Citizenship by Naturalisation is given to anyone who has resided there for five years.
Hence, they were forced to apply for citizenship by Naturalisation which prescribes 12 years' residency as qualification.
If a person want to acquire a citizenship of India through Naturalisation, he must fulfill all the conditions.
He must not be a citizen of a country where Indian citizens are prevented from becoming citizen by Naturalisation.
Besides, the Act made detailed provisions for acquisition of Indian citizenship by birth, descent, registration, Naturalisation or through incorporation of territory.
The social stigma attached to
gambling habits might be shifting towards its Naturalisation, a long-term process that advertising cannot carry out on its own
but can certainly facilitate.
They will be imprisoned,
deported or asked to prove their credentials for Naturalisation which includes proof that they have stayed in India
for 11 of the last 14 years.
Such migrants continue to get Indian citizenship and shall also
continue to get it if they fulfil the eligibility conditions already provided in the law for registration or Naturalisation.
These individuals are made eligible for Naturalisation as Indian citizens, and furthermore, the
normal precondition for Naturalisation- having spent 12 years in the country- is halved to six years.
Citizenship by Naturalisation:
Section 6 of the Citizenship Act states a certificate of Naturalisation can be granted to a person who is
not an illegal immigrant and has resided in India continuously for 12 months before making an application.
On March 5, 2019, the Supreme Court had sought a response from the Centre on a fresh plea seeking to
quash a series of subordinate laws which allows the Naturalisation of illegal immigrants who are Hindus,
Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians fleeing religious persecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.