Overseas Citizenship Of India

French journalist Vanessa Dougnac on Saturday left India saying she cannot afford to wait for outcome of the legal process set in motion in the wake of a notice issued to her by government regarding cancellation of her Overseas Citizen of India card.

Kannada actor and activist Chetan Kumar, popularly known as Chetan Ahimsa, on Saturday claimed that the Centre had revoked his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card.

Over 1,10,670 Indians and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan using the cross-border Kartarpur corridor, the government said on Friday.

As many as 6,76,074 Indians gave up their Indian citizenship in five years from 2015 to 2019, according to the central government.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the main focus is to keep a strong bond between India and the new generation of the diaspora by bringing in reforms in the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) scheme.

Overseas Citizenship of India cardholders, in certain age groups, can travel to India even if they have not re-registered it after the issuance of their new passports, as the Home Ministry has relaxed travel conditions till June 30, 2020, an official said on Friday.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which is to be tabled in parliament on Monday, includes provisions like one that allows cancellation of registrations of Overseas Citizen of India who violate provisions of the Act "or any other notified law"

Nobel prize winners Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk and John Coetzee led more than 250 literary and journalist luminaries who called Thursday on India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke an order stripping writer Aatish Taseer of his "overseas citizenship".

Writer Aatish Taseer's Overseas Citizenship of India status has been revoked for not complying with "very basic requirements" and concealing information, the Home Ministry said on Thursday, disputing a media report suggesting the move was linked to a story published in the Time magazine in May.

The Foreigners Division of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notice to the wife of Trinamool Congress leader and Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee for making false representation and concealing material facts while submitting documents before the authorities to get her Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) and Permanent Account Num...

India has decided to revoke the OCI cards of the Indian-American adoptive parents of Sherin Mathews, the three-year-old girl found dead in a culvert in Dallas, and some of their relatives and friends.

The Delhi High Court has said that Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) appear to enjoy the fundamental rights of equality before law and freedom of speech and expression in the same way as any other Indian citizen does.

An Indian-origin businesswoman managed to travel from UK's Manchester city to New Delhi via Dubai on her husband's passport before the serious security lapse was picked up in India, prompting the Emirates Airline to launch an investigation into the incident.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Israelis of Indian origin would get the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards even if they have served in the Israeli Defence Forces, making an exception to a rule that his government had strongly backed last year. OCI cards facilitate visa-free travel to India, give holders rights of residency and...

The Supreme Court, today, dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a journalist seeking quashing of amendments made in Citizenship Act which deny voting rights to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI).

French journalist Vanessa Dougnac on Saturday left India saying she cannot afford to wait for outcome of the legal process set in motion in the wake of a notice issued to her by government regarding cancellation of her Overseas Citizen of India card.

Kannada actor and activist Chetan Kumar, popularly known as Chetan Ahimsa, on Saturday claimed that the Centre had revoked his Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card.

Over 1,10,670 Indians and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders visited Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan using the cross-border Kartarpur corridor, the government said on Friday.

As many as 6,76,074 Indians gave up their Indian citizenship in five years from 2015 to 2019, according to the central government.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that the main focus is to keep a strong bond between India and the new generation of the diaspora by bringing in reforms in the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) scheme.

Overseas Citizenship of India cardholders, in certain age groups, can travel to India even if they have not re-registered it after the issuance of their new passports, as the Home Ministry has relaxed travel conditions till June 30, 2020, an official said on Friday.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which is to be tabled in parliament on Monday, includes provisions like one that allows cancellation of registrations of Overseas Citizen of India who violate provisions of the Act "or any other notified law"

Nobel prize winners Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk and John Coetzee led more than 250 literary and journalist luminaries who called Thursday on India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke an order stripping writer Aatish Taseer of his "overseas citizenship".

Writer Aatish Taseer's Overseas Citizenship of India status has been revoked for not complying with "very basic requirements" and concealing information, the Home Ministry said on Thursday, disputing a media report suggesting the move was linked to a story published in the Time magazine in May.

The Foreigners Division of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notice to the wife of Trinamool Congress leader and Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee for making false representation and concealing material facts while submitting documents before the authorities to get her Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) and Permanent Account Num...

India has decided to revoke the OCI cards of the Indian-American adoptive parents of Sherin Mathews, the three-year-old girl found dead in a culvert in Dallas, and some of their relatives and friends.

The Delhi High Court has said that Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) appear to enjoy the fundamental rights of equality before law and freedom of speech and expression in the same way as any other Indian citizen does.

An Indian-origin businesswoman managed to travel from UK's Manchester city to New Delhi via Dubai on her husband's passport before the serious security lapse was picked up in India, prompting the Emirates Airline to launch an investigation into the incident.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said Israelis of Indian origin would get the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cards even if they have served in the Israeli Defence Forces, making an exception to a rule that his government had strongly backed last year. OCI cards facilitate visa-free travel to India, give holders rights of residency and...

The Supreme Court, today, dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a journalist seeking quashing of amendments made in Citizenship Act which deny voting rights to Overseas Citizens of India (OCI).