Centre notifies changes to Citizenship Rules; focus on OCI registration

The Union Home Ministry on Thursday (April 30, 2026) notified changes to the Citizenship Rules, 2009, introducing a digital shift across various processes for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders and citizenship applications.

In a gazette notification published on Thursday (April 30), the government has added a specific proviso for citizenship applicants involving children that “the minor child cannot at any time hold the passport of any other country while also holding the Indian passport”.