OCI

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OCI refers to Overseas Citizens of India, a category of foreign nationals of Indian origin who are granted certain long-term residency and travel privileges in India without full citizenship.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
OCI canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian nationality law concept ⓘ
immigration status ⓘ
long-term residency category ⓘ
abbreviation OCI ⓘ
administeredBy Foreigners Division, Ministry of Home Affairs ⓘ
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India ⓘ
allows indefinite stay in India ⓘ
owning non-agricultural immovable property in India ⓘ
study in India ⓘ
work in India (except in restricted sectors) ⓘ
applicationMode online application ⓘ
applicationProcessedBy Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRRO) in India ⓘ
Indian missions and posts abroad ⓘ
linked to: Indian embassies
cardValidity lifelong, subject to passport renewal endorsements or reissuance rules ⓘ
category overseas Indian community status ⓘ
country India ⓘ
documentType OCI card ⓘ
doesNotGrant eligibility for election to Parliament or state legislatures ⓘ
eligibility to hold constitutional offices in India ⓘ
full Indian citizenship ⓘ
right to acquire agricultural or plantation property (with limited exceptions) ⓘ
right to vote in India ⓘ
effectiveFromYear 2006 ⓘ
eligiblePersons children of eligible current or former Indian citizens ⓘ
foreign nationals of Indian origin ⓘ
former Indian citizens who acquired foreign citizenship ⓘ
grandchildren of eligible current or former Indian citizens ⓘ
great-grandchildren of eligible current or former Indian citizens ⓘ
governedBy Citizenship Rules, 2009 (India) ⓘ
grants exemption from registration with FRRO for any length of stay in India ⓘ
multiple-entry lifelong visa for India ⓘ
parity with Non-Resident Indians in economic, financial and educational fields (with exceptions) ⓘ
ineligiblePersons citizens of Bangladesh ⓘ
citizens of Pakistan ⓘ
persons whose parents or grandparents were citizens of Pakistan or Bangladesh ⓘ
persons with military or police service in certain foreign states considered adverse to India ⓘ
introducedInYear 2005 ⓘ
legalBasis Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2005 ⓘ
Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2015 ⓘ
Citizenship Act, 1955 (India) ⓘ
mergedEffectiveDate 2015 ⓘ
mergedWith Person of Indian Origin (PIO) status ⓘ
parityWithNRI in admission to educational institutions in India (subject to quotas and rules) ⓘ
in domestic air fares (as applicable policies) ⓘ
in entry fees for national parks and monuments (as applicable policies) ⓘ
replaced Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card scheme ⓘ
requires evidence of Indian origin ⓘ
valid foreign passport ⓘ
subjectTo restrictions in areas notified as protected or restricted ⓘ
revocation by Government of India under specified conditions ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Overseas Citizen of India → abbreviation → OCI ⓘ
subject linked to: OCI