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Заграничный гражданин Индии (OCI) — статус НЕГРАЖДАНСТВА за границей

Гражданство в стране India

Это не гражданство — и не паспорт. Этот маршрут описывает зарубежный статус или вид на жительство, а не приобретение гражданства. Он не делает вас гражданином и не даёт права на паспорт.

Право на участие
Заграничный гражданин Индии (OCI) — это пожизненный статус многократной визы — это НЕ индийское гражданство и НЕ дает индийского паспорта (§7B(2); MEA гласит, что OCI «не следует ошибочно истолковывать как двойное гражданство»). Право на участие в соответствии с §7A: бывший гражданин Индии, лицо, имеющее право на получение гражданства на момент вступления в силу Конституции, лицо с территории, которая стала частью Индии после 15 августа 1947, или их ребенок/внук/правнук; или супруг иностранного происхождения гражданина Индии или OCI (брак просуществовал не менее двух лет). Единственный путь от OCI к индийскому гражданству - это регистрация в соответствии с §5(1)(g) (IN-REG-06), которая требует отказа от иностранного гражданства.
Сроки
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Отказ от гражданства
Не требуется

Как подать заявление

An OCI application is made to the Central Government under §7A(1), 'subject to such conditions, restrictions and manner as may be prescribed, on an application made in this behalf', and is processed online through the MHA/MEA OCI system (indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in and ociservices.gov.in, administered with the Bureau of Immigration). The competent decision-maker is the Central Government — the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Foreigners Division, with the OCI scheme run by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). For a spouse applicant under §7A(1)(d), the first proviso makes PRIOR SECURITY CLEARANCE by a competent authority in India a condition of eligibility, and the two-year subsisting-marriage requirement must be documented. §14 of the Act ('Disposal of application under sections 5, 6 and 7A') vests the prescribed authority or the Central Government with discretion to grant or refuse a §7A application, provides that it 'shall not be required to assign any reasons for such grant or refusal', and (subject to §15 revision) makes the decision final and not to be questioned in court. §7A(3) allows the Central Government, if satisfied that special circumstances exist and after recording reasons in writing, to register a person as an OCI Cardholder notwithstanding §7A(1). Once registered, the applicant receives an OCI card / lifelong visa endorsement — NOT an Indian passport; the holder continues to travel on the passport of their country of nationality. Renunciation of the Card is by declaration under §7C(1) (with a spouse/minor-child cascade under §7C(2)); cancellation is by Government order under §7D, which since Act 47/2019 may not be passed 'unless the Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.' (As of 2026-07.)

Примеры сценариев

Примеры сценариев приведены на английском языке.

  • NO. An OCI Cardholder is a FOREIGN national holding a foreign passport who is NOT a citizen of India. OCI confers no Indian passport and is not citizenship; per the MEA it 'is not to be misconstrued as dual citizenship.' He continues to travel on his US passport.

    Citizenship Act 1955 §7B(2) withholds the constitutive citizen rights (incl. no Indian passport) by mandatory language; §2(1)(ee) fixes the holder as a registered cardholder, not a citizen; Constitution Art 9 bars dual citizenship. MEA OCI Scheme disclaimer.

  • NO. An OCI Cardholder has no voting rights. Voting is a citizen right expressly withheld from OCI holders.

    Citizenship Act 1955 §7B(2) excludes the rights of a citizen, including the franchise under the Representation of the People Act 1950 s.16; the §7B(2) exclusions are exhaustive and cannot be notified back under §7B(1).

  • NO. OCI's NRI-parity in economic matters expressly EXCLUDES acquisition of agricultural or plantation property. She may, however, buy non-agricultural (residential/commercial) property.

    Citizenship Act 1955 §7B(1) notified rights grant NRI parity 'except acquisition of agricultural/plantation property'; §7B(2) excludes acquisition of agricultural/plantation land from citizen-equivalent rights.

  • NO. OCI holders cannot sit in the House of the People / Council of States or a State legislature, cannot be President or Vice-President, cannot be appointed a Supreme Court or High Court judge, and cannot hold public employment except by a special Central Government order.

    Citizenship Act 1955 §7B(2) (mandatory withholding) tied to Constitution Arts 16, 58, 66, 124, 217 and RPA 1951 ss.3-6.

  • NO. OCI is not dual citizenship. India prohibits dual citizenship; OCI is a lifelong visa-and-parity status for a foreign national, not a second nationality.

    Constitution Art 9 (no dual citizenship); Citizenship Act 1955 §7B; MEA OCI Scheme: OCI 'is not to be misconstrued as dual citizenship' and 'does not confer political rights.'

  • YES. OCI cardholders may purchase non-agricultural (residential/commercial) property under the notified NRI-parity rights. (Agricultural/plantation land remains excluded.)

    Citizenship Act 1955 §7B(1) notified rights include purchase of non-agricultural property and NRI parity in economic/financial fields.

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