Akshay Kumar cast his first vote today, know how does a foreigner get citizenship in India?

Ronit Kawale
Ronit Kawale - Senior Editor
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Like other countries of the world, two types of people live in India. One Indian and the other foreigner. Like in other countries, special rights are given to the people there and there is a rule to give only limited rights to the citizens coming from outside. Similarly, in India also every citizen has his own rights. A person gets citizenship only after completing many important tasks and something similar happened with Akshay Kumar, who was fighting for Indian citizenship for a long time, finally he got Indian citizenship in the month of August last year. ,

Let us tell you, today being an Indian citizen, he cast his first vote in Mumbai. If you also have a question in your mind that how do foreigners get Indian citizenship? What things will have to be shown, how long will have to wait, so let us answer these questions of yours today. (L-Photo Credit: AkshayKumar@Instagram)

Citizenship is acquired by birth

If a person is born in India on or after 26 January 1950, but before 1 July 1987, he will be considered a citizen only if his parents were born there. If someone is born after December 3, 2004, he will be called a resident of India only if his parents are citizens of India.

Citizenship is granted on the basis of descent

If a person is born outside India on or after 26 January 1950 and immediately before 10 December 1992 and his spouse is a citizen of India at the time of his birth, he can be called a citizen of India.

by registration

by registration

If a person registers with the Government of India, he will become a citizen of India only if the person has lived in India for 7 years before applying. A person who is married to an Indian citizen and has lived in India for 7 years before applying.

citizenship by naturalization

citizenship by naturalization

On receiving an application from the Central Government, a person can get citizenship only if he is residing in India or is in the service of the Government of India or has been residing in India for at least 12 months before the citizenship application. He must be from a country whose citizens cannot become citizens by naturalization. He should have good character.

Citizenship is available regardless of region.

Citizenship is available regardless of region.

Citizenship can also be obtained by merging any region with one's own country. If any foreign area becomes a part of India then the person from that area gets Indian citizenship.


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