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He/she at any time held an Indian passport; or
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He/she or either of his/her parents or grand-parents or great
grand-parents was born in and permanently resident in India as
defined in the Government of India Act, 1935, and other territories
that became part of India thereafter, provided neither was at any
time a citizen of any of the specified countries; or
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He/she is a spouse of a citizen of India or a person of Indian
origin covered under the above.
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Applicant may note that a person who was citizen of one of the certain
specified countries or whose spouse or either of whose parents,
grand-parents, great grand-parents were citizens at any time of these
specified countries, may cause an applicant to be ineligible for a PIO
Card even though he/she fulfilled the above criteria.
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These
grounds of ineligibility would be established only after receipt of
application and it may not be possible to respond to queries regarding
grounds of ineligibility before receiving the application.
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Applicants
may direct their queries in this regard to Consular Section:
CONS.CARACAS@MEA.GOV.IN
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