Good news; Dual Citizenship is on its Way

Its only for three countries

I think for the time being its applicable for only three countries
US,Britain and Australia.
 
Re: Its only for three countries

Originally posted by Raj009
I think for the time being its applicable for only three countries
US,Britain and Australia.
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Hey man,

how are you?

Where did you get this info?
 
Read this in a web site

I read this in a local Malayalam web site.I am not sure about the authenticity of the news.Probably they have omitted Canada.

Let's wait and see
 
Please check this

NRIs in USA, UK and Australia to be granted dual citizenship
HYDERABAD: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said that only NRIs in USA, UK and Australia will be the beneficiaries of the dual citizenship policy to be announced by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the ''Parvasi Bharatiya Divas'' on January 9.
Legal consultations on this long-standing demand of the Indian diaspora are over and no constitutional amendment is necessary to grant this facility, Mr Advani told reporters on board his plane to Hyderabad.

Mr Advani said the Ministries of Home, External Affairs and Law and Justice had held a joint meeting recently in which the Attorney General too had participated. He said the broad consensus at the meeting was that to begin with dual citizenship would be granted to those NRIs and PIOs who are residing in countries where such facility already exists.

According to the Law ministry, the existing provisions on citizenship will have to be amended to offer this facility to the NRIs and the PIOs. But they will have to apply themselves to avail of the facility.

On the possibility of misuse of the facility, Mr Advani said citizenship will be granted only after proper investigations.


Courtesy http://www.kaumudi.com/
 
Hi guys,

Its for all except pakistan and Bangladesh.

Dont believe on Malayalam newspaper which gives only half of the news. Reads this:

http://headlines.sify.com/1549news5.html?headline=Govt~to~offer~dual~citizenship~to~NRIs,~PIOs~

ovt to offer dual citizenship to NRIs, PIOs



Hyderabad, Jan 6

Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said an announcement regarding dual citizenship to
People of Indian Origin (PIO) living abroad would be made during the Pravasi Bhartiya
Diwas meet starting on January 9.

The grant of dual citizenship won’t be automatic and will be confined to a few countries
— which had a similar provision — on the basis of reciprocity, he said.

Stating that the granting of dual citizenship won’t be applicable to Pakistan Advani said
the PIO living in UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and some
European countries would be entitled to dual citizenship.

"It is not automatic and people would have to apply for it. It would be the Government’s
prerogative to grant citizenship to whosoever it thinks is fit," he said.

There are about 20 million PIO living abroad. All preliminary work had been done and
the decision taken after all necessary verifications.

Stating that the issue was discussed in an inter-ministerial meeting attended by
External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha Law Minister Jana Krishnamurthy, the Attorney
General and Solicitor General, he said: "We wanted to be absolutely sure if any
constitutional amendment was required."

Parliament, Advani said, had overriding authority to make laws regarding citizenship
without amending the Constitution.

"It can be done either by amending the Citizenship Act or by enacting a new law."

But in actual terms, dual citizenship may not confer any special rights on the NRIs. It
would just strengthen their emotional bonds with India.

"It had been a long-standing demand of the Indians living abroad which is now being
fulfilled," Advani added.Agencies
 
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