India is a country where people of every community and caste live. In contrast, many people in India’s neighboring countries are harassed and tortured, due to which millions of people have come to India as refugees in the last several years. The Citizenship Amendment Act has been introduced by the Central Government for such people. Which has now been implemented in the whole country. Meanwhile, we are telling you how to get Indian citizenship and how to apply for it.
Refugees get citizenship
Any person has to fulfill certain conditions for Indian citizenship. The person applying for citizenship will have to explain why he wants to take citizenship of India instead of his country. People usually file a petition citing harassment and exploitation in their country. Providing citizenship to people is done under the Citizenship Act 1955, which has been amended several times.
What are citizenship provisions?
Now if someone has to prove his citizenship or apply for citizenship, then there are many provisions. Every person born in India after 26 January 1950 is a citizen of India. Any person born after 1 July 1987 will be considered a citizen of India if his mother or father was a citizen of India at his birth.
If a person from another country has been living in India for 11 years, then he can apply for citizenship. This limit has been reduced to five years for non-Muslims of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh in CAA. For citizenship, an application can be made by visiting the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs. You can also apply by visiting indichiancitizenshiponline.nic.in.
