Renunciation of Indian Citizenship.

July 21, 2022

Recently, Government Data claimed that over 9 lakh Indians gave up citizenship in the past 3 yrs to settle abroad.
America emerged as the top choice among 103 countries where the emigrants settled.
2021: More than 1.63 lakh Indians relinquished their citizenship in 2021 alone. Of them, more than 78,000 took US citizenship.
2019 and 2020: While 1.44 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2019, the numbers fell in 2020 to 85,256 in 2020, before rising again last year.
Other Countries: Apart from choosing countries such as Singapore (7,046) and Sweden (3,754), many have also renounced their citizenship for Bahrain (170), Angola (2), Iran (21), and Iraq (1) — one person took the citizenship of Burkina Faso in 2021.
More than 1,400 persons took Chinese citizenship, while 48 persons renounced their citizenship for Pakistan’s.
Most citizenships acquired: The largest numbers of Indians who relinquished Indian citizenship in 2021 went to: The United States (78,284), Australia (23,533), Canada (21,597), and The United Kingdom (14,637).