 It is issued one year after an RC is given.The Citizenship Amendment Act of 2019 (passed on the 11 December 2019) gives a path to Indian citizenship for Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, and Christian religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan that have suffered religious persecution (provided they arrived in India before December 31st 2014).Any refugees from these groups that arrived after the cutoff must reside in India for at least 5 years before they can gain citizenship.