Tag Archives: Citizenship

  • India grants citizenship to Chakma, Hajong refugees 18 September 2017 | Zee Media Bureau This post has no comments yet

    The Government of India has reportedly granted citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees after the Supreme Court asked it to expedite their requests. ...

  • A first for Tibetans: Overseas Citizen of India certificate 17 July 2017 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 10 comments

    A Tibetan-Canadian who was born in India and moved to Canada has obtained the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) certificate, making him the first Tibetan to get this document. ...

  • Get Indian passport and become homeless for a second time 22 June 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 40 comments

    Becoming homeless for a second time, Tibetans in India who are applying for an Indian passport have been told to leave the settlements where they were born and lived their whole lives. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal Bye bye Yellow Book 24 April 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    What does it mean that I have become a Tibetan-Indian? Will I start speaking in Hindi, move away from Tibetan society, change all my friends, and shun the Tibetan movement? ...

  • Tibetans born in India to get Indian passport 29 March 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 15 comments

    A memorandum from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has ordered that passport facilities be made available to all Tibetan refugees born in India between 26 January 1950 and 1 July 1987. ...

  • Tibetans in India may get passport soon 16 March 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 15 comments

    "If there is a law and the government does not implement it, what is the point of having a law? My fight will go on until all the eligible Tibetans who want a passport get one." ...

  • Tibetan refugees unhappy with “Chinese nationality” in Switzerland 12 March 2017 | Anand Chandrasekhar This post has no comments yet

    The Swiss migration office reiterates that the administrative measure according Chinese nationality to Tibetans has no bearing on their eligibility to seek asylum in Switzerland. ...

  • Children of Tibetan parents are Indian citizens: High Court 7 March 2017 This post has no comments yet

    This would mean that they will have voting rights and can avail themselves of other benefits that an Indian citizen would get. ...

  • Lawyers file contempt petition against MEA regarding Tibetan passport issue 18 February 2017 | Tibet Sun Contributor This post has 5 comments

    Lawyers representing Lobsang Wangyal have filed a contempt petition against the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for not following up on the Delhi High Court order of 22 September 2016. ...

  • Tibetan man faces verification hurdle 27 November 2016 | Naresh K Thakur This post has no comments yet

    Wangyal and two others, Phuntsok Wangyal and Tenzin Dhonden, had successfully moved the Delhi High Court to direct the Ministry of External Affairs to issue an Indian passport to Tibetans. ...