Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Aldona MLA Adv Carlos Ferreira today clarified that cancellation of birth registration in Lisbon, does not revive Indian citizenship of those people, unless one lawfully resides in India and makes fresh application for grant of citizenship.
Addressing media persons, the Congress leader said that there is false assumption that mear cancellation of birth registered, of those Indian people, in Lisbon, revives their Indian citizenship.
“For simple reason that by cancelling that citizenship one becomes a different national as you are already seized to be India citizen. To acquire Indian citizenship u will have to reside in India lawfully for seven years and make application,” said Ferreira.
He further said that article 9 of the constitution says that when a person voluntarily acquire a citizenship of a foreign state that person shall cease to be a citizen of India.
“Portugal citizenship law recognises that a moment a person has registered his birth in Central registry Lisbon, acquires citizenship of Portugal,” he added.
Adv Ferreira said that the problem about the passport is that there is a time limit of 3 yrs for surendering the passports.
“And even the people who have travelled on Indian passports those cases the government of India through their memorandum issued on 2022 has allowed these people to surrender the passport,” he said.
The advocate said that the place where the government has not allowed to surrender their passports but directed that there should be a revocation of passport.
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