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  2. Overseas Citizenship of India - Wikipedia

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    Data page of an OCI card issued on or after 9 January 2015. Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) is a form of permanent residency available to people of Indian origin and their spouses which allows them to live and work in India indefinitely. It allows the cardholders a lifetime entry to the country along with benefits such as being able to own ...

  3. Permanent residency - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Permanent residency is a person's legal resident status in a country or territory of which such person is not a citizen but where they have the right to reside on a permanent basis. This is usually for a permanent period; a person with such legal status is known as a permanent resident. Permanent residency itself is distinct from right ...

  4. Indian diaspora - Wikipedia

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    The OCI status is a permanent visa for visiting India with a foreign passport. According to the Ministry of External Affairs report updated on 21/5/2024, there are 35.4 million NRIs and PIOs (including OCIs) residing outside India; and overseas Indians comprise the world's largest overseas diaspora. [ 1 ]

  5. Indian nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Subject status was further restricted by a requirement to have held property rights in Sikkim before 1937, effectively barring a large number of Nepali residents from obtaining a permanent status in the country. [63] Dual citizenship was prohibited and women automatically lost their rights as subjects on their marriage to non-Sikkimese men. [64]

  6. Visa requirements for Indian citizens - Wikipedia

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    A (regular or ordinary) Indian passport since 2021. Visa requirements for Indian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of India. As of 2024, Indian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 62 countries and territories, ranking the Indian passport 81st in the world ...

  7. Article 35A of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Article 35A of the Indian Constitution was an article that empowered the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define "permanent residents" of the state and provide special rights and privileges to them which were not available to Indian citizens in general. [1] It was added to the Constitution through a presidential order, i.e.,

  8. Multiple citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Multiple citizenship (or multiple nationality) is a person's legal status in which a person is at the same time recognized by more than one country under its nationality and citizenship law as a national or citizen of that country. There is no international convention that determines the nationality or citizenship status of a person, which is ...

  9. Domicile (law) - Wikipedia

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    Domicile (law) In law and conflict of laws, domicile is relevant to an individual's "personal law", which includes the law that governs a person's status and their property. It is independent of a person's nationality. Although a domicile may change from time to time, a person has only one domicile, or residence, at any point in their life, no ...