Originally Posted by
SQ421
I suspect I will be asked this question when I drop my application off for an Entry Visa (category X, I think) and the answer is probably best left undiscussed with the Indian
babudom.
As an aside, I actually came to this thread to post the following link.
Pretty stupid, if you ask me, to have private citizens (not just hotels and guesthouses) register any "foreign visitors" that might be residing in their residence.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/15626271.cms
The reasoning, quoted below form the article, is even more astounding. Isn't that what inbound immigration checks are for? To record who's entering the country?
About the foreign visitors: this reporting stuff is mainly aimed to flush out the low yield tourist who stays in India beyond the 3-4 month visitors visa. I doubt any subversive terrorist planning to go under cover will stay as sublet and publicly announce he/she is a foreigner.
We had a long PIO vs OCI discussion a few times in this forum:
https://www.google.com/search?q=flye...w=1680&bih=959
Since I already have a PIO card till 2022 I'm not wasting time on this topic anymore, but some Governments like Germany are very particular and sensitive about their citizens applying for another citizenship. Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship either and joining another nations armed forces or applying for another citizenship automatically makes the German citizenship lapse.
