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Isn't this against the declaration you make while applying for naturalisation that you would make UK as the country of residence ? Will the pasport be revoked and citizenship cancelled if the HO comes to know this ?aali wrote:I received my PIO card yesterday. That took 10 days from 04 oct to 14 oct....i'm off to india this weekend.....
There was a provision in the British Nationality Act 1948 which allowed naturalised citizens of the UK & Colonies to be deprived of citizenship if they lived outside the UK & Colonies for over seven years and did not register annually an intention to retain UK citizenship.ppron747 wrote:
I'm also lacking a copy of the NIAA (which amended the 1981 Act's provisions for deprivation) at the moment, but I suspect there's little chance of the naturalisation being reversed, or the passport cancelled.
Yes, but don't forget that there was also a general prohibition against deprivation unless "the Secretary of State" was satisfied that it was not conducive to the public good that the person should continue to be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies.There was a provision in the British Nationality Act 1948 which allowed naturalised citizens of the UK & Colonies to be deprived of citizenship if they lived outside the UK & Colonies for over seven years and did not register annually an intention to retain UK citizenship.
This was repealed in 1964.
The UKPA is not concerned with that. it's job is simply to verify your entitlement to a passport ( naturalisation, birth etc) , identity checks and the issuing of the document.basis wrote:Good point. Anyway is there a way for anyone to find that out unless a specific scrutiny is opened. As HO instruction itself says that 'future intention' is difficult to establish or prove. They look at past pattern and as such there does not seem to be provision to prove after a few years that you still have UK as main home. Not even UKPA the passport authorities ask for such things to issue a UK passport.
Would be surprising if there is. Intentions can obviously change over time and I imagine it would be horrendously hard to prove that a person didn't have every intention of making the UK their primary home ( which is all you say on the form) when they made the application. In theory they can change this one second after they get naturalisation in response to life events etc. etc.basis wrote:The point here is once naturalized is there any case study or process whereby one could be deprived of citizenship based on the future intention aspect.
In practical terms, no.basis wrote:The point here is once naturalized is there any case study or process whereby one could be deprived of citizenship based on the future intention aspect.
I would dispute that. You lose your Indian citizenship the moment you take another - as mentioned by a poster on the link you gave and if you have an Indian passport issued by an overseas mission, it is printed explicitly on it as well. The six month grace period seems to be for property related affairs etc. but there is no provision for retention of Indian citizenship after you have acquired another. This is quite important as it is this that leads to your Indian passport becoming invalid as soon as you take the oath, you are no longer an Indian citizen and travelling on a document representing you as such is illegal and could lead to imprisonment etc.basis wrote:As per OIC provisions I have read that your Indian citizenship remains for six months. So you have six months till you obtain OIC. Need to confirm this but I have read this on some other board.
http://www.immigrationportal.com/showth ... ost1296869
I suspect this falls into a grey area. The best people to answer it would be the banks themselves but knowing the way the Indian machinery usually turns I think the best strategy is to not invite problems onto yourself but quickly acquire the PIO card ( or OIC) such that at the next checkpoint the banks may have, you are still a properly accredited PIO who is allowed to hold the accounts. This is certainly what I am doing. The time taken for the grant of these cards is about 15 days and I don't think your status falling into a grey area for that amount of time is really going to be material. I applied for a PIO card as soon as I got my British passport and once I get it I will simply notify the banks that I am now a PIO and not an Indian citizen and would they kindly change their records accordingly. I don't expect any problems with that.yorkking wrote:What happens to our bank accounts that are current operational as NRIs when we acquire UK citizenship until we obtain a PIO / OIC card, please???????
It was the first they had heard of it - not unusual for the Indian Civil Service I guess ! Remember I actually went to apply for the PIO card on the date the OIC scheme is meant to start !