OCI and PIO cards will be merged
January 8, 2011
NEW DELHI: India has decided to merge the two visa facilitation cards that are issued to PIOs and register NRIs in the electoral rolls to let them exercise their franchise, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday.
"We recently reviewed the Overseas Citizenship of India Card and Person of Indian Origin Card. We have decided to merge them into one," the Prime Minister observed while inaugurating the Ninth Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas.
Dr. Singh said the government would soon give effect to a law that allowed Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to register themselves as voters.
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Overseas Indians facing visa problems can use OCI card
January 7, 2011
NEW DELHI: The ministry of overseas Indian affairs is encouraging people of Indian origin to opt for the overseas citizen of India, or OCI, card to deal with the long delays faced by Indian Americans in getting visas to travel to India.
The OCI card, which is a lifelong visa, is a solution to such delays for people of Indian origin, minister for overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi told ET on the eve of the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event in Delhi.
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Indian-Americans complain of delay in visa issuance by embassy
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American citizens can get Washington’s help for visa delays to India
12/27/10
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Consul General of India in Houston speaks with Pravasi Herald
Pravasi Herald's Kusum Singh speaks with Honorable Sanjiv Arora during his visit to Birmingham, Alabama to attend the 2010 Alabama India Business Partnership Annual Dinner on Monday, December 13, 2010. The topics covered consular services, surrender certificates, re-entry rule, role of travel agents, communication mechanism and Governor’s trade mission to India.
Visuals by Uday Karnam & Sudarshan Thopay
12/14/10
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Emigration, Immigration, and Diaspora Relations in India
By Daniel Naujoks India has one of the world's most diverse and complex migration histories. Since the 19th century, ethnic Indians have established communities on every continent as well as on islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific and Indian oceans. Click to read the full article on Migrationinformation.org!
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