Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Last date of application for free conversion of PIO Cards to OCI Card is on or before 31st December 2017

Last date of application for free conversion
of PIO Cards to OCI Card is
on or before 31st December 2017

GRATIS FEE (zero consular fees) will be applicable for
applications submitted on government website and CKGS website
as a part of OCI application process ON or PRIOR to
December 31, 2017(up to 2400 hours IST of December 31, 2017). Hence, do not worry about submitting your paper application. You can go ahead apply online before the cut off date and then submit paper application later.
Also, for OCI photos, they require digital image. To order your digital image, you can visit onlinepassportphotos.com OCI page.

Last date of application for free conversion of PIO Cards to OCI Card is on or before 31st December 2017. 
Thereafter a fee of US $275.00 will be charged as for issuance of a fresh OCI Card; and

All PIO Card holders are, therefore, requested to apply for converting their PIO Cards into OCI Cards,
free of any Consular Fee, on or before 31st December 2017;
The last date will not be extended beyond 31st December 2017.
Check details on San Francisco Consulate of India website:
http://www.cgisf.org/notice/display/202

The Government of India will charge a revised consular fee of US $275.00
for issuance of OCI in lieu of PIO Card from January 1, 2018 on wards
ICWF Fees CKGS Service
Fees will be charged over and above the Consular Fee. Therefore,
any application received ON or AFTER January 1, 2018 will be
charged with the revised fee of US $275.00.

GRATIS FEE (zero consular fees) will be applicable for
applications submitted on government website and CKGS website
as a part of OCI application process ON or PRIOR to
December 31, 2017(up to 2400 hours IST of December 31, 2017). 


REVISED FEES WILL BE APPLICABLE for all applications applied
ON or AFTER January 1, 2018. Click Here for more information.
With effect from October 2018, International Civil Aviation Organization
will accept only machine readable travel documents and hence
the existing PIO cards will become invalid All PIO Card holders are,
therefore, requested to apply for converting their existing hand written
PIO Cards into machine readable OCI Cards.

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