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Centre Updates Citizenship Rules, Tightens Dual Passport Norms For Minors
The changes, known as the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introduce a slew of online initiatives for OCI cardholders, including a digital application and renunciation process.
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US Supreme Court Casts Doubt On Trump's Changes To Birthright Citizenship Rules
Conservative and liberal justices on Wednesday questioned whether Trump's order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens comports with either the Constitution or federal l
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Want To Renounce US Citizenship? Fee Now Slashed By 80% To $450
After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the cost from $2,350 to $450.
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MK Stalin Urges PM Modi To Solve Citizenship Issues Of 89,000 Lankan Tamils
With just two months to go for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a "humane and pragmatic" resolution to the long-pending citizenship issue and legal status of Sri Lankan Tamils
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US Tightens Immigration Rules, Bars Old Photos To Curb Identity Fraud
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has tightened its rules on photographs used for immigration paperwork, introducing stricter limits aimed at reducing identity fraud.
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Canada To Tweak Citizenship Rules: How India-Origin Families Will Benefit
The Canadian government is planning to bring in a law to end the restrictive "second-generation cut-off" rule, which prevented many Canadian citizens born abroad from passing on citizenship to their children who were also born overseas.
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Canada To Revise Law For Citizenship By Descent. How It Affects Indians
Canada is set to modernise its citizenship rules, which could benefit thousands of Indian-origin families and other Canadians born abroad.
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UK Plans To Overhaul Immigration Policy. How It Will Affect Indians
In its biggest immigration shake-up in nearly half a century, the United Kingdom is planning to make some legal migrants wait up to 20 years before letting them apply to settle in Britain permanently.
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Electoral Roll Revision In Bengal, Tamil Nadu But Not Assam? Election Commission Explains Why
Phase Two of the nationwide rollout of voter roll revision -- an exercise being undertaken after 21 years -- includes two states where assembly elections are due next year. But there is a third which is not included.
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US Tightens Visa Rules: No More Quick Appointments Abroad For Indians
The US Department of State has issued a directive- effective immediately - requiring non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants, including Indians, to set up their interview appointments exclusively in their country of citizenship or legal residence.
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Centre Updates Citizenship Rules, Tightens Dual Passport Norms For Minors
The changes, known as the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026, introduce a slew of online initiatives for OCI cardholders, including a digital application and renunciation process.
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US Supreme Court Casts Doubt On Trump's Changes To Birthright Citizenship Rules
Conservative and liberal justices on Wednesday questioned whether Trump's order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens comports with either the Constitution or federal l
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Want To Renounce US Citizenship? Fee Now Slashed By 80% To $450
After years of legal battles with several groups representing Americans wanting to give up their citizenship, the department on Friday published a final rule in the Federal Register that reduces the cost from $2,350 to $450.
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MK Stalin Urges PM Modi To Solve Citizenship Issues Of 89,000 Lankan Tamils
With just two months to go for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a "humane and pragmatic" resolution to the long-pending citizenship issue and legal status of Sri Lankan Tamils
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US Tightens Immigration Rules, Bars Old Photos To Curb Identity Fraud
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has tightened its rules on photographs used for immigration paperwork, introducing stricter limits aimed at reducing identity fraud.
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Canada To Tweak Citizenship Rules: How India-Origin Families Will Benefit
The Canadian government is planning to bring in a law to end the restrictive "second-generation cut-off" rule, which prevented many Canadian citizens born abroad from passing on citizenship to their children who were also born overseas.
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Canada To Revise Law For Citizenship By Descent. How It Affects Indians
Canada is set to modernise its citizenship rules, which could benefit thousands of Indian-origin families and other Canadians born abroad.
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UK Plans To Overhaul Immigration Policy. How It Will Affect Indians
In its biggest immigration shake-up in nearly half a century, the United Kingdom is planning to make some legal migrants wait up to 20 years before letting them apply to settle in Britain permanently.
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Electoral Roll Revision In Bengal, Tamil Nadu But Not Assam? Election Commission Explains Why
Phase Two of the nationwide rollout of voter roll revision -- an exercise being undertaken after 21 years -- includes two states where assembly elections are due next year. But there is a third which is not included.
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US Tightens Visa Rules: No More Quick Appointments Abroad For Indians
The US Department of State has issued a directive- effective immediately - requiring non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants, including Indians, to set up their interview appointments exclusively in their country of citizenship or legal residence.
