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Section 31: Authority to which applications are to be made

Citizenship Rule-2009Central Rules · 1955

An application under rule 29 or as the case may be, rule 30 shall be made in duplicate -

(a) in India -

(i) to the Foreigners Regional Registration Officer situated at National Capital Territory of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or Amritsar, who shall forward the same to the Central Government in the Ministry of Home Affairs; or

(ii) to the Foreigners Division, Ministry of Home Affairs;

(b) outside India-

(i) to the Indian Mission or Post having jurisdiction over the country of which an applicant is a citizen; or

(ii) where he is not in the country of his citizenship, to the Indian Mission or Post having jurisdiction over the country of which the applicant is ordinarily resident.

Where this provision sits

ActCitizenship Rule-2009
Section31
Marginal noteAuthority to which applications are to be made
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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