Godiya is also a national athlete. Lack of citizenship was causing problems in his sports career and even affected his studies.
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Mohan Godiya, 24, of Kohalpur Municipality-11, Banke, who has been struggling to obtain Nepali citizenship for five years, has received citizenship. He received citizenship from the hands of Banke Chief District Officer Dil Kumar Tamang.
He had gone from office to court to the Home Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office to obtain citizenship. Despite receiving assurances from various bodies, he could not obtain citizenship for a long time.
Godiya is also a national athlete. Lack of citizenship was a problem in furthering his sports career and even his studies were affected.
He said that he obtained citizenship after five years of tireless efforts. 'I have felt a great relief,' he said, 'I cannot describe this happiness in words.' Godiya's father had been out of contact for a long time, so he had difficulty obtaining citizenship.
According to Banke Chief District Officer Tamang, the path to obtaining citizenship was opened after the second amendment to the Nepal Citizenship Act, 2063 was amended for the fourth time and published in the gazette. He obtained citizenship in his mother's name.
Chief District Officer Tamang said that the new amendment also addresses the problems of children born to women of Nepali descent and citizens who have not obtained citizenship because the identity of their fathers cannot be revealed.
Previously, the legal provision was that children of citizens who were granted citizenship by birth could only obtain citizenship if both their father and mother were citizens. The latest amendment has made a provision to grant naturalized citizenship to children of persons who were granted citizenship by birth.
