--- Paulo Colaco Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fine, you are an NRI Mario. Who am I to say the > contrary? > Mario replies: > Thanks, Paulo. You are not alone. Shown below are some more sources of information that agree with your conclusion above. However, ragardless, as a foreign citizen, I cannot vote in India, and it wouldn't be proper for me to even demand such a right. > You may also be interested to know that three Indian banks, Citibank, Bank of India and State Bank of India, do as well, since I have had NRI accounts with them for from two to five years, whereas I have not been an Indian citizen for 26 years: > 1. http://www.indiaonweb.com/php/showNRISection.php?linkid=49 > WHO IS AN NRI? A Non-resident Indian means an individual, being a citizen of India or a person of Indian origin who is not a resident. A person shall be deemed to be of Indian origin if he or either of his parents or any of his grand parents was born in undivided India. > 2. http://www.serve.com/ichild/nriadopt.htm > WHAT DOES THE TERM NRI (Non-Resident Indian) MEAN? > The term NRI means that at least one of the applicants (one of the parents) is of Indian descent. It does not matter where the parents were born or what citizenship they claim .... > 3. http://www.nritaxservices.com/who_nri_fema.htm > WHO IS AN NRI ? > An Indian abroad is popularly known as Non-Resident Indian (NRI). The NRI status is legally defined under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the Income Tax Act, 1961 for applicability of respective laws. > The Term NRI, Generally, means a non-resident who is either an Indian Citizen residing outside India and includes Foreign Citizen of Indian origin residing outside India >
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