Citizenship Services

Citizenship By Birth

Modes of acquiring of citizenship Citizenship By Birth According to Section 3 of The Citizenship Act,
When a person is born on or after 26th January 1950 but before 1st July 1987, then he would be entitled to get citizenship by birth.
When a person’s parents are a citizen of India or either of the parents is a citizen of India then the person would be entitled to get citizenship by birth.
If one parent is a citizen of India and the other is not, then it is necessary to establish the fact that the other parent is not an illegal migrant at the time of the birth of the child.

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According to Section 4 of The Citizenship Act,

A person born outside India on or after January 26, 1950, is a citizen of India by descent if his/her father was a citizen of India by birth.
A person born outside India on or after December 10, 1992, but before December 3, 2004, if either of his/her parents was a citizen of India by birth.
If a person born outside India or after December 3, 2004, has to acquire citizenship, his/her parents have to declare that the minor does not hold a passport of another country and his/her birth is registered at an Indian consulate within one year of birth.
Provided that a minor under this section is if a citizen of another country must renounce that within six months.

According to Section 5 of The Citizenship Act,

A person of Indian origin who has been a resident of India for 7 years before applying for registration.
A person of Indian origin who is a resident of any country outside undivided India.
A person who is married to an Indian citizen and is ordinarily resident for 7 years before applying for registration.
Minor children of persons who are citizens of India.

According to Section 6 of The Citizenship Act,

When an application for grant of a certificate of naturalisation is made by a person who is fully aged or has attained the capacity and the Central Government is satisfied that all the conditions are fulfilled, then the person is granted the certificate of naturalisation.
When a person is granted the certificate of citizenship by naturalisation, he has to take oath in the manner specified in the Third Schedule.

According to Section 7 of The Citizenship Act,

When any territory is added to the constitution of India, then the people of those territories would be considered as the citizen of India.
These people would be granted citizenship by the Official Gazette once the Central Government notifies them.
They would be considered as the citizen from the date specified in the order.

Under Section 8 of the Citizenship Act,1995 the provisions for renunciation of citizenship has been laid down

When both the parents are no more citizen of India, then their minor child is given the right to choose the nationality of his/her preference within the given period of time, after he/she attains the age of eighteen
When a citizen of India has attained the age of maturity or capacity and decides to renunciate the citizenship of India then he can submit his renunciation by registering under the prescribed authority.
After submission to the prescribed authority, the person ceases to be a citizen of India.
But if the person submits the request for renunciation of citizenship during the period of war India is engaged in then the request would be kept pending until directed by the Central Government of India.

According to Section 9 in the Citizenship Act,1995 the following provisions are provided for the termination of Citizenship

When a citizen of India voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country, then he ceases to be a citizen of India.
But a citizen of India who voluntarily acquires the citizenship of some other country during the period of war, then his citizenship won’t be ceased till the Central Government directs.