Notification for Amendment to the Citizenship Rules, 2009.

The Gazette of India

CG-DL-E-18052026-272660

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 334] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 18, 2026/VAISAKHA 28, 1948

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 18th May, 2026

G.S.R. 369(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955),
the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to further amend the Citizenship Rules, 2009, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2026.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Citizenship Rules, 2009, in Schedule IC, after paragraph (iii), the following paragraph shall be inserted,
namely: –

“ (iiiA) I am not in possession of a valid and/or expired passport(s) issued by the Government of
Pakistan/Afghanistan/Bangladesh.

I am in possession of a valid and/or expired passport(s) issued by the Government of
Pakistan/Afghanistan/Bangladesh with the following details:-

Passport No. :…………..
Date of issue: …………
Place of Issue: ………….
Date of expiry: ………….

I hereby agree to surrender my valid and/or expired Pakistani/Afghanistani/Bangladeshi passport to
Senior Superintendent of Post or Superintendent of Post concerned within 15 days of approval of
citizenship application.”

[F. No. 26030/34/2025-IC.I]
GAYA PRASAD, Jt. Secy.

Note : The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification G.S.R. 124(E) dated the 25th February, 2009 and last amended, vide notification number
G.S.R. 172(E) dated the 11th March, 2024

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