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Learn about the permanent residency status for people of Indian origin and their spouses, which allows them to live and work in India indefinitely. Find out the eligibility, benefits, rights, and restrictions of OCI holders, and the history and comparison of OCI with other categories.
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register of all Indian citizens mandated by the Citizenship Act, 1955. It has been implemented for Assam since 2013 and for the rest of India since 2021, with a controversial process and outcome.
Naturalization is the legal process by which a non-national of a country acquires its nationality after birth. Learn about the history, rules, and exceptions of naturalization in different countries, and the difference between citizenship and nationality.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) is an Indian law that grants citizenship to persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. It has been criticised as discriminatory and exclusionary, and has sparked protests and violence in India.
india.gov.in is the official web portal of the Indian government, providing information and online services for citizens and stakeholders. It covers topics such as government, citizen, overseas, sectors, directories, documents, forms, acts, rules, schemes, tenders, and know India.
Permanent Resident Card (2002-2009) The card is an ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 sized (commonly known as credit-card sized) document. The front of the card contains the holder's photograph, name, an 8-digit ID number, sex, nationality, date of birth, signature and the card's date of expiration.
Learn about the history and current rules of Indian citizenship and nationality, based on the Constitution and the Citizenship Act, 1955. Find out how colonial-era British nationality laws influenced the status of Indians and foreigners in India and abroad.
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.