India is a country where people of every community and caste live. On the contrary, many people in the neighboring countries of India are tortured and harassed, which is why lakhs of people have come to India as refugees in the last several years. For such people, the Citizenship Amendment Act has been brought by the Central Government. Which has now been implemented across the country. Meanwhile, we are telling you how to get Indian citizenship and how to apply for it.
Refugees get citizenship
For Indian citizenship, any person has to fulfill certain conditions, the person applying for citizenship has to tell the reason for his/her citizenship. Wants to take citizenship of India instead of the country. Usually people apply citing atrocities and exploitation happening in their country. The work of granting citizenship to people is done under the Citizenship Act 1955, this Act has been amended several times.
What are the provisions of citizenship
Now if someone has to prove his citizenship or has to apply for citizenship, then there are many provisions for it. Every person born in India after 26 January 1950 is a citizen of India. Any person born after July 1, 1987 will be considered a citizen of India only if his/her mother or father was a citizen of India at the time of his/her birth.
If a person from another country has been living in India for 11 years then he can apply for citizenship. In CAA, this limit has been reduced to five years for non-Muslim people of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Application for citizenship can be made by visiting the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs. You can also apply by visiting Indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in.
