Dear All,
I am a citizen of New Zealand and have acquired the OCI documents from the
Indian High Commission in Wellington. The following are detail of the
documentation:
1. The visa of overseas citizen of India stamped in my New Zealand passport
contains the following information:
a.. Date of issue
b.. Validity - Reads Lifelong
c.. Number of entries: Reads Multiple
d.. New Zealand passport number
e.. OSI number: This is the number that corresponds to the Indian passport
like document also provided along with the visa
f.. Place of issue
g.. The stamp also has my photograph
2. The OSI Indian passport like document also provided by the Indian High
Commission along with the visa is just like an Indian passport except that it
does not contain visa pages. The first page contains your personal details and
the last page contains my address in New Zealand, my New Zealand passport
number, date and place of issue.
I am told both documents entitles my to be a bonified overseas Indian national
with all rights in India except to vote or hold government office.
Please do let me know if you need any more info.
Kind regards
Ivo D'Silva
----- Original Message -----
From: Yvette Rozario
To: Adrian_Clemy ; Ivo & Shelly D'Silva
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 4:00 PM
Subject: PIO or OCI - which is better?
For your information.
Love,
Yvette
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Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:25:50 +0530
From: cesar pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] FW: OCi or PIO
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Dear all,
Would some of the Goanetters be in a position to put some light on
which of the two options is better to retain Indian citizenship?
Is it by obtaining PIO or by acquiring OCI ?
It has been noticed that PIO is a card issued by the Govt. of India to
Indians who obtain foreign passport. It is a card and does not show
anything on the new passport whether one has a PIO or not.
Regarding OCI it is a sticker fixed on the foreign passport and also a
card given to the holder. Thus the new foreign passport shows that one
is
also an Indian citizen in lieu of having the sticker on the passport
It is said that some people are facing problems when they travel to few
countries with OCI sticker on their passports.
The emigration officers at the emigration counters insist on obtaining
VISA to enter since they say that even if you hold a passport of a
country
which is exempted of visa to enter you have to obtain entry VISA since
you are also Indian citizen ( in lieu of having OCI sticker on the
foreign
passport).
Could anyone clarify how far this is true and if there are problems
then
why not request the Govt of India not to put a sticker on the foreign
passport which one holds and only to issue a OCI card.
cesar
Yvette Rozario
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