Saudi Arabia : Major changes in its citizenship rules...
Saudi Arabia has made important changes in its citizenship rules. This gulf country has changed the conditions of citizenship. king Salman bin Abdul Aziz has issued one of his royal decrees and has set new rules of citizenship. He has mentioned the provisions when a person can get the citizenship of Saudi Arabia.
Under new rules, children of Saudi women married to expatriate men can now apply for citizenship after turning 18. Article 8 of the Citizenship Act has been amended following the royal decree of king Salman.
What are the new rules of citizenship?
If the father is a citizen of saudi arabia, then the child automatically gets citizenship. If the mother is a citizen of saudi arabia and the father is an expatriate, then the children will get citizenship after the age of 18 years. Some conditions will also be effective for acquiring citizenship.
Children should be born in gulf countries only. He should have good character. criminal cases should not be pending against them and they should know Arabic language. If they fulfill all these conditions then after the age of 18 they can get citizenship.
What will be the effect on India?
Lakhs of indians live in Saudi Arabia. Many indians have also married women of Saudi origin. It was very difficult to get citizenship of saudi arabia earlier because the rights of citizenship were given to men more than women. If a Saudi Arabian man marries a woman, he can get citizenship immediately.
If a woman married a foreign man, then there were many difficulties in getting citizenship of the foreign man. Even the citizenship of their children could not be decided. Now a large number of people will get benefit from these new rules.
Many indians have completely settled in Saudi. He has made his business shine in this gulf country. Due to the unclear conditions of citizenship, earlier their children did not get the benefit, but now they will also be able to get citizenship easily. This is going to affect millions of Indians.
