The Centre has extended for six months the last date for applying for conversion of Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards to December 31 this year.
Earlier, the facility was available till June 30, 2017. “The Home Ministry has decided to extend the date for submission of the application for registration as OCI card holder by the erstwhile PIO cardholders till December 31, 2017,” an official said.
This was for the fourth time the date for conversion of PIO cards to OCI cards has been extended since March 31, 2016.
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