Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) OCI Scheme is not yet operational. The date of operationalising the OCI scheme would be announced in due c..
The Constitution of India does not allow holding Indian citizenship and citizenship of a foreign country simultaneously. Based on the recommendation of the High Level committee on Indian Diaspora, the Government of India decided to grant Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI). The scheme is operational...
The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) Scheme was introduced by amending the Citizenship Act, 1955 in August 2005. The Scheme provides for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) of all Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) who were citizens of India on 26th January, 1950 or there after...
Dual Citizenship of India / Overseas Citizenship of India India passed a law to grant dual citizenship to the people of Indian origin (PIO) on December 22, 2003. The law received the President's approval on January 7, 2004, and became operational from 2nd December 2005. The law will help...
2021 India – Modifications to Overseas Citizenship of India Scheme India’s Overseas Citizenship of India (“OCI”) Scheme has been undergoing changes by which OCI card-holders were granted certain rights. The Ministry of Home Affairs (“MHA”) has recently issued a consolidated notification 1 wh...
In response to economic needs after the 1991 reforms, India instituted a diaspora policy that extracted emigrants' material wealth in exchange for cultural capital. Increasingly caught between mounting diasporic demands for the extension of dual citizenship and domestic apprehensions hostile to such a ...
The Reserve Bank of India is due to review rules foroverseas banksfrom next month. Overseas banks in India may have to sell stake in local units The official also said that the transaction could be done with two or threeoverseas banks, and that the bonds would have a put option that will...
When India first introduced the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) in 2003 under the label of "dual citizenship", potential links between this new diasporic membership status and national security concerns were not publicly discussed, while such concerns influenced the shape of this membership policy...
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Our God is not defined by nation or nation building; he holds citizenship nowhere but Heaven and extends his grace throughout the world. And so I have seen people find Jesus, find ‘the way’, through white steepled Baptist churches and through gold-trimmed icons in Orthodox churches; ...