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OCI regulations by Ministry of Home Affairs

OCI regulations by the Ministry of Home Affairs New regulations by Home Ministry The Home Ministry’s March 4 order that required professional Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs), such as journalists, engineers and researchers, to notify the Ministry about their activities in India has left them in the lurch. A portal that was to come up for the purpose is not operational yet. The official said the OCIs could intimate the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) through e-

RENUNCIATION OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

RENUNCIATION OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP Government data claimed that over 3.9 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in the past three years to settle abroad. Findings More than 1.63 lakh Indians relinquished their citizenship in 2021 alone and the majority had opted the citizenship in the USA Between 2019 and 2020 more than 1.44 lakh Indians gave their citizenship and the most common reason given was ‘personal’. The United States emerged as the top choice among 103 c

F-1 and M-1 Visa Programs

F-1 and M-1 Visa Programs Image Source - ustun law group It was recently discovered that the Indians received nearly twice as many US student visas this year than the Chinese, according to the monthly visa records. About F-1 and M-1 Visa Programs Country-specific evaluation China continues to be the major country sending students to the United States. The majority of overseas students now enrolled in US universities come from China. Students from South Korea are in third

Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955

Recently, A Constitution Bench led by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said it will first take up for preliminary determination whether Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 suffers from any “constitutional infirmity”. About: Section 6A was a special provision inserted into the 1955 Act in furtherance of a Memorandum of Settlement called the ‘Assam Accord’ signed on August 15, 1985. The accord was a tripartite agreement between the Centre, th