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Dual Citizenship Thailand × India
Status: Conditional
Quick Answer
Not allowed — but OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) card offers quasi-citizenship rights.
Traps to watch
- ⚠️ Foreign naturalisation = automatic loss of Indian citizenship (Passports Act 1967)
- ⚠️ OCI = lifetime visa + near-citizen rights (except voting, farmland, government posts)
- ⚠️ OCI re-registration required on every passport renewal before age 21 and after 50
- ⚠️ PAN card remains valid — required for NRO/NRE bank accounts + investments
Taxation
Residence-based (Section 6 Income Tax Act) — 182 days · slab 5–30%
Military
No conscription (all-volunteer)
Renunciation
INR 25,000 + passport surrender at Consulate — OCI available after 6 months
Typical clients
PIO/NRI married to Thai, IT consultants in Thailand, spouses seeking OCI to return to India
Other countries
Consult: 083-249-4999 · LINE @NYC168 · contact@ilc.ltd
Consultation THB 8,500 · Full-service THB 55,000–185,000