I have never come across a situation where someone asks for the 'proof' of citizenship. Always a declaration or certification that one is citizen of India is asked. If a person is borne in USA of Indian parents, then his birth certificate should mean that the child is not Indian Citizen? Vice versa a child of foreigners is borne in India - then his birth certificate cannot be treated as proof of his citizenship.
Asking for a proof is certainly done with not any bonafide intentions. If anybody gives a false declaration - then the person can be criminally prosecuted. Y Singh N Rajput Baroda 21/6/08 ----- Original Message ---- From: sroy1947 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, 21 June, 2008 8:52:09 AM Subject: [rti_india] Re: Proving Indian citizenship Dear Mr Jam A birth certificate (registration of births and deaths is compulsory in India) is sufficient proof of Indian citizenship, and in fact is the Primary evidence of citizenship. The Onus of Proof then shifts to whoever is disputing the citizenship based on this. It is trite that in India the vast majority of citizens are citizens by virtue of birth, and a birth certificate issued by statutory body is well recognised for the purpose. Ordinarily, your Korean neighbour's son is an Indian citizen till such time a positive action is made to acquire / assert citizenship of another State. However, this International approach to citizenship stands modified lately to prevent swamping of certain areas of India with illegal migrants who give birth in India and claim citizenship thereby. It also presumes that your Korean neighbour is legally in India, since he is issued a birth certificate for his son. As a legal resident in India at the time, any offspring are automatically deemed to be citizens of the country of their birth. To take the child out of India, the parents woudl have to apply for Korean passport for their child, which once issued would automatically revoke the child's "deemed" Indian citizenship. If the child had been born inside the Korean embassy / consulate in India, then the situation would have been different. Sarbajit --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com, C K Jam <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ..> wrote: > > Sidharth, > > Sarabjit has given the ideal solution if your issue is about "rthe proof of citizenship" . > > Sarabjit, your birth certificate is no proof of Citizenship. My neighbours are Koreans and their son has a birth Certificate from the Municipal Corp. of Hyderabad, which was issued based on a certificate of the doctor who delivered the baby. The birrth certificate does not say anything about the boys citizenship. Will the Army accept him as a Indian and allow him to join the forces ? > > RTIwanted From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
