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An OCI paper holder gets a aggregate entry, multi-purpose life-long visa for visiting India, and is exempt from registration with section constabulary authorization for immoderate magnitude of enactment successful India.
In the aftermath of respective Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders complaining astir being reclassified arsenic foreigners, the Ministry of External Affairs connected Saturday said that nary changes were made to the OCI rules.
“We person travel crossed quality reports spreading mendacious accusation that restrictions person been placed connected OCI paper holders successful the caller past,” the Consulate General of India, New York said successful a station connected X.
“Friends successful the Indian American assemblage are hereby informed that nary caller alteration has been introduced successful the caller past for OCI paper holders,” it further said, adding that the provisions of a gazette notification dated March 4, 2021, regarding the rights of OCI cardholders, proceed to stay successful force.
An OCI paper holder gets a aggregate entry, multi-purpose life-long visa for visiting India, and is exempt from registration with section constabulary authorization for immoderate magnitude of enactment successful India. As per authorities records, determination were implicit 4.5 cardinal registered OCI paper holders successful 2023, retired of which implicit 1.6 cardinal are based successful the United States.
Recently, respective OCI cardholders successful the US had complained astir immoderate changes successful rules, present requiring them to instrumentality support to sojourn protected oregon restricted areas specified arsenic Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh.
However, the ministry clarified that the Indian authorities is lone implementing rules that were notified successful March 2021 and nary caller changes person been made. In March 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs had amended the rules which required OCI paper holders to question support oregon a licence to sojourn protected areas successful India. The aforesaid restrictions use to overseas nationals visiting Jammu & Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh arsenic well.
Introduced successful August 2005, the OCI provides for registration of each Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) who were citizens of India connected January 26, 1950, oregon thereafter oregon were eligible to go citizens of India connected the said date.
The OCI holder is besides entitled to wide parity with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) successful respect of each facilities disposable to them successful economic, fiscal and acquisition fields but successful matters relating to the acquisition of cultivation oregon plantation properties.
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