Consulate General of India
Reunion Island
ADVISORY
Discontinuation of handwritten travel documents by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
The International Civil Aviation Organization has discontinued acceptance of hand written travel documents from October 2018.
Although Indian authorities will continue to accept PIO cards as valid document till March 31, 2019, 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.
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