NRC Documents List
NRC Seva Kendras (NSKs) across the state – was hinged on documents that would reflect the exclusive citizenship cut-off date for the state as per the Assam Accord, the reason for the entire exercise under the Supreme Court’s watch. An applicant had the choice of picking any one of the documents listed under two heads. The 14 documents mentioned in List A were:
- 1951 NRC
- Electoral roll(s) up to 24 March (midnight), 1971
- Land and tenancy records
- Citizenship certificate
- Permanent residential certificate
- Refugee registration certificate
- Any government issued license/certificate
- Government service/ employment certificate
- Bank or post office accounts
- Birth certificate
- State educational board or university educational certificate
- Court records/processes
- Passport
- Any LIC policy
Since the citizenship cut-off date in Assam is midnight of March 24, 1971, all these documents could not be from a date later than that. This meant an Assam resident who didn’t have any 1971 documents that mention her name can show any one of the documents named in this list if it mentions her father or grandfather.
But such applicants then had to establish their link with their father/grandfather by furnishing one more document to be picked from List B, which included eight options:
- Birth certificate
- Land document
- Board/university certificate
- Bank/LIC/post office records
- Circle officer/gaon panchayat secretary certificate in case of married women
- Electoral roll
- Ration card
- Any other legally acceptable document