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28/03/24 10:35 AM IST

Priest can give CAA eligibility certificate, says government helpline

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  • A local priest may issue an “eligibility certificate” under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 to validate the religion of an applicant.
Eligibility certificate
  • The certificate, a mandatory document, is to be enclosed along with an affidavit and other documents that the applicants are to upload on the CAA portal.
  • The reasons for which applicant wishes to acquire Indian citizenship.
  • Any institution which has the trust of people can issue the certificate.
  • The final decision to grant citizenship will be taken by the empowered committee, the local institution is only recommending that they belong to a particular faith.
  • The form says that the person issuing the certificate will have to specify his/her name and address and confirm that the applicant belongs to one of the six communities from the three countries and are known to them.
  • They must certify that “to the best of my knowledge and belief, he/she belongs to Hindu/ Sikh/ Buddhist/Jain/Parsi/Christian community and continues to be a member of the above mentioned community.
  • The CAA facilitates citizenship to undocumented people belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi, Christian, and Jain communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.
  • It fast tracks the citizenship process by reducing the eligibility requirement for such applicants to five years of continuous stay in India instead of the usual 12 years.
  • 44, around 100 Pakistani Hindus living in the Majnu ka Tila area of north Delhi have registered on the citizenship portal (indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in) so far.
In-person verification
  • According to the CAA Rules, after the documents have been uploaded, the applications will be sifted by a district-level committee headed by the Superintendent of the Department of Post.
  • The applicant will have to visit this committee on the appointed day when the documents will be verified in person.
  • The final decision on applications will then be taken by the empowered committee headed by the Director (Census Operations) in each State, which will include officers from the Intelligence Bureau, the Post Master General, State or National Informatics Centre official, and a representative each from the Department of Home of the State government and the Divisional Railway Manager.
Source- The Hindu

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