Question 1: Who can get PIO Card?

Answer:

• If a foreigner held an Indian passport at any time.

• He/She or either of his/her parent’s or grand parent’s or great grand parents was born in India or permanently resident in India  and provided that neither was at any time a citizen of any other specified country (Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China, and Sri Lanka ).

• He/She is a spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin covered in Para 1 & 2 above.

• Iranian nationals of Indian Origin can seek PIO card with the approval of MHA.

Question 2: What are the requirements to obtain the PIO card?

Answer: 

• Previous Indian Passport, or

• Birth Certificate and parents’ Indian passport, or

• Marriage certificate and copy of spouse’s Indian passport

• Photocopy of the foreign passport presently held (Front page i.e. photo page and VISA page).

• Photocopy of the initial VISA, with which registered with FRRO/FRO cum Superintendent of Police.

• Photocopy of all the pages of Registration certificate issued by the FRRO/FRO office.

• Four recent passport size photographs