Hello student,

Residence certificate or domicile certificate is a legal document that certifies a person’s residential status in a particular state. Residence certificate is used to prove that the person who holds the certificate is a resident of the district or state which issues the certificate.

Eligibility criteria to obtain residence or domicile certificate in Madhya Pradesh are:

• Permanent resident of the Madhya Pradesh state can only apply for residence certificate.
• Residents of last five years in Madhya Pradesh state are eligible to apply for Domicile Certificate
• If a woman does not originally belonging to a Madhya Pradesh, but married to man who is a permanent resident of the Madhya Prades, then she will be eligible to apply for residence certificate.

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