Sources have stated that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said on Sunday that government has decided to extend the last date, from June 30 to December 31, for applying for conversion of Person of Indian Origin PIO cards to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) cards.


Sushma Swaraj has told reporters at her annual press conference that she has felt that the conversion will not be completed by June 30 and so they have decided to extend the last date to December 31st and the government had earlier extended the last date to June 30 from March 31 this year and there will be no charge for conversion during this period, so she has suggested that  those, who are seeking to convert their PIO cards to OCI cards, use this time line and she wants this conversion to be completed by December 31st.


Meanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the PIO and OCI cards will be merged and the Indian Diaspora will be given maximum possible benefits and the Officials have stated that simultaneous existence of PIO and OCI cards lead to confusion among People of Indian Origin residing abroad.



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