If its the end of the year now, that's another deadline extension. Believe it was originally May, then June, now appears to be the end of the year. When I last went to India in Dec, was told my the officer that I should move to OCI - and he didn't stamp my PIO with lifetime validity, as I was told should have happened.

IMO, I got it done in the spring. Maybe I could continue to use my PIO, but honestly, have no interest in getting into a debate when I come into India next time, or the time after that, or the time after that. Who knows even who long this policy will last - for all I know as someone not born in India, they'll make me apply for something else in a couple of years down the line, and my 'lifetime' OCI won't work anymore.

It was a bit of a PITA, but it was done, and know I don't have to do it anymore. Done through Cox and Kings in the US - only cost was the ~$30, maybe less, 'processing fee' from C&K and shipping costs.