WK, Congrats on your efforts bearing fruit.
What do you know about the status of PIO card holders? It is primarily a long term visa, isn't it? I don't believe it becomes an OIC automatically. Am I right? Also what is a PAN number? How does one obtain that? c On Dec 5, 2013, at 4:46 PM, "Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer" <w.sa...@indiawijzer.nl> wrote: > > > One of the news items of today is that the "Rajya Sabha approves bill for > amendment to Citizenship Act". I was in contact with the ministry on this > subject. > > July 2005 to December 2013 is a ling time to follow an issue. But at long > last all these years of correspondence with "Delhi and The Hague" is crowned > with success. Rajya Sabha approves bill for amendment to Citizenship Act > <http://tinyurl.com/q89tdgf> . > > > > This approval for amendment is the result of different representations and > proposal submitted by the Diaspora community to the GOI. During this > process, to obtain clarification of the OCI in relation to the Dutch > nationality where possible, the Indian Diaspora in the Netherlands > interacted with the Dutch government. Several times they interacted with the > Minister, the Secretary and Joint-Secretary of MOIA on different Diaspora > related issues. Please check the following link for extra information: > > The transition of PIO <http://tinyurl.com/ob3vc2y> & OCI to OIC (Overseas > Indian Cardholder). > > > > Wahid > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
