A person belonging to NRI / PIO / FN category is not required to appear at the AIET.However, he/she shall submit a seperate application, in the specifically prescribed form, available in the office of Vidyapeth and on the Vidyapeeth website. A committee, appointed by the competent authority for the purpose, shall admit candidates on the basis of inter se merit of the applicants, (decided on the basis of the academic record of the candidate, the standing of the institution from which the candidate has obtained the entry qualifications, etc.).

Under the NRI, PIO and FN categories, only those students who have studied and passed the qualifying examination from schools and / or colleges located in foreign countries (all countries other than India) shall be considered. This will include the students studying in schools and colleges situated in the foreign countries, even if the concerned school / college is affiliated to any Board of Secondary Education or a university in India. However, wards of NRIs, PIOs or FNs, who are studying for the qualifying examination in schools located in India, are excluded.

In this context, the bonafide NRIs, PIOs and Foreign Nationals are defined as follows:

An NRI is a person who is "not a resident" or who is "not ordinarily resident". A person is treated as "not ordinarily resident" (i) if he /she has been resident in India for less than 182 days in the year preceding the date of application; or (ii) If he /she has been in India for less than 365 days during the four years immediately preceding the date of application.

A PIO is a person having foreign citizenship (except Pakistan and Bangladesh) within NRI status, but who holds a foreign passport at the time of sending application or at the time of consideration of admission and during the period of his study for MBBS and whose one / both parents or anyone / both grand parents is (or was) / are (or were) citizen(s) of India by virtue of the provisions of the Constitution of India or Section 2(b) of Citizenship Act 1955 (Act No. 57 of 1955).

An FN is a person having citizenship of a foreign country (any country other than India) and not having the status "NRI" and / or "PIO".