Lok Sabha Question No. 1059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Pending Applications for Indian Citizenship
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1059

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 24 th  JULY, 2018/SHRAVANA 2, 1940 (SAKA)

PENDING APPLICATIONS FOR INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

1059.

SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of pending applications for Indian Citizenship by people from different countries living in India, country and religion-wise;

(b)  the  number of persons who came to India for Indian Citizenship since 1990; and

(c) the criteria for conferring Indian Citizenship to such persons?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) As per online data, total 4044 applications are under process at various levels for grant of Indian Citizenship. Out of which, 1085 applications are under process in  the  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  and  2959  are  with  various State  Governments/Union  Territories.  The  country-wise  break-up  of  these 4044 pending applications is at  Annexure.  However, religion-wise  data  is not maintained centrally.

(b) Such data is not maintained centrally.

(c)    Indian Citizenship is granted as per the provisions of Citizenship Act,

1955  and  rules  made  thereunder  to  foreign  nationals  who  make  an application for Indian Citizenship in prescribed form.

## Annexure to the reply to L.S.Unstarred Q.No. 1059

|   Sno. | Country               |   Pending cases(ALL) | Pending Cases (In MHA)   |   Pending ( In States/UTs) |
|--------|-----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|      1 | Afghanistan           |                  687 | 97                       |                        590 |
|      2 | Australia             |                   13 | 4                        |                          9 |
|      3 | Austria               |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|      4 | Bangladesh            |                   84 | 53                       |                         31 |
|      5 | Belarus               |                    2 | 2                        |                          0 |
|      6 | Belgium               |                    5 | 2                        |                          3 |
|      7 | Belize                |                    1 | 1                        |                          0 |
|      8 | Bhutan                |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|      9 | Brazil                |                    4 | 3                        |                          1 |
|     10 | Canada                |                   22 | 13                       |                          9 |
|     11 | China                 |                    6 | 1                        |                          5 |
|     12 | Columbia              |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     13 | Cuba                  |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     14 | Czech Republic        |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     15 | Eritrea               |                    1 | 1                        |                          0 |
|     16 | Fiji                  |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     17 | Finland               |                    2 | 1                        |                          1 |
|     18 | France                |                    5 | 0                        |                          5 |
|     19 | Germany               |                    9 | 5                        |                          4 |
|     20 | Guyana                |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     21 | India                 |                    2 | 2                        |                          0 |
|     22 | Indonesia             |                    6 | 3                        |                          3 |
|     23 | Iran                  |                   34 | 20                       |                         14 |
|     24 | iraq                  |                    1 | 1                        |                          0 |
|     25 | Ireland               |                    2 | 0                        |                          2 |
|     26 | Israel                |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     27 | Italy                 |                    5 | 2                        |                          3 |
|     28 | Jamaica               |                    1 | 0                        |                          1 |
|     29 | Kazakhstan            |                    3 | 0                        |                          3 |
|     30 | Kenya                 |                   31 | 18                       |                         13 |
|     31 | Lebanon               |                    1 | 1                        |                          0 |
|     32 | Malagasy (Madagascar) |                    1 | 1                        |                          0 |
|     33 | Malaysia              |                   13 | 8                        |                          5 |
|     34 | Maldives              |                    2 |                          |                          2 |
|     35 | Mauritius             |                    5 | 2                        |                          3 |

| 36   | Mexico   | 1   | 1   |
|------|----------|-----|-----|

| 37   | Mozambique                |    1 | 1    |    0 |
|------|---------------------------|------|------|------|
| 38   | Nepal                     |   48 | 31   |   17 |
| 39   | New Zealand               |    2 | 1    |    1 |
| 40   | Nigeria                   |    6 | 2    |    4 |
| 41   | Pakistan                  | 2508 | 565  | 1943 |
| 42   | Panama                    |    2 | 2    |    0 |
| 43   | Peru                      |    1 |      |    1 |
| 44   | Philippines               |    7 | 4    |    3 |
| 45   | Poland                    |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 46   | Portugal                  |   11 | 8    |    3 |
| 47   | Romania                   |    2 | 2    |    0 |
| 48   | Russia                    |    5 | 4    |    1 |
| 49   | Saudi Arabia              |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 50   | Singapore                 |   27 | 11   |   16 |
| 51   | South Africa              |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 52   | South Korea               |    2 | 1    |    1 |
| 53   | Spain                     |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 54   | Sri Lanka                 |   71 | 32   |   39 |
| 55   | St. Christopher and Nevis |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 56   | Stateless                 |  195 | 61   |  134 |
| 57   | Switzerland               |    4 | 3    |    1 |
| 58   | Syria                     |    2 | 0    |    2 |
| 59   | Tajikistan                |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 60   | Tanzania                  |    8 | 2    |    6 |
| 61   | Thailand                  |   11 | 9    |    2 |
| 62   | Trinidad and Tobago       |    2 | 2    |    0 |
| 63   | Ukraine                   |    7 | 3    |    4 |
| 64   | United Arab Emirates      |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 65   | United Kingdom            |   42 | 21   |   21 |
| 66   | USA                       |  101 | 63   |   38 |
| 67   | Uzbekistan                |    2 | 2    |    0 |
| 68   | Venezuela                 |    1 | 1    |    0 |
| 69   | Vietnam                   |    2 | 0    |    2 |
| 70   | Yemen                     |    7 | 3    |    4 |
| 71   | Zimbabwe                  |    3 | 2    |    1 |
|      |                           | 4044 | 1085 | 2959 |