Paper short abstract

Many high skilled Indian migrants take on Dutch citizenship while planning to move on to other migrant destinations or return to India as Overseas Indian Citizens (OCI) OCI status provides all the right of citizenship except political ones. What does all this mean for citizenship?

Paper long abstract

This paper will explore new forms of transnational citizenship made possible for high skilled Indian Migrants to the Netherlands. Many of the informants in our ethnographic research take on Dutch citizenship while planning to move on to other European or North American destinations or return to India as Overseas Indian Citizens (OCI). OCI status offers all the right of citizenship except political ones.