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A stateless person cannot apply for an OCI, however there is an open question if an OCI holder can be considered stateless (if they lose citizenship of the other country), so in countries where citizenship to dual citizens can be revoked, such as Australia [35] or India, [36] an OCI holder may be disadvantaged, however, the lack of precedents ...
An Act to provide for acquisition and determination of Indian citizenship. Indian nationality law details the conditions by which a person holds Indian nationality. The two primary pieces of legislation governing these requirements are the Constitution of India and the Citizenship Act, 1955. All persons born in India between 26 January 1950 and ...
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) was passed by the Parliament of India on 11 December 2019. It amended the Citizenship Act, 1955 by providing an accelerated pathway to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who arrived in India by 2014. The eligible minorities were stated as ...
Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is given to People of Indian Origin and to persons who are not People of Indian Origin but married to Indian citizen or People of Indian Origin. Persons with OCI status are known as Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs). [32] The OCI status is a permanent visa for visiting India with a foreign passport.
As India prohibits dual nationality, sports representation in international events with respect to Indian participation has generally followed the norm of selection of sportspeople of Indian nationality. Despite this due to the ambiguity of representation law till 2008, many PIO sportspeople have represented India at international events.
They are eligible for OCI after renouncing their Indian citizenship as long as their home country allows dual citizenship in some form or other under their relevant national laws. [62] [63] [64] The Constitution of India does not permit dual citizenship or dual nationality, except for minors where the second nationality was involuntarily ...
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 was passed by the Parliament of India in December 2003, [ 2 ] and received presidential assent in January 2004. [ 3 ] It is labelled "Act 6 of 2004". [ 3 ] The Act amended The Citizenship Act, 1955 by: introducing and defining a notion of " illegal migrant ", [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ] who could be jailed or deported.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003 [26] and Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 [27] make provision for an even newer form of Indian nationality, the holders of which are to be known as Overseas Citizens of India (OCI). Overseas nationality is not substantially different from PIO rights.