Eligible Punjabi NRIs, who are eagerly looking forward to voting in Indian elections, need to be first registered as voters at their place of residence in India. Hundreds of Punjabi NRIs live in different parts of the world including US, Britain, Canada, the Gulf countries, Australia, New Zealand, south-east Asia and Europe. As per the amendment of the Representation of People's Act, in order to be eligible to be registered as voters in India, every overseas elector who is not present in his place of ordinary residence in India due to employment, education or other reasons and has not acquired citizenship of any other country and who is not included in the electoral roll has the right to have his name registered in the electoral roll of the constituency in which his her place of residence in India as mentioned in his her passport is located. So speaking in terms of rule 8A of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, every NRI whose place of residence in India is located in the state of Punjab and who has completed 18 years of age as on 01.01.2011, and wants to register his name in the electoral roll is required to submit claim application in Form 6-A for registration in the electoral roll of the constituency in which his her place of residence as shown in the passport is located. The claim application or Form-6A as it is commonly known can be either submitted in person directly to the registration officer of the constituency concerned or sent to such registration officer by post along with the necessary documents. When the claim application is sent by post, it should be accompanied by photocopies of the relevant pages of the passport duly attested by the competent official of the Indian mission in the country concerned. So NRIs, what are you waiting for? Apply now to get registered as voters in India.
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