The Act, which was an amendment to the 1955 Citizenship ... All those seeking naturalisation had to show that they were in India legally, and needed to wait for the same period – 11 years ...

According to the Indian Citizenship Act, all foreign nationals are required to stay in India for 11 years before being eligible to apply for a passport. That law did not make religion a ...

India’s tryst with the citizenship question has continued over decades. The last decade especially has witnessed tumult, with a growing move away from jus solis to jus sanguinis principles ...

The law is applicable to all migrants who arrived in India on and before December 31, 2014. The CAA amends the Citizenship ... 12 of the same year. However, the act was not implemented as the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of a contentious clause in India’s citizenship ... 6 A of the Citizenship Act. We welcome this judgement... all those who have ...

On June 2nd, 1924 —The Indian Citizenship Act was enacted in the United States. Now, more than 100 years later ... America in Congress assembled that all non-citizen Indians born within the ...

Now, after a four-year delay ... known as the Citizenship Amendment Act, into force. The government’s action, coming just before India announces the dates for an election expected in April ...

This week, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the implementation of the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act ... India from religious persecution in Muslim-majority Pakistan, ...