieu of PIO card :
1. Erstwhile PIO cardholders are hereby informed that 30th June, 2017 is the last date for submission of the application for registration as OCI cardholder.
2. OCI card is a smart card which will facilitate quicker immigration clearance at the ICPs and also for obtaining various Consular services from the Indian Missions. For those residing in India, it will facilitate in availing various services in India.
3. The applicants may submit the applications for OCI card in lieu of PIO card to the Indian Mission/FRRO concerned within the jurisdiction of his/her place of residence.
4. No fee will be charged for grant of OCI card in lieu of PIO card.
Who is eligible to apply for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card?
(i) Who was a citizen of India on or at any time after January 26, 1950; or
(ii) Who was eligible to become citizen of India on January 26, 1950; or
(iii) Who belonged to a territory that became part of India after August 15, 1947; and
(iv) Who is a child or a grand-child or a great grandchild of such a citizen mentioned above; and
(v) A person who is a minor child and whose both parents are citizens of India or one of the parents is a citizen of India; and
(vi) Spouse of foreign origin of a citizen of India or spouse of foreign origin of an Overseas Citizen of India cardholder and whose marriage has been registered and subsisted for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the application.
However it is to be noted that such spouse shall be subjected to prior security clearance from a competent authority in India.
Guidelines for applying OCI card in lieu of PIO card :
1. Erstwhile PIO Cardholders are hereby informed that 30th June, 2017 is the last date for submission of the application for registration as OCI cardholder.
2. OCI card is a smart card which will facilitate quicker immigration clearance at the ICPs and also for obtaining various Consular services from the Indian Missions. For those residing in India, it will facilitate in availing various services in India.
About Us :
In November 2006, during the visit of then Chinese President H.E. Mr. Hu Jintao to India, the two countries reached agreement on opening new Consulates General in each other’s country.
India decided to open a new Consulate General at Guangzhou in southern China, while China decided to open a new Consulate General at Kolkata in eastern India.
Both Governments, placing great importance on this issue, took immediate steps for the operationalisation of this agreement and the opening of the new Consulates General.
India opened its Consulate General in Guangzhou on October 18, 2007. The consular jurisdiction of the Consulate General includes the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.