76. OCI Holders Applying For Indian Citizenship
Q.Dear Sir, After living in USA for 30 years I plan to return to India for good. I am a US citizen but want to reconvert to my Indian Citizenship. I have been OCI for 4 years. I see that the website says that one can apply for Indian Citizenship after being OCI for 5 years and also do 1 year in India. I have been visiting India for about a month during the last 4 years every year. In other words I have spent 4 months in India since I got my OCI card. Can I now stay in India for 8 months and get Indian Citizenship or do I have to stay the whole 1 year. Geeta A. As per the provisions of section 5(1) (g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, a person who is registered as an OCI for 5 years and is residing in India for 1 year out of the above 5 years, is eligible to apply for Indian Citizenship.
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76. OCI Holders Applying For Indian
Citizenship
Q.Dear Sir, After living in USA for 30 years I plan to return to India for good. I am a US citizen but want to reconvert to my Indian Citizenship. I have been OCI for 4 years. I see that the website says that one can apply for Indian Citizenship after being OCI for 5 years and also do 1 year in India. I have been visiting India for about a month during the last 4 years every year. In other words I have spent 4 months in India since I got my OCI card. Can I now stay in India for 8 months and get Indian Citizenship or do I have to stay the whole 1 year. Geeta A. As per the provisions of section 5(1) (g) of the Citizenship Act, 1955, a person who is registered as an OCI for 5 years and is residing in India for 1 year out of the above 5 years, is eligible to apply for Indian Citizenship.
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