The Centre has issued a discover saying amendments to the Citizenship Guidelines, 2009. As per modification to the present guidelines, the brand new norms require passport disclosure for candidates from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The brand new laws might be efficient from the date of publication within the Official Gazette, the Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) stated.
The notification issued by the Ministry on 18 Could states, “(1) These guidelines could also be referred to as the Citizenship (Modification) Guidelines, 2026. (2) They shall come into power on the date of their publication within the Official Gazette.” The round requested for inclusion of the next paragraph in Citizenship Guidelines:
“I’m not in possession of a legitimate and/or expired passport(s) issued by the Authorities of Pakistan/Aghanistan/Bangladesh.
I’m in possession of a validand/or expired passport(s) issued by the Authorities of Pakistan/Afghanistan/Bangladesh with the next particulars:- Passport No. :.. Date of situation Place of Subject Date of expiry I hereby conform to give up my legitimate and/or expired Pakistani/Afghanistani/Bangladeshi passport to Senior Superintendent of Publish or Superintendent of Publish involved inside 15 days of approval of citizenship utility.'”
