Getting an Indian citizenship for an Australian citizen

Member since 25 December 2011

RobinkumarNew member25 December 2011 09:39:20

Pretty much summed up above.
Just want to know the procedures for getting an Indian citizenship. Some things you should know are that I am an Australian born citizen and my Parents are born in India.
Also if I was to get married to an Indian citizen (I'm a guy, so a woman) would that make me an indian citizen.

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niranjanaccord Active member

Member since 11 September 2010

niranjanaccordActive member25 December 2011 10:45:22

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

Robinkumar New member

Member since 25 December 2011

RobinkumarNew member25 December 2011 10:57:56

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.

niranjanaccord Active member

Member since 11 September 2010

niranjanaccordActive member25 December 2011 11:00:46

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

Robinkumar New member

Member since 25 December 2011

RobinkumarNew member25 December 2011 11:04:28

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?

durdantoo New member

Member since 27 April 2009

durdantooNew member25 December 2011 19:00:11

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)

Micky Fernandez Contributor

Member since 01 September 2012

Micky FernandezContributor20 September 2012 04:53:05

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Durtantoo provided good information and I know that the OCI is probably ideal and best. However, I believe that it is very difficult to get (although, in your case, I could be wrong). Regardless, you may want to consider the PIO (Person of Indian Origin) Card. I believe that it is very easy and quick to get that.