1. Following categories of foreign nationals are eligible for registration as Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card-holder:
(a) Any person of full age and capacity:
(i) Who is a citizen of another country, but was a citizen of India at the time of, or at any time after the commencement of the Constitution i.e. 26.01.1950; or
(ii) Who is a citizen of another country, but was eligible to become a citizen of India at the time of the commencement of the Constitution i.e. on 26.01.1950; or
(iii) Who is a citizen of another country, but belonged to a territory that became part of India after 15.08.1947; or
(iv) Who is a child or a grandchild or a great grandchild of such a citizen; or
(b) A person, who is a minor child of a person mentioned in (a) above; or
(c) A person, who is a minor child, and whose both parents are citizens of India or one of the parents is a citizen of India; or
(d) Spouse of foreign origin of a citizen of India or spouse of foreign origin of an Overseas Citizen of India Card-holder registered under section 7A of the Citizenship Act, 1955 and whose marriage has been registered and subsisted for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the application.
a. Who or either of whose parents or grandparents or great grandparents is or had been a citizen of Pakistan, Bangladesh or such other country as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
b. Foreign Military/Police personnel either serving or retired.
