ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP #Citizenship BY NATURALISATION | UPSC POLITY NOTES
ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP
#Citizenship
BY NATURALISATION [ PART 1]
The Central Government may, on an application, grant a certificate of naturalisation to any person (not being an illegal migrant) if he possesses the following qualifications:
that he is not a subject or citizen of any country where citizens of India are prevented from becoming subjects or citizens of that country by naturalisation;
that, if he is a citizen of any country, he undertakes to renounce the citizenship of that country in the event of his application for Indian citizenship being accepted;
Government in India or partly the one and partly the other, throughout the period of twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application;
