Know about your Citizenship in India

The Constitution deals with citizenship from Articles 5 to 11 under Part II.

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The Citizenship Act (1955) provides for acquisition and loss of citizenship after the commencement of the Constitution.

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Though the Indian Constitution is federal with dual polity, it provides for only a single citizenship, that is, The Indian citizenship.

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Unlike USA, there is no separate state citizenship for Indians.

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In India, citizenship can be acquired by Birth, Descent, Registration, Naturalisation, by incorporation of other territory into India.

Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 proposes to permit members of Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to continue to live in India if they entered India before December 31, 2014.

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Overseas Citizens Of India is a form of permanent residency available to people of Indian origin and their spouses which allows them to live and work in India indefinitely.

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A Non-Resident of India (NRI) is someone who is an Indian citizen but has been residing outside India for more than 182 days.

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