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, the Assam government and the All Assam Students Union, and came after years of protest against perceived demographic change and outsiders in the state. Section 6A It created a special provision for…
13 December, 2023
Citizens and citizenship
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 place, followed by students from India in second. The F-1 division For people who want to enrol in a university or college,…
31 August, 2022
Citizens and 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 countries where the emigrant settled. Apart from choosing countries such as Singapore (7,046) and Sweden (3,7540), many have also renounced their citizenship for Bahrain,…
21 July, 2022
Citizens and citizenship
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-mail till the portal is activated. OCI cardholders could claim “only NRI (Non-Resident Indian) quota seats” in educational institutions. It specified that OCIs could…
14 May, 2021
Citizens and citizenship
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