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drtarek · Oct 12th, 2009, 00:30

Dear Sir,
I am currently an Indian citizen and will be due for my british nationality very soon and would like to apply for my OCI card thereafter.My wife will also be applying with me for the british nationality but she is also having her bangladeshi passport currently as she is from Bangladesh.

I want to know will my wife be eligible for oci or pio card as she is married to a person of indian origin.?

I am thoroughly confused. Could someone help me?????????

Nick-H · Oct 12th, 2009, 00:42

Hello drtarek, welcome to the site

We are not a "sir", but a public forum with many members.

I do not think your wife is eligible for OCI, but I think that she is eligible for PIO.

You can see the Ministry of Home Affairs site -->here for details.

Are you in or near London? You could also visit the High Commission and make enquiries there.

Haylo · Oct 12th, 2009, 00:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by drtarek

I want to know will my wife be eligible for oci or pio card as she is married to a person of indian origin.?

She will definitely not be eligible for an OCI card, but spouses of a "citizen of India or a person of Indian origin" are eligible for PIO cards. See link below:

http://www.hcilondon.in/pio.php#elegibility

Where it is unclear is whether or not someone with Bangladeshi ancestry can ever acquire PIO status. Certainly they cannot acquire it in their own right, but I'm unsure how acquiring it from a spouse would be affected by their ancestry. From the chart below, it appears that the spousal route PIO is entirely separate, in which case she would be elegible.

http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/oci-chart.pdf

drtarek · Oct 12th, 2009, 17:41

Dear Everyone,
Many many thanks for your promp reply. Is it worth applying for pio and oci card through agent i.e lawyers or directly through HCI, london.?

For renewal of pio cards does the applicant have to come back to the uk or can it be done from India itself.?

Regards

DR Tarek

Nick-H · Oct 12th, 2009, 18:12

Just go direct.

Don't worry about the renewal --- for 15 years! Anything could have changed by then.

Oct 12th, 2009, 00:30	#1
drtarek Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: uk Posts: 2	oci card Dear Sir, I am currently an Indian citizen and will be due for my british nationality very soon and would like to apply for my OCI card thereafter.My wife will also be applying with me for the british nationality but she is also having her bangladeshi passport currently as she is from Bangladesh. I want to know will my wife be eligible for oci or pio card as she is married to a person of indian origin.? I am thoroughly confused. Could someone help me?????????

Oct 12th, 2009, 17:41	#4
drtarek Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: uk Posts: 2	Pio Dear Everyone, Many many thanks for your promp reply. Is it worth applying for pio and oci card through agent i.e lawyers or directly through HCI, london.? For renewal of pio cards does the applicant have to come back to the uk or can it be done from India itself.? Regards DR Tarek

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Oct 12th, 2009, 00:42	#2
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	Hello drtarek, welcome to the site We are not a "sir", but a public forum with many members. I do not think your wife is eligible for OCI, but I think that she is eligible for PIO. You can see the Ministry of Home Affairs site -->here for details. Are you in or near London? You could also visit the High Commission and make enquiries there.

Oct 12th, 2009, 18:12	#5
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	Just go direct. Don't worry about the renewal --- for 15 years! Anything could have changed by then.