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OCI Scheme 2005

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India
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2025

The 2005 OCI scheme aims to boost India’s connectivity with its diaspora. It provides individuals with Indian heritage with the ability to retain their foreign citizenship while simultaneously enjoying rights that are conferred to Indian citizens with a few exceptions. Consequently, the Indian economy is now able to hire OCI cardholders, who enjoy a multiple entry, multipurpose visa to visit India, sparing them the need to obtain separate work permits for life.

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