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Over 8000 overseas Indians apply for OCI cards
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The Hindustan Times
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January 20, 2006
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New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- More than 8000 Overseas Indians have applied for Dual Citizenship under Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card Scheme announced recently by the Government.
Out of these, the first batch of 374 OCI certificates and Visa stickers has already been dispatched by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) through the respective Indian Missions.
Another batch of 1000 OCI certificates and Visa stickers is likely to be issued by the next week, and others are under process, an official release here said.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had formally handed over the first two OCI certificates and Visa stickers to Nivruti Rai and Iftekhar Ahmed Shareef on January 7 at ...
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