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Service Name : Indian Citizenship Online Status Enquiry
Country: India
Website : http://indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in/
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Citizenship Rules:
Application for registration of birth under section 4.- A person may submit an application for registration of birth of his minor child born outside India in terms of sub-section (1) of section 4 in Form I to the Indian consulate in the country, where such child was born, together with a declaration that the child does not hold the passport of any other country.
Application for registration under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5.- An application from a person of Indian origin for registration as a citizen of India under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form II;
(b) he gives an undertaking in writing that he shall renounce the citizenship of his country in the event of his application being sanctioned;
(c) he is ordinarily resident in India for a period of at least seven years on the date of making application; and
(d) he makes the oath of allegiance as specified in the Second Schedule to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Application for registration under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 5.- (1) An application from a person, who is married to a citizen of India, for registration as a citizen of India under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 5 shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form III;
(b) he gives an undertaking in writing that he shall renounce the citizenship of his country in the event of his application being sanctioned;
(c) on the date of making the application he,-
(i) has been ordinarily a resident of India; or
(ii) has been in the service of the Government of India; at least for a period of seven years; and
(d) he makes the oath of allegiance as specified in the Second Schedule to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Explanation:
In computing the period of seven years, any broken period of residence and service under sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (c) shall be included in the period specified therein.
The Central Government may, in consideration of the special circumstances, exempt, any foreign national married to such an Indian citizen who is in the service of the Government in India, from the operation of clause (c) of sub-rule (1).
The Central Government may, in consideration of the special circumstances, exempt any foreign national who has been married to an Indian citizen for not less than seven years and who has visited India at least once in a year during any seven years out of nine years, from the operation of clause (c) of sub-rule (1).
Application for registration under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 5.- An application for registration as a citizen of India under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 5, for a minor child of a person who is a citizen of India, shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form IV; and
(b) the parent of such minor child declares that he is the legal guardian of the child.
Application for registration under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 5.- An application from a person for registration as citizen of India under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 5 shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form V;
(b) he gives an undertaking in writing that he shall renounce the citizenship of his country in the event of his application being sanctioned ; and
(c) he makes the oath of allegiance as specified in the Second Schedule to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Application for registration under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 5.- An application from a person for registration as a citizen of India under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 5 shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form VI;
(b) he gives an undertaking that he shall renounce the citizenship of his country in the event of his application being sanctioned;
(c) he is resident in India for a continuous period of at least one year on the date of making application; and
(d) he makes the oath of allegiance as specified in the Second Schedule to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Application for registration under clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 5.- An application from a person registered as an overseas citizen of India, for registration as a citizen of India under clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 5, shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form VII;
(b) he gives an undertaking in writing that he shall renounce the citizenship of his country in the event of his application being sanctioned;
(c) he has been an overseas citizen of India for a period of at least five years and resident in India for a continuous period of one year on the date of making application; and
(d) he makes the oath of allegiance as specified in the Second Schedule to the Citizenship Act, 1955.
Application for grant of citizenship by naturalisation under sub- section (1) of section 6.- An application from a person for naturalisation as a citizen of India under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall not be entertained unless :
(a) the application is made in Form VIII;
(b) he gives an undertaking in writing that he shall renounce the citizenship of his country in the event of his application being sanctioned; and
(c) the application is accompanied with –
(i) a duly stamped affidavit verifying the correctness of the statements made in the application alongwith two affidavits from Indian citizens testifying the character of the applicant; and
(ii) a certificate depicting that the applicant has adequate knowledge of one of the languages specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.