85. What Happens to PIO Card after divorce?
Q: Dear Sir, What happen with PIO card after divorce? Is it canceled or not. Regards Sweta A. PAN Card after divorce would require cancellation only if one spouse is of foreign origin and did not qualify as a person of India origin on their own merit. Ind such a case the foreign spouse would get a PIO card based on the other spouse being of Indian origin or an Indian citizen. Under this scenario, if a divorce occurs, the foreign spouse would lose their PIO card. In such cases the PIO card has to be surrendered for cancellation if separation or divorce occurs. "If spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin is applying for PIO card, an undertaking from both will be required stating that in case if separation/ divorce the PIO card will be surrendered for cancellation;" (source: http://www.cgimelb.org/pio-card-services.html)
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85. What Happens to PIO Card after
divorce?
Q: Dear Sir, What happen with PIO card after divorce? Is it canceled or not. Regards Sweta A. PAN Card after divorce would require cancellation only if one spouse is of foreign origin and did not qualify as a person of India origin on their own merit. Ind such a case the foreign spouse would get a PIO card based on the other spouse being of Indian origin or an Indian citizen. Under this scenario, if a divorce occurs, the foreign spouse would lose their PIO card. In such cases the PIO card has to be surrendered for cancellation if separation or divorce occurs. "If spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin is applying for PIO card, an undertaking from both will be required stating that in case if separation/ divorce the PIO card will be surrendered for cancellation;" (source: http://www.cgimelb.org/pio-card-services.html)
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