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...
01 Apr, 2025, 07.37 PM IST
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). ...
28 Sep, 2024, 01.52 PM IST
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...
22 May, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
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 ...
12 Oct, 2021, 09.13 PM IST
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...
09 Apr, 2021, 01.16 PM IST
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...
30 Mar, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
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...
13 Mar, 2021, 11.38 AM IST
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...
31 May, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
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...
22 May, 2020, 04.27 PM IST
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...
07 May, 2020, 07.18 AM IST
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...
11 Dec, 2019, 06.00 PM IST
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 ...
06 Dec, 2019, 04.18 PM IST
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...
04 Dec, 2019, 11.31 PM IST
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...
22 May, 2015, 02.38 AM IST
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.
30 Dec, 2014, 10.29 AM IST
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...
23 Dec, 2014, 06.43 PM IST
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...
30 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST