Is It Possible To Have Citizenship For More Than One Country?

addict

I've heard of dual nationality but I've never heard of anyone having three or four nationalities.

Dual nationality in the USA is common but the British prefer you to be one thing or the other. Are there really any advantages in having two passports? Being born in India and (I'm guessing) being ethnically Indian you can get PIO put onto your passport (Person of Indian Origin). With this you don't have to get a visa everytime you go to India. My step mother is English, from Sheffield. She is married to my Pa and they managed to get PIO on her Passport, which is clearly rubbish but is necessary if you are coming and going from India a lot.

solarianus

Yes, it is possible to have two, or three, or four, etc. citizenships. It all depends upon the citizenship laws in those specific countries. They have different laws on how to become a citizen. Some countries consider accepting a foreign citizenship as willfully giving up your current citizenship. So, check the specific citizenship laws for the UK and for India.

Docar

No.
1) India uses jus sanguinis (citizenship by right of blood) so one of your parents would have to be Indian to start with (you inherit your citizenship from your parents in India). If this is true you could apply for "Indian overseas citizenship" but it is not really a citizenship in India.
2) India does not allow dual citizenship so the best you can hope for is the above.

kinvadave

Some countries allow you to have dual nationality. India does NOT. If you wish to have an Indian passport then they require you to renounce your existing nationality.

Alternatively you could apply for a "Overseas Indian Citizenship" or U-Visa which allows a lot of resident Indian rights such as unrestricted entry and stay. It doesn't allow such things as voting, investment and access to the inner protected areas.

dognhorsemom

The government of India withdraws Indian citizenship from any citizen who takes up the citizenship of another country. You can remain an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) but rights are extremely limited; for example, you can't use an Indian passport.

The government of India recently passed a law allowing dual citizenship with certain other countries (the UK included) but the application process has not yet been finalized.

cuba_blues2000

You can apply for OCI - Overseas Citizen of India - and you get a document which looks like an Indian passport, but is grey in colour and thinner. But no, you cannot get Indian citizenship without surrendering your British one.

It gives you the right to live and work in India and own property. You cannot run for public office!

naturalhi16

There is such thing as dual citizenship.

Misty Blue

Yep I am entitled to both a British and an Irish passport as I have dual nationality.

Nuf said

you can have dual citizenship with south african and australian passports.. also commonwealth countries..so I imagine it'll be similar with india

geoffrey_0007

I don't think you will have any trouble in gaining a passport from India, but Citizenship is another matter, some countries will allow you to be dual Nationality, others will not, to find out, write to the Indian embassy in London. At the moment you are a British Citizen, therefore you have protected rights from United Kingdom, Let's say for instance, you were on holiday in a foreign country, and a skirmish developed, assistance would be given from UK to get you out, but if India demands you renounce your allegiance to the Queen in order to become a Citizen of India, then UK would not in this case, assist you, and it would be the Indian government who would. But, I do not know what India and indeed UK's stance is on this, I am really speaking for alot of other countries, so please check your embassy first.

49er fan!!!

Yes, my stepbrother has dual citizenship in Canada and the USA. Should work the same way with India and England.

besnik

i am from macedonia and i wanna to ask it s a posibol to get be a citizin from india >??

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