A lady from Bangladesh who married a person from Assam in 2007, has utilized for Indian citizenship with the assistance of Citizenship Modification Act (CAA).
The CAA course of is just not simple and a lot of the candidates in lots of instances are unaware of the identical. (Consultant file picture)
A former member of the foreigners’ tribunal in Silchar and senior lawyer Dharmananda Deb, who’s helping the lady together with her software, mentioned she got here to Silchar in 2007 together with her ailing mom and met the person from Badarpur city of Assam’s Karimganj district.
“They fell in love, got married and she stayed here. After the rules of CAA were published, she decided to apply for Indian citizenship with this and they came to me,” he mentioned.
The woman is a Hindu and is the mom of a kid.
Barring the lady, the household additionally utilized for Nationwide Register of Residents (NRC) in 2015. Resulting from lack of paperwork, the lady didn’t apply for NRC, her relations mentioned.
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In line with the lawyer, the method is just not simple and a lot of the candidates in lots of instances are unaware of the identical.
“Most of them are unable to use the internet, so I am helping them,” he mentioned.
In line with the method, an applicant should present paperwork displaying he/she was resident of Bangladesh and entered India earlier than December 31, 2014. The applicant additionally must show that he/she stayed in India at the least since 2014 until the date of making use of, the lawyer mentioned.
Deb mentioned the lady got here to India with a legitimate passport and visa on well being grounds, however she stayed again after marriage.
“She produced her academic certificates from Bangladesh while applying through CAA. She also produced her marriage certificate to show that she entered India before 2014 and stayed here,” he instructed HT on Tuesday.
The girl initially utilized with CAA in March, however later withdrew the applying because of a confusion concerning delimitation.
“Badarpur was part of Karimganj but some areas of it were added to Cachar during delimitation, which included their house. Due to this confusion, she withdrew the application but later she again applied,” Deb mentioned.