Editing Naturalization (section)

===India===
{{Main|Indian nationality law}}
The [[India]]n citizenship and nationality law and the [[Constitution of India]] provides single citizenship for the entire country. The provisions relating to citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution are contained in Articles 5 to 11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/India_2014#50|title=Constitute|website=www.constituteproject.org}}</ref> in Part&nbsp;II of the Constitution of India. Relevant [[India]]n legislation is the Citizenship Act 1955, which has been amended by the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1986, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 1992, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/legislative/amendbills/XXXIX_2003.pdf|date=April 25, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060425230738/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/legislative/amendbills/XXXIX_2003.pdf|archive-date=2006-04-25|title=Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003}}</ref> and Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manupatra.com/downloads/2005-data/Citizenship%20Amendment%20Ordinance%202005/Citizenship%20Amendment%20Ordinance%202005.htm|title=Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514150614/http://www.manupatra.com/downloads/2005-data/Citizenship%20Amendment%20Ordinance%202005/Citizenship%20Amendment%20Ordinance%202005.htm|archive-date=2011-05-14}}</ref> The Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2003 received the assent of the President of India on 7 January 2004 and came into force on 3 December 2004. The Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance 2005 was promulgated by the President of India and came into force on 28 June 2005.<ref name="The Citizenship (Amendment) Ordinance">[https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_parliament/2005/the-citizenship-(amendment)-act-2005.pdf], "It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 28th day of June, 2005" (p1)</ref>

Following these reforms, Indian nationality law largely follows the ''[[jus sanguinis]]'' (citizenship by right of blood) as opposed to the ''[[jus soli]]'' (citizenship by right of birth within the territory).{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

In 2019, a [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Act]] was passed by the Parliament of India. This Act aims at fast tracking citizenship for illegal immigrants and refugees fleeing religious persecution for people of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or Christian faiths who have entered India on or before 31 December 2014 from the neighbouring countries of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.<ref name="PIBPassesBill">{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=195783|title=Parliament passes the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019|website=pib.gov.in|access-date=18 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216092712/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx%3Frelid%3D195783|archive-date=16 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>