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Mahesh

12/03/24 21:38 PM IST

New citizenship law

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  • The Centre notified Rules for The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), paving the way for the implementation of the controversial law more than four years after it was passed by Parliament in December 2019.
Rules of CAA
  • The CAA aims to give citizenship to the target group of migrants even if they do not have valid travel documents as mandated in The Citizenship Act, 1955.
  • The CAA presumes that members of these communities who entered India faced religious persecution in these countries.
  • The law has also cut the period of citizenship by naturalisation from 11 years to five.
  • Under the CAA Rules, immigrants from these countries are only supposed to prove the country of their origin, their religion, the date of their entry into India, and the knowledge of an Indian language to apply for Indian citizenship.
Proof required under CAA
  • The rules have been relaxed very significantly.
  • The earlier essential requirement of a valid passport issued by Pakistan, Bangladesh, or Afghanistan, along with a copy of a valid Residential Permit of India, has been virtually done away with.
  • A birth or educational institution certificate, “Identity Document of any kind”, “Any License or Certificate”, “Land or tenancy records”, or “Any other document” issued by these countries, which proves the applicant was their citizen, would serve as proof of citizenship of these countries.
  • Any document that shows that “either of the parents or grandparents or great grandparents of the applicant is or had been a citizen of one of the three countries” is also acceptable.
  • Importantly, these documents will be admissible even beyond their validity period. Sources said these documents can also be used to establish the religion of the applicant
  • The requirement of a certificate from an educational institution, certifying that the applicant knows one of the languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, has also been done away with. Now, merely a declaration to that effect, and the ability to speak the language, will be enough.
Rules to establish entry into India
  • These include a valid visa or residential permit issued by the Foreigners’ Regional Registration Office (FRRO); slip issued by census enumerators in India; a driving licence, Aadhaar, ration card, or any letter issued by the government or a court; an Indian birth certificate; land or tenancy records; registered rent agreement; PAN card issuance document, or a document issued by the central or a state government, PSU, or bank; certificate issued by an elected member of any rural or urban body or officer thereof, or a revenue officer; a post office account; an insurance policy; utility bills; court or tribunal records; EPF documents; school leaving certificate or academic certificate; a municipality trade license; or a marriage certificate.
Source- Indian Express

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