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IUML moves SC against MHA order inviting applications for citizenship from non-Muslim refugees | IUML ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट का रुख किया, गैर-मुस्लिम अल्पसंख्यकों की नागरिकता के लिए गृह मंत्रालय के नोटिफिकेशन पर रोक लगाने की मांग

डिजिटल डेस्क, नई दिल्ली। इंडियन यूनियन मुस्लिम लीग (IUML) ने मंगलवार को गैर-मुस्लिम अल्पसंख्यकों को नागरिकता देने के लिए गृह मंत्रालय की ओर से मंगाए गए आवेदनों पर स्टे लगाने के लिए सुप्रीम कोर्ट का रुख किया। लंबित CAA मामले में ये आवेदन दायर किया गया है, जिसके जरिए स्टे की मांग की गई है। […]

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MHA invites applications for Indian citizenship from non-Muslim refugees from Afghan, Pak, Bangladesh | अफगानिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और पाकिस्तान से आए गैर-मुस्लिम शरणार्थियों को मिलेगी भारतीय नागरिकता, केंद्र ने मांगे आवेदन

डिजिटल डेस्क, नई दिल्ली। केंद्र ने शुक्रवार को अफगानिस्तान, बांग्लादेश और पाकिस्तान से आए गैर-मुस्लिम शरणार्थियों से भारतीय नागरिकता के लिए आवेदन मांगे हैं जो गुजरात, राजस्थान, छत्तीसगढ़, हरियाणा और पंजाब के 13 जिलों में रहते हैं। इन्हें नागरिकता के लिए ऑनलाइन अप्लाई करना होगा। केंद्रीय गृह मंत्रालय ने नोटिफिकेशन में सिटिजनशिप एक्ट 1955 और […]

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Nepal President issues ordinance to amend Citizenship Act

File photo KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday issued an ordinance to amend the Nepali Citizenship Act, reported The Himalayan Times. The President’s office said in a statement issued yesterday that the President had issued the Nepali Citizenship (first amendment) ordinance pursuant to Article 114 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal. After the issuance […]

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Indian Millionaires Are Investing in Second Citizenship and Moving Abroad

The affluent class in India is moving abroad through large investments in exchange for citizenship or residency in another country, according to CS Global Partners, a London-headquartered citizenship advisory firm. In 2018, a report from Morgan Stanley Bank on Wall Street indicated that 23,000 Indian millionaires had left the country since 2014. More recently, a […]

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US new citizenship bill: US House passes key bills providing citizenship to dreamers, farmworker immigrants

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has passed two key bills that would create a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, some migrant farmworkers and children whose parents immigrated legally to the country, like those under the H-1B visa programme. The passage of the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, by the […]

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Bill includes legal dreamers for a pathway to US citizenship, it will help over a lakh Indian children

MUMBAI: A pleasant surprise for the Indian diaspora is contained in the ‘American Dream and Promise Act’ – the reintroduction of which was announced by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard on Wednesday. The reason – it promises a pathway to citizenship, not just for ‘dreamers’ but also for ‘legal or documented dreamers’ – aka children whose parents […]

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UK Teen Who Joined ISIS, Not Allowed to Return Home to Fight for Citizenship, Rules Court

The UK Supreme Court ruled Friday that “ISIS bride” Shamima Begum cannot return to the United Kingdom to appeal the revocation of her UK citizenship. The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Robert Reed, said that the UK Court of Appeal made four errors last year when it ruled that Begum should be allowed to […]

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Joe Biden admin reverts to 2008 version of citizenship test

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has announced to do away with the stringent Trump-era citizenship test and revert to the easier 2008 version, making the US naturalisation process more accessible to all eligible individuals. The new process comes into effect on March 1, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said in a press release on Monday. […]

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Joe Biden Administration Rolls-Back Trump-Era Citizenship Test Reverts To 2008 Version

On December 1 2020, USCIS implemented revised naturalisation civics test, called the 2020 civics test Washington: The Biden administration has announced to do away with the stringent Trump-era citizenship test and revert to the easier 2008 version, making the US naturalisation process more accessible to all eligible individuals. The new process comes into effect on […]

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Ambitious US Citizenship Act Of 2021 Introduced In Congress

The legislation will benefit hundreds and thousands of Indian IT professionals and their families. Washington: A bicameral US Citizenship Act of 2021 proposing a pathway to citizenship to 11 million undocumented workers, elimination of per country quota for employment-based green cards and work authorisation for dependents of H-1B foreign workers, was introduced in the Congress. […]