Q77. What Happens to PIO Card after divorce?

Question: Dear Sir, What happen with PIO card after divorce? Is it canceled or not. Regards Sweta

Answer: 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)