Here is my experience of linking the PR card application:
- On my wife’s COPR Place of birth is ABOHAR PUNJ. I tried this, but it did not work. So, I tried ABOHAR PUNJAB (as a state of birth is Punjab) and it worked.
- In my case: Place of birth on COPR is MALOUT, MUKTS. I tried this and it did not work, so I tried MALOUT, MUKTSAR, PUNJAB and I successfully linked my application (here Muktsar is the district and Punjab is the state).
I am trying to say is write a full word while linking your application even if the word is not fully written on COPR (like PUNJ is on COPR and I tried with Punjab and it worked) & in both of above cases they used the state even though it is not written in the second case. (like in the second case there is no Punjab written on COPR).
Secondly, see the commas and capital letters of the place of birth on COPR. In the first case, there is no comma in between city and state, and in the second case, there is a comma (in the second case I tried it without comma & I unable to link my application).
I hope this might help.