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That is quite incorrect. When an Indian citizen aquires another citizenship he AUTOMATICALLY loses his Indian citizenship.INSIDER wrote:In the UK you are perfectly entitled to have dual citizenship and no offence is committed. I believe it is the same for India, I know many Indian nationals who travel on Indian passports and use a UK passport to come back to the UK.
Put all your worries aside and enjoy the wedding you are not committing any offence.
This topic has been covered many many times on this board. According to Indian citizenship law, if an Indian national aquires another country's citizenship they automatically lose their Indian nationality from the moment they acquired the other citizenship. Consequently the Indian passport they hold automatically becomes invalid and cannot be used for international travel. There is no formal renunciation required as the loss is automatic.VictoriaS wrote:So, when you travel, is the advice to not inform the Indian authorities of the dual citizenship?
Victoria
Yeah, I see what you mean. However I'm sure you, as an immigration advisor, would not advise someone to knowingly commit a crime?VictoriaS wrote:Yep, but he doesn't have his British passport yet, that's the point!
Victoria
With respect, IPS consultants deal with matters relating to the issuance of British passports in the UK. Why you think they would be able to advise you on Indian nationality matters, I have no idea! I can't state this enough, Indian citizenship HAS GOT NOTHING to do with the UK, or IPS consultants or anyone else who works for the UK government. UK government officials cannot give advice about whether or not you are still an Indian citizen or whether you can travel on your Indian passport. The Indian goverment makes Indian citizenship laws not the IPS!av_raje wrote:Thanks to everyone who have responded. Both me and my husband have repeatedly asked the consultant in IPS, Liverpool who deals with our application whether we can travel, they said there is no problem. They have also advised us that when we get back from India, we can ring them whether they will still need our Indian passports or if they have made the copies already.
When my husband asked them to give a us letter just in case someone stopped us, they said they cannot give letter. The lady dealing with the application also consulted with her colleagues in the Liverpool IPS office and said that we can use our passports.
I read about Dual Nationality, it is stated that we don't have to give up the other country's citizenship, which means we don't have to give up the passport as well isn't it?
Only in India we might face problem, but because we don't have any passport other than Indian passport I don't think they will stop us. And I seriously hope, they don't.
Cheers.
6. Dual nationality
6.1 Indian citizenship cannot normally be held in combination with any other
citizenship. Section 9 of the 1955 Act provides that
"Any citizen of India who by naturalisation, registration or otherwise voluntarily
acquires.....the citizenship of another country..... shall, upon such acquisition,.....
cease to be a citizen of India".
6.2 This means that no adult (18 and over) can hold Indian citizenship in conjunction
with any other nationality or citizenship. This applies irrespective of whether the
person holds any passports (either Indian or that of their other nationality/citizenship).
6.3 Further, if an Indian minor obtains another nationality or citizenship (for example
by registration as a BN(O)) the child will automatically lose its Indian citizenship. This
applies even where the registration is made by the parents/guardian on behalf of the
child.
6.4 The only exception to this general ban on dual citizenship is where a child is a
dual national by birth. In such cases that child can remain a dual citizen until either:
a. they obtain a passport in their other citizenship (while under the age of 18); or
b. they reach the age of majority (18)
6.5 If a child who is a dual national by birth fails to renounce their other citizenship
prior to reaching the age of majority or acquires a passport in their other nationality
before reaching the age of 18 they will lose Indian citizenship.
Maybe a crime in India, but surely not a crime in the U.K. as they are British citizens anyway.Dawie wrote:Now I have no doubt that they will get away with using their Indian passports, but they will be committing a crime if they do in both the UK (for using an invalid passport) and in India (for using an invalid passport, trying to enter India without the correct visa).