Centre notifies changes to Citizenship Rules; focus on OCI registration

Centre notifies changes to Citizenship Rules; focus on OCI registration

Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
| Photo Credit: ANI

The Union Home Ministry on Thursday (April 30, 2026) notified changes to the Citizenship Rules, 2009, introducing a digital shift across various processes for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders and citizenship applications.

In a gazette notification published on Thursday (April 30), the government has added a specific proviso for citizenship applicants involving children that “the minor child cannot at any time hold the passport of any other country while also holding the Indian passport”.

Published – May 01, 2026 01:51 am IST

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