The government of India has announced that foreign nationals of Indian origin will lose their Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card if they face serious criminal charges or punishment.
A new gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said that OCI registration will be cancelled if a person is sentenced to imprisonment for two years or more or is charged with an offence punishable with imprisonment for seven years or more.
"In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (da) of section 7D of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), the Central Government hereby states that if a person is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than two years or is convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years, the registration of an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) is liable to be cancelled," the notification quoted by PTI said.
The OCI card allows foreign nationals of Indian origin to visit India without a visa. Introduced in August 2005, the scheme allows all persons of Indian origin (excluding those who were citizens of Pakistan, Bangladesh or any other country specified in the Government Gazette) who were citizens of India on or after January 26, 1950 or were eligible to become citizens on that date to register as OCI,
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