Query regarding non Indian citizen spouse

Any Advise plz

@ Rahul u should consult immigration lawyer or consultant for seeking this advice. PIO or OCI is whole different thing if her passport is expired or invalid but if still PIO is valid then she is still considered eligible to stay in india without any problem. One of the rule for holding PIO is that if her stay is extended for some reason more then 6 months then she has to report in local police station explaining the reason for overstay.

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Dear Victim Thanks for reply... But I found out ( I called Foreign Regional Registration Office) that the PIO card is valid till the her forign passport is valid once its's expired her PIO will be expired too as she will be illegal resident

VALIDITY OF PIO CARD

• A PIO Card shall be valid for a period of fifteen years from the date of issue, subject to the validity of holder's passport, which is endorsed on the PIO Card.

• The PIO Card shall be valid only if its holder presents it with his/her valid passport that is endorsed on the PIO Card.
  

• To endorse a new passport number, both passport and PIO Card in original are required

  https://www.embindia.org/consweb/PIO_Information.htm

Any Advise plz

I will simplify my question:

Does she require a valid passport through out her stay i.e. for 15 years . In other word if her passport expires after 2 years of gaining PIO does she has to renew her passport again to legally stay in India?. Is it possible to reside legally in India on that same PIO without renewing the passport?

Plz someone advice.......

@ Rahul if she really wants to stay for such long duration she is still entitle to acquire her indian citizenship......she has to renounce her foreign citizenship and in order to apply for indian citizenship.....i don't see any other option for her to stay this long in india......unless if she is willing to keep her foreign citizenship along wiht PIO then she has to follow foreign rules as well as PIO rules.....which means she has to visit that country periodically to show her entry - exit stamp in the passport.

Thanks Victim,

so if she renounce her foreign citizenship can she get Indian citizenship automatically/directly ?

@ Rahul it won't be automatically or directly.......in this case just take it as a foreigner wants to be indian which means that she has to apply for indian citizenship

As per section 5(1)a & 5(1)c of the Indian Citizenship Act. PIO card holders can acquire Indian Citizenship after they have resided in India for a minimum of 7 years before making the application for grant of Indian citizenship.

 Thanks Dear for the replies

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