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Hello,

I am a US citizen trying to apply for a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card based on my marriage to my Indian husband. The instructions on the form are not very helpful.

My fist question is what we should put in the "Permanent Address in India (verifiable)" box. My husband is still an Indian citizen but we are both US residents and do not have an address in India. We could put my in-laws address, but they are in a village without a post number or anything, so I don't know that this would be considered "verifiable". Can I just put n/a or something here?

I am also wondering about the boxes: "name and complete address of person known to the applicant living in India or USA telephone number". Obviously the English on this does not make sense. Are they asking for a name, address and telephone number of a reference who may be living either in the USA or India? Or are they asking for an address if the person is in India and a phone number if the person is in the US? Or???? Does this person have to be an Indian?

Hoping someone who has completed this application may be able to help make sense of it. Thanks for reading!

Jillian

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Hello,

I am a US citizen trying to apply for a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card based on my marriage to my Indian husband. The instructions on the form are not very helpful.

My fist question is what we should put in the "Permanent Address in India (verifiable)" box. My husband is still an Indian citizen but we are both US residents and do not have an address in India. We could put my in-laws address, but they are in a village without a post number or anything, so I don't know that this would be considered "verifiable". Can I just put n/a or something here?

Just use the village (along with the District and State) name. External Affiairs India doesn't really bother to verify these addresses (I've heard of people putting made-up addresses and then putting a slum-area name--example "79A S-D Rd., Dharavi, Mumbai").
I am also wondering about the boxes: "name and complete address of person known to the applicant living in India or USA telephone number". Obviously the English on this does not make sense. Are they asking for a name, address and telephone number of a reference who may be living either in the USA or India? Or are they asking for an address if the person is in India and a phone number if the person is in the US? Or???? Does this person have to be an Indian?

Hoping someone who has completed this application may be able to help make sense of it. Thanks for reading!

Jillian

On that, they're asking for the address and phone of someone living either in Inia or US, and known to the applicant.

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If your husband is still an Indian citizen then he has an Indian passport- use the Indian address which is listed in his Indian passport. And Saddle Bronc is right, no one will verify it.

Your PIO card will not have any Indian address in it, only your American address.

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