Please can someone confirm the below.

- Can the two referees of PIO be relatives or not?
- Any disadvantage of PIO as compared to OCI in view of the latest rule of PIO being lifelong.

Regards,
Puneet

Also, looking at the PIO form, it seems that we have to provide details of two referees. Please can someone confirm if they can be relatives or not as i couldn't find any information related to same anywhere.

Thanks.

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