PIO card information can be found at _http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/pio/introduction_pio.html_ (http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/pio/introduction_pio.html) Charles Dique in sunny Honolulu Well, Sylvia, wherever that precipice is you're a stronger woman than I am - that's for sure! And whenever you come up for air I'm ready to hear more on the PIO factor. GRIN --Manaia **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

Well - I'm now speechless (not really, but almost!) > PIO card information can be found at > > _http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/pio/introduction_pio.html_ > (http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/pio/introduction_pio.html) Thanks Charles - I really never knew that such a thing existed. Despite the high cost, it seems that current application is at a considerably lower rate than when the PIO was introduced in 1999 - now only about a third of the cost in US dollars; though once I checked the Australian $ price, it is only about half the earlier cost. What really leaves me almost speechless though, is the realisation, (if I have read the blurb correctly) that even I could apply for a PIO card. However, can see that I shall have to check out the Government of India Act 1935, to see if my father and his parents' birth in India will qualify me!! For the benefit of other Australian residents, the website for the Indian High Commission PIO link is: http://www.hcindia-au.org/pio.html This clearly calls for more investigation, even from my upside down position! Cheers Sylvia