How many times the cityzenship provision has been amended is so far?
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In response to growing demands to introduce dual citizenship from its overseas diaspora, India introduced the concept of the person of Indian origin (a "PIO") in 2002 and an overseas citizen of India (an "OCI") in 2006 as categories of persons who enjoy certain legal rights in India. This article summarises the rights that PIOs and OCIs have in India and examines the impact of the recently introduced Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015 (the "Amendment Act").
Currently, the Constitution of India does not allow dual citizenship and PIOs and OCIs are often mistaken as dual citizens or dual nationals. A PIO is simply defined to be a person registered as a PIO cardholder under the Ministry of Home Affairs scheme.1 An OCI is a person registered as an overseas citizen of India under section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (the "Act"). PIOs and OCIs essentially enjoy certain rights in India, on par with Indian nationals.
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Currently, the Constitution of India does not allow dual citizenship and PIOs and OCIs are often mistaken as dual citizens or dual nationals. A PIO is simply defined to be a person registered as a PIO cardholder under the Ministry of Home Affairs scheme.1 An OCI is a person registered as an overseas citizen of India under section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (the "Act"). PIOs and OCIs essentially enjoy certain rights in India, on par with Indian nationals.
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The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced by the Centre in the Lok Sabha inJuly 2016 to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make illegal migrants who belong to six communities – Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians – eligible for citizenship of India.
The Amendment Act has modified the Act and now provides that:
(in relation to paragraph (vi) above) such person needs to be ordinarily residing in India for twelve months before making the application to apply for citizenship of India; and
any person of full age who has been registered as an OCI for 5 (five) years and has been ordinarily residing in India for twelve months before making the application can also apply for registration for Indian citizenship.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced by the Centre in the Lok Sabha inJuly 2016 to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 to make illegal migrants who belong to six communities – Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians – eligible for citizenship of India.
The Amendment Act has modified the Act and now provides that:
(in relation to paragraph (vi) above) such person needs to be ordinarily residing in India for twelve months before making the application to apply for citizenship of India; and
any person of full age who has been registered as an OCI for 5 (five) years and has been ordinarily residing in India for twelve months before making the application can also apply for registration for Indian citizenship.
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