There was some issue in the recent past in terms of Goans born overseas around the 1960s or before, getting an Indian passport.
However, if their births were registered in Goa, and the parents or grandparents were Goans, they are deemed to be Indian citizens. This is under the Goa, Daman and Diu Citizenship Order 1962, it has been clarified. Travel documents, if available, and, in the case of married women, a bank passbook showing their full name as per their birth certificate with a photo, is sufficient to now get a passport. The new passport officer, Mr Agnelo Fernandes (Passport Office phone 2437 877 and Agnelo Fernandes 9923 991777), is very helpful, and has now released my wife's passport. She had applied for an Indian passport way back in 2010.
