Govt announces concessions for refugees from Pak, Afghanistan
14 Nov 2014 5:35 AM IST
Home minister Rajnath Singh approved a proposal for manual acceptance of applications for granting of Indian citizenship to minority community nationals of Pakistan and Afghanistan who entered India prior to 31 December, 2009.
The eligible applicants who were facing difficulties in submitting online applications can now submit the same manually along with their passports.
However, the Long Term Visa (LTV) of the applicant should be valid at the time of submitting the citizenship application at the office of the district magistrate, collector or deputy commissioner.
An affidavit filed before the authority prescribed under Rule 38 of the Citizenship Rules, 2009, will be considered in lieu of renunciation certificate. The children of refugees, who entered India on the basis of their parents’ passport, can apply without passport for the grant of Indian citizenship after the regularisation of their stay in India.
In case of children of such persons born in India, they can also apply without passport for grant of Indian citizenship after regularisation of their stay in the country.
The home minister has taken the decision considering the difficulties being faced by minority community nationals of Pakistan and Afghanistan in submitting their applications for grant of Indian citizenship.
Narendra Modi had during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls said at rallies in West Bengal and Rajasthan that Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindu refugees would be treated like other Indian citizens if he became PM.
The eligible applicants who were facing difficulties in submitting online applications can now submit the same manually along with their passports.
However, the Long Term Visa (LTV) of the applicant should be valid at the time of submitting the citizenship application at the office of the district magistrate, collector or deputy commissioner.
An affidavit filed before the authority prescribed under Rule 38 of the Citizenship Rules, 2009, will be considered in lieu of renunciation certificate. The children of refugees, who entered India on the basis of their parents’ passport, can apply without passport for the grant of Indian citizenship after the regularisation of their stay in India.
In case of children of such persons born in India, they can also apply without passport for grant of Indian citizenship after regularisation of their stay in the country.
The home minister has taken the decision considering the difficulties being faced by minority community nationals of Pakistan and Afghanistan in submitting their applications for grant of Indian citizenship.
Narendra Modi had during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls said at rallies in West Bengal and Rajasthan that Pakistani and Bangladeshi Hindu refugees would be treated like other Indian citizens if he became PM.
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