Topic: What is PIO /OCI ?

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Persons of Indian Origin Card (PIO Card) is a form of identification issued to a Person of Indian Origin who hold a passport in another country other than Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Front Cover of a PIO Card
Other conditions are:
1.person at any time held an Indian passport or;
2.person's parents or grand parents or great grand parents were born in and permanent residents in India, but not moved to Pakistan and Bangladesh or;
3.Person is spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin as per above.

Overseas Citizenship of India is not a full citizenship of India and thus, does not amount to dual citizenship or dual nationality.
The Central Indian Government, on application,may register any person as an Overseas Citizen of India if that Person is of Indian Origin and is from a country which allows dual citizenship in some form or the other. Broadly speaking, a "Person of Indian Origin" is a citizen of another country who:
was a citizen of India on 26 January 1950 or at any time thereafter; or
was eligible to become a citizen of India on 26 January 1950; or
belonged to a territory that became part of India after the 15th day of August, 1947; or
is the child or grandchild of a person described above; and
has never been a citizen of Pakistan or Bangladesh.
Note that children of Indian parents do not automatically fulfill these requirements, and are therefore not automatically eligible for OCI.

Are Malaysian of indian origin allowed to apply for PIO card?

A PIO holding a PIO Card, as per the Scheme of The Ministry of Home Affairs, 2002. While the Overseas Indians (OCI) who migrated from India after 26th January, 1950, except those from Pakistan and Bangladesh

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Non-resident Indian NRI

Person of Indian Origin PIO

Overseas Citizenship of India OCI

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