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New Aadhaar card rules 2026: UIDAI expands document list for enrolment; simplifies rules for children; sets Aadhaar validity period for OCI, LTV, foreignersThe Unique Identification Authority of India has updated Aadhaar enrolment and correction rules. New regulations expand accepted documents ...
I invest Rs 60,000 monthly via SIPs. Should I add a multi-asset or balanced advantage fund to reduce volatility?I am 42, earning Rs 28 lakh annually. I invest Rs 60,000 per month through SIPs in a mix of large cap (40%), flexi-cap (30%) and mid-cap (3...
I am an OCI card holder, can I become a joint owner in a land bought by my mother?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I am an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card holder and understand OCI cardholders cannot buy land in India, ...
Rights of OCI cardholder can't be curtailed arbitrarily: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court ruled that the rights of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder cannot be curtailed arbitrarily and that due pr...
MEA issues clarification on OCI rules, says no new changes madeThe Ministry of External Affairs has clarified that there have been no changes to the rules governing Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI). ...
Can Indians have dual citizenship? Here's the fine printYou may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign countr...
High Court permits OCI cardholder to appear for JEE counselling under general categoryA bench of Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Madhav Jamdar passed the interim order while hearing a plea filed by the female student challenging a ...
Foreigners married to Indians cannot enjoy OCI status after divorce, Centre tells HCThe woman has challenged in the high court a provision of the Citizenship Act - section 7D(f) - under which a foreign spouse of an Indian n...
OCI card holders no longer required to carry old passports for India travel; diaspora welcomes moveThe Indian government has relaxed the second provisions since last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The timeline has been extended mul...
Number of OCI cards issued has doubled since last 5 yearsAs many as 3.2 lakh overseas citizens of India (OCI) cards were issued per annum between 2015 and 2021 as compared to an average 1.7 lakh c...
Indians launch SOS campaign to travel home with minor children having US citizenshipTravel to India by a non-Indian citizen, except for certain categories of those having Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) card, is barred due...
Govt allows certain categories of OCI cardholders to visit IndiaMinor children born to Indian nationals abroad and holding OCI cards, couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other an Indian...
Government suspends all visas, bars travel by OCI card holdersThe Home Ministry also said it has kept in abeyance multiple-entry life-long visas given to Overseas Citizens of India card holders till in...
Citizenship Amendment Bill passed in Lok SabhaThe bill also exempts certain areas in the North-East from this provision. The Bill also makes amendments to provisions related to OCI card...
CAB ready to be tabled next week; non-Muslim refugees from Pak, Bangladesh, Afghanistan to get citizenshipAccording to the bill, "... any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh ...
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protects Sixth Schedule, Inner Line areasThe bill is likely to be introduced in the ongoing session of Parliament. CAB has provisions to protect tribal areas, notified under the Si...
Government relaxes FDI norms for NRIs, PIOs, OCIInvestments by NRIs under under Schedule 4 of FEMA regulations will be deemed domestic investment at par with the investment made by reside...
Modi government to merge PIO and OCI cards; Home Ministry may amend Indian Citizenship ActModi has for long aggressively courted the Indian diaspora, many of whom are financially well off in their ed nations, to invest in India.
Bill in Lok Sabha to merge Person of Indian Origin, Overseas Citizenship of India schemesCitizenship (Amendment) Bill 2014 seeks to remove certain lacunae noticed during implementation of 1955 Act & review of provisions relating...
PM Modi's US Visit: Merger of PIO, OCI schemes to take timeThe US at present provides the speedier clearance under the Global Entry programme only to citizens of Mexico, South Korea, the Netherlands...