Ambiguity prevails on documents needed for NRC
An official explainer issued said a person’s citizenship can be proven by submitting any document that verifies his/her date and place of birth. However, it also said that a final decision hasn’t been taken yet on what the acceptable documents related to his/her birth are.
“This is likely to include voter cards, passports, Aadhaar, licences, insurance papers, birth certificates, school leaving certificates, documents relating to land or home or other similar documents issued by government officials. The list is likely to include more documents so that no Indian citizen has to suffer unnecessarily,” it said.
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If a person is ‘illiterate’ and does not possess any documents related to his/her birth, witness verification and community verification will be permitted to ensure that no Indian citizen is troubled, according to the explainer.
The details sought by the central government to prove one’s citizenship for the NRC are as follows:
- Name
- Father’s name
- Mother’s name
- Sex
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Residential address (present and permanent)
- Marital status (if ever married, name of the spouse)
- Visible identification mark
- Date of registration of citizen
- Serial number of registration
- National identity number provided under rule 13. (sub-rule 3 under Rule 3 of Citizenship Rules, 2003)
