Acquiring Indian Citizenship, Legal Matters Indian Citizen, Who are Indian Citizens, Getting Indian Citizenship 2011, Applying for Indian Citizenship, How to Get Indian Citizenship, Qualifications for being indian citizen

Acquiring Indian Citizenship, Legal Matters Indian Citizen, Who are Indian Citizens, Getting Indian Citizenship 2011, Applying for Indian Citizenship, How to Get Indian Citizenship, Qualifications for being indian citizen

Citizen by Birth –

• Anyone born in India from 26 Jan 1950 to 1 July 1987 is an Indian Citizen irrespective of whether his/ her parents are an Indian Citizen.

• Anyone born on or after 1 July 1987 but before 1 Jan 2003, in India is an Indian citizen if at least one of his/her parents is an Indian citizen.

• Anyone born in India on or after 1 Jan 2003 is called an Indian citizen if both of his parents are also an Indian citizen OR at least of his/her parents is an Indian citizen AND another is also in India at the time of his/her birth and is not illegally present in India.

Citizenship due to family –

• Anyone born abroad on or after 26 Jan 1950 but before 10 Dec 1992 is an Indian Citizen based on his family(Parents, Forefathers) being Indian.

• Anyone born abroad after 10 Dec 1992 and before 7 Jan 2004 is an Indian Citizen if any of his parents during the time of his birth is an Indian citizen.

• Anyone born abroad after 7 Jan 2004 would not get Indian citizenship based on having Indian family etc unless his birth is registered in Indian within 1 Year if his birth.

Acquiring Indian Citizenship:-

To get registered as an Indian citizen. Anyone of the following should hold true :-

• Anyone of Indian Origin who himself or whose parents were born in India and is living in India for last 7 years can get Indian citizenship.

• Anyone of Indian Origin who himself or whose parents were born in India and is living in India for last 7 years can get Indian citizenship.

Source : baskar.com