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	Government of India
		The provisions relating to citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution are contained in Articles 5 to 11 in Part II of the Constitution of India.
		An application, for registration of the birth of a minor child, to an Indian consulate under Section 4(1) shall be made in Form I and shall be accompanied by an undertaking in writing from the parents of such minor child that he or she does not hold the passport of another country.
		Citizenship of India by naturalisation can be acquired by a foreigner who is ordinarily resident in India for twelve years (continuously for the twelve months preceding the date of application and for eleven years in the aggregate in the fourteen years preceding the twelve months).
	mha.nic.in /citizenship/acquire1.htm (840 words)

	Indian Nations, The United States, and Citizenship
		Land and citizenship are clearly separate under the conditions created by overseas empires and an evolving theory of law which finds the states coming to ownership of the idea of citizenship for their own purposes.
		Indians were clearly non-citizens during this century and, so long as an Indian continued to maintain his rights as an Indian, he was considered a non-person in the eyes of U.S. law.
		Indian leadership needs to understand that when they stand as Indians for Indian rights they are in direct conflict with U.S. aspirations, and that an Indian allegiance to the United States is secondary to their allegiance to their own nations because the former by nature seeks to eliminate the latter.
	www.cwis.org /fwdp/Americas/indcitzn.htm (3905 words)

	INDIAN CITIZENSHIP - LESSONS FROM GERMANY
		Provisions regarding citizenship are contained in Part II (articles 5 to 11) of the Constitution of India.
		There are two main routes available for acquisition of Indian citizenship: (a) under section 5, by registration and (b) under section 8, by naturalization.
		There is nothing under Citizenship Act that prevents a person with wrong intentions to enter into a marriage of convenience in India and apply for citizenship.
	www.samarthbharat.com /citizens.htm (1639 words)

	Part IV - Effects of Forcing Citizenship
		While it can be concluded that the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was a genocidal act as defined under the Genocide Convention, it is rather obvious that this action was not of the same genocidal intensity as the killings of Indigenous people that occurred at the hands of the America military in the nineteenth century.
		This sovereignty is a reflection of the degree to which an Indian people believe in the right to define their own future, the degree to which they have the ability to carry out that belief, and the degree to which their collective actions are recognized by others within the tribal nation and the outside world.
		If Indian people believe that participating in the American political system will have more of an impact on their well-being than participating in tribal politics or seeking to revitalize reservation life, then that alone is the best evidence that the colonizing nation has succeeded in devaluing the role of one's Indigenous nation in daily life.
	academic.udayton.edu /race/02rights/native05.htm (4235 words)

	INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES. Vol. IV, Laws
		Indians who are otherwise eligible to vote may not be denied that right because of their race.
		Therefore Indians whose trust patents are dated subsequent to May 8, 1906, and who have also received their patents in fee simple have become citizens under said act of May 8, 1906.
		1, 114), provision was made for the extension of citizenship to the Indians in the "Indian Territory" by amending section 6 of the act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stat.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /kappler/Vol4/html_files/v4p1165.html (829 words)

	Indian Americans - an overview
		The first Indian immigrant entered the United States in 1790 as a maritime worker, as part of the early commerce connections between India and the U.S. After that, the next noticeable groups of Indians came to the west- coast of the United States, in the state of Washington, entering from Canada.
		In 1946, the Indian Citizenship Bill, co-sponsored in a bipartisan effort of Congressmen Emmanuel Celler and Clare Booth Luce, legalized the ability of Indian immigrants to seek naturalization and granted India a token quota of one hundred immigrants annually.
		Moreover, Asian Indians are the largest of Asian American ethnic groups in New Jersey, the second largest after the Chinese Americans in New York and Maryland, and after Filipinos in Illinois, and the third largest after Vietnamese and Chinese in Texas.
	www.indianembassy.org /indusrel/comm.htm (2562 words)

	Indian nationality law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The application for registration of the birth of a minor child must be made to an Indian consulate and must be accompanied by an undertaking in writing from the parents of such minor child that he or she does not hold the passport of another country.
		Indian children therefore also automatically lose their claim to Indian citizenship if at any time after birth they acquire a citizenship of another country by, for example, naturalisation or registration.
		Indian authorities have interpreted the law to mean a person can't have a second country's passport simultaneously with an Indian one, and the Indian courts have given the executive branch wide discretion over this matter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indian_nationality_law (3757 words)

	Part V: Redressing the Effect
		While repealing the Indian Citizenship Act would be welcomed by some Indigenous people, most would likely resist this effort and seek to exercise their newly found power and status within the American political system to keep it from happening.
		Indians would not be allowed to vote in American elections, be candidates for American political office, or contribute funds to American political candidates and ballot initiatives.
		Indian nations should press hard for changes in the federal government's current Self-Governance Policy to further expand the matters of mutual concern that are addressed by agreement rather than colonial edict.
	academic.udayton.edu /race/02rights/native06.htm (3247 words)

	Citizenship and Franchise Rights of Indian Tamils in Sri Lanka
		The Sri Lankan proposals were to grant citizenship to 400,000; with an additional 250,000 to be granted Permanent Residence Permits, with the total between the two not to exceed 650,000, and the balance 300,000 were to be accepted as Indian citizens and repatriated.
		According to this agreement 525,000 Indians and their natural increase were to be repatriated to India; 300,000 and their natural increase were to be admitted to Sri Lankan citizenship; while the future of the remaining 150,000 was to be considered at a later date.
		The Indian Government at first refused to accept responsibility because of the overseas Indians in the rest of the world, but later, recognized they were morally obliged to do so because of the special circumstances that concerned the sojourn of their nationals in Sri Lanka.
	members.aol.com /mahnel/lbima19.htm (7242 words)

	India/US Dual Citizenship
		Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) of certain category who migrated from India and acquired citizenship of a foreign country other than Pakistan and Bangladesh, are eligible for grant of OCI as long as their home countries allow dual citizenship in some form or the other under their local laws.
		A person registered as OCI is eligible to apply by the Ministry of citizenship under section 5(1)(g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955 if he/she is registered as OCI for five years and has been residing in India for one year out of the five years before making the application.
		As there are various ways to acquire citizenship of a country, it is possible for someone to be considered a citizen under the laws of two or more countries at the same time.
	www.nriol.com /immigration/india-dual-citizenship.asp (1144 words)

	A party of choice: voting by American Indians : ICT [2002/09/16]
		The "Indian Citizenship Act," as we came to call it, was not passed upon any sound legal basis.
		Indians were kept from the polls by one means or another.
		Indian scholars and politicians should be engaged in a dialog to define the tolerable limits to the concessions we may make to American party politics or perhaps to demand principled, articulated and tangible concessions of all of the parties of choice.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1032185989 (1126 words)

	British nationality - children of Indian origin born in Hong Kong
		Solely Indian passport holders born in Hong Kong before the same date [note: SCMP editorial error, the date should be 30 June 1979 for those of Indian origin] who have never held a BN(O) passport may qualify if they did not formally renounce British nationality upon turning 18.
		India's Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003 was passed by the Indian Parliament on 22 December 2003 and came into force after receiving the assent of the President of India on 7 January 2004.
		Under the revised law, a child born to an Indian citizen abroad on or after 3 December 2004 shall not be a citizen of India, unless the birth is registered at an Indian Consulate within one year of the date of birth or with the permission of the Central Government after that time period.
	www.britishcitizen.info (2470 words)

	Dual Citizenship Info
		The Indian Parliament on December 22, 2003 has passed a Bill to grant dual citizenship to the people of Indian origin.
		Among other things, the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill - 2003, which amends the Citizenship Act -1955, would simplify the procedure to facilitate the reacquisition of Indian citizenship by persons of full age who are children of Indian citizens and former Indian citizens.
		The Bill provides for grant of overseas citizenship of India to persons of Indian origin belonging to 16 specified countries and Indian citizens who choose to acquire citizenship of any of these countries at a later date.
	chicago.indianconsulate.com /dualcitizenship.htm (137 words)

	archive: [BJP News]: Dual citizenship to Indian diaspora
		TitlDual citizenship to Indian diaspora Author: Editor Publication: India Today DatJAN 21, 2002 Indian diaspora has contributed enough to earn dual citizenship India Abroad is a presence that cannot be ignored, both in its size and spirit.
		Indians settled in the US, UK, Canada, the European mainland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, countries that have a system of dual citizenship, have the immediate chance of getting Indian citizenship with limited national rights-"no dual loyalty", as the prime minister says.
		Today, there are 15-20 million Indians living outside the country, and the Indian diaspora's annual remittances are estimated at about $10 billion (Rs 48,000 crore.) The NRI deposits in Indian banks currently amount to $23 billion.
	www.ofbjp.org /news/0102/10.html (485 words)

	a-4essen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		There has been an increase in interest in Indian ancestry because emphasis Is placed on minority hiring in private industry and other Government agencies, as well as in the BIA, and in services provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
		The payments made to person s of Indian descent represent their shares of the assets of the tribe with which they are affiliated.
		Indian policy was based on the General Allotment Act of 1887, which purpose was to break up tribal land holdings and allot each tribal member land from the reservation with land title and full U.S. Citizenship.
	www.okhistory.org /res/indiancitzen.htm (710 words)

	Citizen Sonia
		They have conceded, perhaps unwittingly, that Sonia Gandhi has qualified for citizenship under the existing constitutional and statutory provisions and the refore it is imperative to bring necessary amendments, at least, to prevent such naturalised citizens (that is, those not born in India and to Indian parents) from becoming President or Prime Minister.
		The inserted section enables a foreign spouse marrying an Indian citizen to acquire Indian citizenship by registration, if he or she has resided in India for five years at the time of applying.
		Su ch restriction on dual citizenship in India stems from the nationalist moorings of the early years of the Indian republic, when undivided citizenship was considered a strength and a patriotic imperative.
	www.hinduonnet.com /fline/fl1612/16120300.htm (1527 words)

	Affidavit Citizenship and Fictitious Voters
		The Indian Government thereafter declared that those who did not qualify for Sri Lanka citizenship and whose names were not entered in on the register were stateless.
		The Indian Tamil leaders initially obstructed the workers from even applying for registration under the 1949 legislation for the reason that the majority did not have the minimum residential qualification and their applications were bound to fail.
		A further 84,000 applicants for Indian citizenship were still awaiting registration as Indian citizens, making a total of 167,000 plus their natural increase who were due for repatriation.
	www.spur.asn.au /affidavit_citizenship_and_fictitious_Voters.htm (2341 words)

	Dual Citizenship for Indian Nationals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		An estimated 10 to 25 per cent of the total amount of Indian nationals living in those specified countries would be eligible to apply for overseas citizenship.
		The Indian Government is currently working on finalising the application form, as well as determining the procedure and costs involved.
		The possibility of dual citizenship will also assist in establishing links to India for younger Indian nationals living overseas who may not have as strong of ties to their homeland.
	www.workpermit.com /news/indians_dual_citizenship.htm (457 words)

	INDOlink - Diaspora - One Indian, Two Passports: The Indian Diaspora Debates
		Recently, when two media giants, the BBC and the Indian news portal Rediff, asked their audience if they thought granting dual citizenship to Persons of Indian Origin would be beneficial, the response it generated was overwhelming.
		Indians have special identity and culture, which is quite different from the western world.
		Indians will be able to pay a bit back to the country we all love.
	www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=010606074908 (2024 words)

	The 1924 Indian Citizenship Act
		Until the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, Indians occupied an unusual status under federal law.
		The granting of citizenship was not a response to some universal petition by American Indian groups.
		No doubt Indian participation in World War I accelerated the granting of citizenship to all Indians, but it seems more likely to have been the logical extension and culmination of the assimilation policy.
	www.nebraskastudies.org /0700/stories/0701_0146.html (343 words)

	A citizenship question
		According to the 'Information on Citizenship', released by the Consulate General of Italy, an Italian citizen who acquired the citizenship of another country before August 15, 1992 has, in all likelihood, lost Italian citizenship and, unless he/she applies for re-acquisition, is to be considered by Italy as a foreigner.
		Sonia Gandhi applied for Indian citizenship by registration, under Section 5(1)(c) of the Citizenship Act, on April 7, 1983 by virtue of her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi in 1968.
		A major part of the election petitions against Sonia Gandhi contended that in the constitutional scheme of citizenship a distinction has been drawn between 'citizen of India' and being an 'Indian citizen', restricting electoral rights only to the former, in whom the citizenship vests by right, that is, by birth or by descent.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1820/18200340.htm (1526 words)

	Immigration.com - Dual Citizenship
		All Overseas Indians will be now eligible for dual citizenship and exhorted the diaspora to invest in India and its future in a large way.
		Announcing extension of the facility to all overseas Indians, he said: "A day will come when every single overseas Indian who wishes to secure Indian citizenship will actually be able to do so." He pledged himself to work in that direction.
		Manju R Jehu, a resident of Australia, became the first PIO to be listed for dual citizenship on November 1, when the Indian Embassy in Australia registered her in the presence of Mr Tytler.
	www.immigration.com /india/dualcitjan05.html (551 words)

	Today in History: June 2
		On June 2, 1924, Congress granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. Because the right to vote was governed by state law, until 1948 some states barred Native Americans from voting.
		Unclaimed or "surplus" land was sold, and the proceeds used to establish Indian schools where Native-American children learned reading, writing, and the domestic and social systems of white America.
		American Indians of the Pacific Northwest integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700 pages of text relating to Native Americans of two cultural areas of the Pacific Northwest.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/jun02.html (1146 words)

	Native American Citizenship
		And it was not until the 1879 Standing Bear trial that American Indians were even recognized as persons in the eyes of the white man's law.
		Judge Dundy declared that yes, Indians were people within the meaning of the laws, and that they had the rights associated with a writ of habeas corpus.
		The journey by Native Americans on the road to citizenship was marked by travels through a maze of U.S. Federal Indian polices that left the Indian nations exhausted and nearly extinct by the time they were given citizenship.
	www.nebraskastudies.org /0700/stories/0701_0140.html (413 words)

	Plantation Tamils deprived of citizenship
		From the point of view of the persons of Indian origin, the first Parliament under the Soulbury Constitution proved to be the grave-digger of their rights.
		Almost all Plantation Tamils were de-citizenised by a Provision that only people born in Ceylon, prior a particular date, November 1949, of a father born in Ceylon, could be recognised as a Citizen of Ceylon.
		When the Ceylon Citizenship Act was passed in 1948, C. Suntharalingam, who was a Minister in the (UNP) Government of D.S. Senanayake, voted for the Citizenship Act, while G.G.Ponnambalam (Sr), who was then, the leader of the Tamil Congress, voted against the Act, and so did Ponnambalam's Tamil Congress Party.
	www.tamilnation.org /indictment/indict001.htm (972 words)

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