ADVISORY -  PIO CARDS Public Notice

ADVISORY - PIO CARDS

Consulate General of India

Reunion Island

ADVISORY

Extension the facility of handwritten travel documents by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) upto 31 March 2020

The International Civil Aviation Organization had discontinued acceptance of hand written travel documents from October 2018. However, the facility has been provisionally extended upto March 31, 2020.

Although Indian authorities will continue to accept PIO cards as valid document till March 31, 2020, it is strongly advised that such PIO cards are converted to Machine readable OCI cards urgently in view of the directives of ICAO, to obviate any inconvenience by PIO card holders at Immigration points worldwide. The extension in timeline is subject to the condition that if in the meantime any deadline is notified by the International Civil Aviation Organization thereby making hand written PIO card invalid, then PIO cardholders may have to obtain appropriate visa.

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