Lok Sabha Question No. 368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Renunciations of Indian Citizenship
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Haji Fazlur Rehman

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 368

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2022/ASHADHA 28, 1944 (SAKA)

RENUNCIATIONS OF INDIAN CITIZENSHIP

†368.  SHRI HAJI FAZLUR REHMAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  and  the  number  of  persons  who  have  renounced  Indian citizenship till the current year since 2019;

(b) the reasons given by these persons for renouncing Indian citizenship; and

(c) the names of countries for which they have taken citizenship?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) & (c): The  details  as  provided  by  the  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  in respect of the number of Indians, who renounced Indian citizenship and the countries from which Indians have received citizenship are at Annexure-I.

(b): Individuals renounced Indian citizenship for reasons personal to them.

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## Statement showing the information in respect of Part (a) & (c) of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question

## No. 368 due for answer on 19.07.2022

| S.No.   | Country where Indians relinquished Indian   |   Number of Indians who relinquished Indian Citizenship |   Number of Indians who relinquished Indian Citizenship |   Number of Indians who relinquished Indian Citizenship | Countries from which Indians have received Citizenship                  |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S.No.   | citizenship                                 |                                                    2019 |                                                    2020 |                                                    2021 | Countries from which Indians have received Citizenship                  |
| 1       | Angola                                      |                                                       1 |                                                       1 |                                                       0 | Angola, Portugal                                                        |
| 2       | Argentina                                   |                                                      25 |                                                       8 |                                                      12 | Argentina Uruguay and Paraguay                                          |
| 3       | Armenia                                     |                                                       2 |                                                       2 |                                                       3 | Armenia, Georgia                                                        |
| 4       | Australia                                   |                                                   21340 |                                                   13518 |                                                   23533 | Australia                                                               |
| 5       | Austria                                     |                                                     233 |                                                     183 |                                                     165 | Austria                                                                 |
| 6       | Azerbaijan                                  |                                                       0 |                                                       3 |                                                       1 | Azerbaijan                                                              |
| 7       | Bahrain                                     |                                                      60 |                                                      12 |                                                      98 | Bahrain, Portugal, Canada, UK, USA, New Zealand, Philippines, Australia |
| 8       | Bangladesh                                  |                                                       5 |                                                       2 |                                                       1 | Bangladesh, Canada, Germany                                             |
| 9       | Belgium                                     |                                                     640 |                                                     458 |                                                     536 | Belgium, Luxembourg                                                     |
| 10      | Botswana                                    |                                                      18 |                                                      49 |                                                      24 | Botswana, Canada, South Africa                                          |
| 11      | Brazil                                      |                                                      13 |                                                      12 |                                                       5 | Brazil, Portugal                                                        |
| 12      | Brunei                                      |                                                       2 |                                                       3 |                                                       2 | Brunei, Canada, Netherlands, Philippines                                |
| 13      | Bulgaria                                    |                                                       4 |                                                       3 |                                                       2 | Bulgaria, Portugal, USA                                                 |
| 14      | Burkina Faso                                |                                                       0 |                                                       0 |                                                       1 | Vatican                                                                 |
| 15      | Canada                                      |                                                   25381 |                                                   17093 |                                                   21597 | Canada                                                                  |
| 16      | Chile                                       |                                                       6 |                                                       6 |                                                       5 | Chile                                                                   |
| 17      | China                                       |                                                     536 |                                                     556 |                                                     362 | Canada, China, New Zealand, USA, Thailand, Germany, Italy               |
| 18      | Colombia                                    |                                                       0 |                                                       3 |                                                       2 | Colombia, Ecuador                                                       |
| 19      | Croatia                                     |                                                       1 |                                                       7 |                                                       3 | Croatia, Serbia                                                         |
| 20      | Cyprus                                      |                                                      45 |                                                      32 |                                                      17 | Cyprus, Germany, Portugal ,UK                                           |
| 21      | Czech Republic                              |                                                       8 |                                                       7 |                                                      11 | Czech Republic, France, UK, Portugal                                    |
| 22      | Denmark                                     |                                                      86 |                                                     142 |                                                     230 | Denmark                                                                 |
| 23      | Egypt                                       |                                                      11 |                                                       1 |                                                       2 | Egypt, Australia, Kenya                                                 |
| 24      | United Kingdom                              |                                                   14309 |                                                    6489 |                                                   14637 | UK                                                                      |
| 25      | Ethiopia                                    |                                                       0 |                                                       0 |                                                       1 | Ethiopia                                                                |
| 26      | Fiji                                        |                                                      42 |                                                      46 |                                                      37 | Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga                                                |
| 27      | Finland                                     |                                                     179 |                                                     158 |                                                     193 | Finland ,Estonia, Sweden and USA                                        |
| 28      | France                                      |                                                     286 |                                                     258 |                                                     471 | France                                                                  |
| 29      | Germany                                     |                                                    2157 |                                                    2152 |                                                    2381 | Germany, Italy, Portugal                                                |
| 30      | Ghana                                       |                                                       3 |                                                       2 |                                                       4 | Ghana                                                                   |
| 31      | Greece                                      |                                                     217 |                                                     149 |                                                     160 | Greece                                                                  |

|   32 | Guatemala        |    0 |    0 |    2 | Guatemala                                                                      |
|------|------------------|------|------|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   33 | Guyana           |   11 |   12 |   23 | Guyana, St. Kitts &Nevis, Antigua &Barbuda                                     |
|   34 | Hungary          |    3 |    8 |    4 | Hungary, UK, USA                                                               |
|   35 | Iceland          |    7 |    8 |    4 | Iceland                                                                        |
|   36 | Indonesia        |   48 |   32 |   31 | Indonesia                                                                      |
|   37 | Iran             |   11 |    2 |    8 | Iran                                                                           |
|   38 | Iraq             |    0 |    0 |    1 | Iraq                                                                           |
|   39 | Israel           |  252 |  114 |   61 | Israel                                                                         |
|   40 | Italy            | 3833 | 2312 | 5986 | Italy                                                                          |
|   41 | Jamaica          |   37 |   23 |   20 | Jamaica, USA, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, Cayman Island, Portugal, St Lucia, UK |
|   42 | Japan            |   35 |   51 |   54 | Japan, Spain                                                                   |
|   43 | Jordan           |    6 |    0 |    3 | Jordan, USA                                                                    |
|   44 | Kazakhstan       |    0 |    0 |    4 | Kazakhstan                                                                     |
|   45 | Kenya            |  298 |  207 |  265 | Kenya                                                                          |
|   46 | Kuwait           |   80 |   22 |   17 | Portugal, Canada, USA, Kuwait, Bosnia& Herzegovina, UK                         |
|   47 | Laos             |    0 |    1 |    3 | Laos                                                                           |
|   48 | Madagascar       |    2 |    0 |    0 | Madagascar, France                                                             |
|   49 | Malawi           |   84 |  100 |   19 | Malawi                                                                         |
|   50 | Malaysia         |  139 |   76 |   96 | Malaysia                                                                       |
|   51 | Maldives         |    1 |    3 |    2 | Maldives                                                                       |
|   52 | Mali             |    1 |    0 |    0 | Mali                                                                           |
|   53 | Malta            |   45 |   13 |   13 | Malta                                                                          |
|   54 | Mauritius        |   67 |   37 |   26 | Mauritius                                                                      |
|   55 | Mexico           |   17 |    5 |   12 | Canada, Mexico, Belize                                                         |
|   56 | Mongolia         |    2 |    0 |    0 | Mongolia                                                                       |
|   57 | Morocco          |    4 |    0 |    2 | Morocco, UK                                                                    |
|   58 | Mozambique       |   18 |   12 |   17 | Mozambique, Swaziland, Portugal                                                |
|   59 | Myanmar          |    2 |    2 |    0 | Myanmar, France                                                                |
|   60 | Namibia          |    0 |    1 |    3 | Namibia                                                                        |
|   61 | Nepal            |   26 |   10 |   10 | Nepal                                                                          |
|   62 | Netherlands      |  728 | 1213 | 2187 | Netherlands                                                                    |
|   63 | New Zealand      | 4123 | 2116 | 2643 | New Zealand                                                                    |
|   64 | Nigeria          |    1 |    2 |    1 | Nigeria, Grenada                                                               |
|   65 | Norway           |  317 |  303 |  456 | Norway                                                                         |
|   66 | Oman             |   34 |   25 |   53 | Oman                                                                           |
|   67 | Pakistan         |    0 |    7 |   41 | Pakistan                                                                       |
|   68 | Panama           |   34 |   12 |   18 | Panama, Costa Rica, Netherlands                                                |
|   69 | Papua New Guinea |    1 |    0 |    0 | Papua New Guinea                                                               |

| 70    | Peru                 |      1 |     0 |      5 | Peru, Bolivia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|-------|----------------------|--------|-------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 71    | Philippines          |     36 |     8 |     11 | Philippines                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 72    | Poland               |     31 |     3 |     19 | Poland, Lithuania, UK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 73    | Portugal             |    513 |   597 |    731 | Portugal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 74    | Qatar                |    101 |    47 |     55 | Australia, Portutal, Canada, USA, UK, Qatar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 75    | Republic of Ireland  |    564 |   357 |    439 | Republic of Ireland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 76    | Réunion Island       |     12 |     2 |      3 | France                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 77    | Romania              |      5 |     1 |     29 | Romania, Albania, UK, USA, France, Canada, Grenada                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| 78    | Russia               |     54 |    35 |     88 | Portugal, Russia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 79    | Saudi Arabia         |     24 |     8 |     34 | Pakistan, Canada, Bangladesh, Portugal, Australia, Indonesia, UK, USA, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 80    | Serbia               |      0 |     1 |      1 | Serbia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 81    | Seychelles           |     26 |    34 |     54 | Seychelles                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 82    | Singapore            |   2241 |  2289 |   2516 | Singapore                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 83    | Slovakia             |      1 |     3 |      1 | Slovakia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 84    | Slovenia             |      1 |     2 |      2 | Slovenia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 85    | South Africa         |    156 |   118 |     73 | South Africa                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 86    | South Korea          |      3 |    16 |      7 | South Korea, Russia, UK, Luxembourg                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 87    | Spain                |    718 |  1089 |   1595 | Spain                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 88    | Sri Lanka            |     17 |    10 |     17 | Sri Lanka                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| 89    | Sudan                |      0 |     0 |      1 | Sudan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 90    | Suriname             |     22 |    14 |     11 | Suriname, St. Lucia, Saint Vincent& Grenedines and Barbados                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 91    | Sweden               |    867 |  1046 |   1841 | Sweden &Latvia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| 92    | Switzerland          |    331 |   233 |    358 | Switzerland                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 93    | Tanzania             |     20 |    19 |     35 | Tanzania                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 94    | Thailand             |    107 |    85 |     52 | Thailand                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| 95    | Trinidad and Tobago  |     40 |    15 |     16 | Trinidad and Tobago &Grenada                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 96    | Turkey               |      6 |     6 |     20 | Turkey, Portugal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 97    | Uganda               |      2 |    21 |     22 | Uganda                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 98    | Ukraine              |     18 |     3 |      6 | Ukraine                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 99    | United Arab Emirates |    459 |   226 |    326 | Albania, Australia, Canada, France, Malta, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, UK, USA, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Belgium, Cyprus, Grenada, Ireland, Jordan, Mauritius, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Jamaica, Comoros, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, UAE, Vanuatu |
| 100   | USA                  |  61683 | 30828 |  78284 | USA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 101   | Venezuela            |     39 |    34 |     38 | Netherlands                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| 102   | Zambia               |     40 |    22 |     96 | Zambia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| 103   | Zimbabwe             |      2 |     0 |      3 | Zimbabwe                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Total | Total                | 144017 | 85256 | 163370 |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |