A Question About Indian Residency And Citizenship Laws?

Question

Here is the deal...I was born in India but raised in UK..I have a British passport and I am a British citizen...I now want to apply for an Indian passport that I can have alongside my British passport.

Is this permissable acording to Indian legislation?

I will be visiting the Indian embassy in London but I think it should be permissable because I was born in New Delhi, my mother is an Indian passport holder and India is a part of the Commonwealth....

Plz advise......

Answer 1

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Consulate General of India, Chicago, USA: http://chicago.indianconsulate.com/

Consulate General of India, Houston, USA: http://www.cgihouston.org/

Consulate General of India, New York, USA: www.indiacgny.org/

Embassy of India, Washington, D.C., USA: www.indianembassy.org/

Applicants in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Amritsar can also file with respective Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs) at the following addresses:

(i) FRRO, East Block-VIII, Level-2, Sector-1,

R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066.

Tel. No. 011-26711384.

(ii) FRRO, Badruddin Tayyabji Marg,

Mumbai-1.

Tel. No. 022-26571998.

(iii) FRRO, Shastri Bhavan Annexe, 26,

Haddows Road, Chennai.

Tel. No. 044-28232642.

The Indian government recently launched a program called "Overseas Citizens of India" or "OCI". This program often has been mischaracterized as "dual nationality" or "dual citizenship." However, a person who holds an OCI Card in reality is granted an Indian visa, not Indian citizenship. Thus, an American citizen who obtains OCI status remains a citizen only of the United States. The OCI Card is a special visa which grants the holder the right to indefinitely visit, study or work in India, and also the right to own most types of property in India (excluding certain agricultural and plantation properties). A holder of an OCI card also need not register with local police/immigration authorities, unlike other holders of Indian visas. An OCI holder, however, does not receive an Indian passport, and has no other political rights in India, including the right to vote or eligibility for government employment.

The OCI card is similar to a Person of Indian Origin (PIO) Card, except that PIO cards are not granted for life, and PIO Card holders may be required to register with police/immigration authorities under certain circumstances.

An American citizen who wishes to obtain a PIO or OCI Card, may apply outside of India at the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC, or at an Indian consulate in New York, Chicago, San Francisco or Houston. An American citizen who resides in India can apply at the Foreigner’s Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in New Delhi (tel. [phone]). The FRRO also maintains offices in Mumbai, Chennai (known as the Chennai Immigration Office), Calcutta and Amritsar. In Delhi, applications also may be made at the Foreigner's Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs, located at Jaisalmer House, 26 Man Singh Road, New Delhi (tel. [phone]).  For more information on the OCI program, please see http://www.mha.nic.in/oci/oci-main.htm.

Answer 2

Yes under the dual-citizinship program you are eligible to apply for an Indian passport. However, before doing so I think you need to apply for POI or PIO card thats person of Indian origion something like that...

I dont know the procedure, but the bottom line is yes you can have an Indian passport

Answer 3

the dual citizenship laws were repealled by India and hence you will have to return the UK passport to get an Indian passport

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