Getting an Indian citizenship for an Australian citizen

Hi,
India ka population bahut jyada hai bhai kyon badhana chahate ho?
hahahhaa

niranjanaccord wrote:

Hi,
India ka population bahut jyada hai bhai kyon badhana chahate ho?
hahahhaa

Because I've always wanted to live in India and getting a citizenship would be ideal for that. Also I want to buy land (for a house and later on a business) which can only be possible with a citizenship.

Ok. Then u may do it. Its not a very big deal.

niranjanaccord wrote:

Ok. Then u may do it. Its not a very big deal.

I was told that it was very difficult to obtain an Indian citizenship, is this true?

If and ONLY if,  your patents were initially INDIAN/ or when you are from Indian decent, you can apply and get it OCI card (mha.nic.in/foreigDiv/OCI.html) . Once you get OCI and stamped permanent Indian visa in your passport, then you can do pretty much a lot of things, EXCEPT you can NOT take part in (1) Indian election, (2) can not work in Indian Defense related jobs & (3) can not buy agricultural land. Leaving all that OCI can all the rest and do everything legal otherwise in India.

Registered OCI may be granted Indian citizenship after 5 years from date of registration provided he/she stays for one year in India before making application (mha.nic.in/pdfs/oci-chart.pdf)