CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Government suspends all visas, bars travel by OCI card holders. What is full form of O in OCI?
A
Outstanding
B
Overseas
C
Outer
D
Outsider
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(1) As on date, all Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cardholders with valid PIO cards as on 9.1. 2015 are deemed to be Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders in terms of the notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 9.1.

Detailed explanation-2: -Overseas Citizenship of India allows a holder: Multiple entry, multi-purpose lifelong visa-free visits to India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Card OCI Card is a multiple entry life-long visa which enables the holder to have unlimited travel and stay in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Benefits to an OCI Cardholder: (i) Multiple entry lifelong visa for visiting India for any purpose (However OCI Cardholders will require a special permission to undertake research work in India for which they may submit the application to the Indian Mission/ Post/ FRRO concerned).

Detailed explanation-5: -1. Who is eligible to apply? A foreign national, who was eligible to become a citizen of India on 26.01. 1950 or was a citizen of India on or at anytime after 26.01.

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