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title: "What is the minimum duration of a stay necessary, before a person can apply for Indian citizenship?"  
description: "What is the minimum duration of a stay necessary, before a person can apply for Indian citizenship?"  
author: "Ranbir Sharma"  
published: 2018-03-09  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38070/what-is-the-minimum-duration-of-a-stay-necessary-before-a-person-can-apply-for-indian-citizenship  
category: "indian polity and constitution"  
tags: ["indian polity and constitution"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the minimum duration of a stay necessary, before a person can apply for Indian citizenship?

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