In article <20041007202746.J03730.richw@whodunit.richw.org>, Rich Wales wrote:
> "Indian Girl" wrote:
>
> > At last, nearly one year after the Indian Parliament passed
> > the Dual Nationality law, there is good news for Indians in
> > America, much of Europe and other places . . . .
>
> In this regard, do you know whether the Indian passport application
> form has been revised to reflect the new law and regulations?
No, I looked at the form at HCI Ottawa a few days ago, and it was
the same old form from several years back.
> The last time I checked (just for curiosity's sake, I personally
> do not have any claim to Indian citizenship), the Indian passport
That is not necessarily a bad thing ;)
> application required the applicant to certify that he/she did not
> have, and was not listed in, a passport from any other country.
It appears that this has not changed:
http://www.hciottawa.ca/gen-info-passports.html
> If this requirement has not been changed, this could of course keep
> on creating problems for dual Indian/other nationals (including
> children) who may be required by the other country to use one of
> its passports for foreign travel -- e.g., the US.
I think it is still going to be quite awhile before non-resident indians
(NRIs) can get (back) their Indian PPs, just as the OP noted.
> Sorry if this point is already covered in one of the documents you
> made reference to; I haven't had time to look them up yet.
No, the URLs posted by the OP do not talk about the passport regulations.
--ravi. |