Section 15
Foreigner who is national of more than one foreign country.
The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025
About this Act
An Act to confer upon the Central Government certain powers to provide for requirement of passports or other travel documents in respect of persons entering into and exiting from India and for regulating matters related to foreigners including requirement of visa and registration and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
When a foreigner, while in India with a valid passport or other travel document and valid visa, is recognised as a national by the law of more than one foreign country, the civil authority or Immigration Officer may, after due verification of all available documents and inquiry, treat that foreigner as the national of the country on whose passport or travel document he had entered into India or with which he appears to be most closely connected for the time being and the decision of civil authority or Immigration Officer in this regard shall be final:
Provided that the Central Government, either of its own motion or on an application by the foreigner concerned, may revise any such decision.
Provided that the Central Government, either of its own motion or on an application by the foreigner concerned, may revise any such decision.