Re-aquiring Indian Citizenship

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rohit000

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Hello

I am about to apply for Australian Citizenship :rolleyes: and the OCI. If I later decide to live in India and want my Indian citizenahip back, is it possible? How? :confused:

Any help is much appreciated,

regards
Rohit
 
You can re-obtain Indian citizenship 5 years after getting your OCI if you have spent 1 continuous year out of the 5 in India.
But at that time you will have to surrender your Australian citizenship

You can live in India with the OCI without any hassels
 
Reaquiring Citizenship as previous indian citizen

Hello
Thanks for your response. I am aware that if I live in India as OCI, I can become citizen after 5 years. Is it possible to apply for citizenhip before that period, on the basis that I was born in India and spent 22 (out of 26) years in India?
:rolleyes:
cheers
Rohit
 
mangal969 said:
You can re-obtain Indian citizenship 5 years after getting your OCI if you have spent 1 continuous year out of the 5 in India.
But at that time you will have to surrender your Australian citizenship

You can live in India with the OCI without any hassels
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Here is an official source on the Ministry of Home Affairs: http://www.mha.nic.in/citi.htm

Consider the following extract:

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5. Citizenship by registration, (f) a person of full age and capacity who, or either of his parents, was earlier citizen of independent India, and has been residing in India for one year immediately before making an application for registration;
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According to this, having previously been a citizen of India, you can apply for citizenship by registration after one year's residence in India.

It's certainly a good idea to ask an Indian official source like a consulate, to make sure of this.
 
Interestingly, the same source says,

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5. Citizenship by registration, (b) a person of Indian origin who is ordinarily resident in any country or place outside undivided India;
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The forms on that site don't include one for this type of registration (for which the residency requirement is not specified). Does anyone know how the above rule is applied?
 
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tamtom said:
Here is an official source on the Ministry of Home Affairs: http://www.mha.nic.in/citi.htm

Consider the following extract:

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5. Citizenship by registration, (f) a person of full age and capacity who, or either of his parents, was earlier citizen of independent India, and has been residing in India for one year immediately before making an application for registration;
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According to this, having previously been a citizen of India, you can apply for citizenship by registration after one year's residence in India.

It's certainly a good idea to ask an Indian official source like a consulate, to make sure of this.
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Apart from the 5 year OIC route there must be other expedited ways of citizenship. eg: What if someone wants to buy a farmhouse and is bringing in investment money.
 
delhi1 said:
Apart from the 5 year OIC route there must be other expedited ways of citizenship. eg: What if someone wants to buy a farmhouse and is bringing in investment money.
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delhi1,

If you read the sources I cited, both of those methods are less than 5 years. They say one year residence in India is required if you have been residing in undivided India (i.e. India, Pakistan or Bangladesh), and no residence period specified otherwise.

Hope this clarifies,

Tamtom
 
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Tamtom thanks

Tamtom,
Thanks. Reading bureaucratic jargon always is a challenge. Thanks for the 1 year headsup. I was wondering if there were any loopholes to the 1 year issue.

eg: Agricultural land or

Is ther a rule that says if in the last say 5 years you have been in India for 3 months then you only need say 9 months continuous stay in India. Something along the lines of a NOR where the rule says something like in the "last 10 years......" Not specifically in the last 1 year
 
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