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.