19/12/2022 12:46 PM | Click to read full article
The Centre is all set to ease the citizenship process for minorities who entered India on valid documents, but whose passports and visas have since expired. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is expected to rejig the citizenship portal to accept expired passports and visas as supporting documents to process the citizenship application for members of six minority communities, Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, Christian, Buddhist and Jain, from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.