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The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has been implemented across the country. Under this law, to obtain Indian citizenship, one will have to apply online. For this some important documents will have to be shown. One of these documents is a certificate issued by a local reputed institution. There is still confusion regarding this.
In fact, while applying online for citizenship under CAA, a certificate issued by a local reputed community institution will also have to be uploaded.
Till now it was being said that this certificate can also be issued by the priest of any temple. But this is not mentioned anywhere in the rules of CAA that have been issued. There is no mention anywhere in the rules that the local priest can give the certificate. According to the rules, only a local reputed community institution can issue this certificate.
In fact, only the certificate from the local Reputed Community Institution will prove to which religion the person applying for citizenship belongs.
Under CAA, only those people of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Christian and Parsi religions from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who would have come to India on or before December 31, 2014, will be given Indian citizenship.
The Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by both houses of Parliament in December 2019. But its rules have been issued by the Home Ministry on March 11 this year. Only after this could CAA take the form of law.
This is how you will get Indian citizenship
To acquire Indian citizenship under this law, one has to visit the website indiancitizenshiponline.nic.in. Apart from this, application can also be made through an app named CAA-2019. 29 documents will be required for citizenship. Of these, nine documents will prove that you are a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan. Whereas, the remaining 20 documents will be proof of the date on which you have entered India.
After applying online, the form will be scrutinized by the district level committee. After this the committee will inform the applicant through email/SMS about the date and time on which he has to come in person with the original documents. If the documents are in order, the designated officer will certify online that the papers are verified. The district committee will also upload the oath of allegiance and send the application in electronic form to the empowered panel. This panel will then examine the matter and approve or reject the application.
Lastly, a certificate of citizenship will be issued to the application. Those who are granted citizenship will be considered Indian citizens from the date of their entry into India.
What is CAA?
The Citizenship Amendment Bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2016. It was passed from here, but got stuck in Rajya Sabha. Later it was sent to the parliamentary committee. And then the elections came.
After the re-election, a new government was formed, so it was again introduced in the Lok Sabha in December 2019. This time this bill was passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. After getting the approval of the President, this became law from January 10, 2020.
Through the Citizenship Amendment Act, refugees belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Christian and Parsi religions from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will be given Indian citizenship. According to the law, only those who came and settled in India before December 31, 2014, will be given citizenship.
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