India relaxes visa norms for some Pakistani nationals

[Marxist]

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India Thursday decided to relax visa extension norms for certain categories of Pakistani nationals, including Pakistani Hindus and Sikhs, who have come to the country seeking Indian citizenship.

A statement from the union home ministry said various state and union territories had been asked to consider extending visas for Pakistani nationals, who had come to India to stay here permanently.

India relaxes visa norms for some Pakistani nationals

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Pakistan needs to do tit for tat and do the same for Indian Muslim but not literally just reject visa if anyone applies because no indian can be trusted.

[RobbieS]

Pakistan needs to do tit for tat and do the same for Indian Muslim but not literally just reject visa if anyone applies because no indian can be trusted.

Not even an Indian Muslim? That's unfair!

[Mogambo]

Official Press release of Govt. of India

Norms Relaxed for Indian Citizenship to Certain Categories of Pak Nationals Staying in India

16:42 IST
MHA has asked the State Governments/UT Administration to consider cases for extension of the Long-term Visa (LTV) of certain categories of Pakistani nationals without insisting of validity of passports as per the provisions of the Gazette notification issued on May, 15, 2010 as such Pakistani nationals have come to India permanently with the intention to attain Indian citizenship. However, only such Pakistani nationals are eligible to be considered for grant/extension of LTV who have come to India on or before December, 31, 2009.



The matter was examined in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Law and it has been decided to grant exemption to such Pak nationals from the provisions of Rule 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920. Accordingly, an order to this effect has been notified on May 15, 2010.



The following categories of Pak nationals are covered to enable them to qualify for extension of Visa:



(a) Member of minority communities in Pakistan (Hindus & Sikhs)

(b) Pak women married to Indian nationals and staying in India.

(c) Indian women married to Pak nationals and returning due to widowhood/divorce and having no male member to support them in Pakistan and

(d) Cases involving extreme compassion.

In addition to abovementioned four categories of Pak nationals, grant of LTV is also being considered in the case of male Muslim community members being originally Indian citizen who went to Pakistan after partition leaving behind family in India and returned back to India on a valid passport issued by the Government of Pakistan and settled in the State of Kerala so that they can acquire Indian Citizenship.

Such Pak nationals were unable to extend the validity period of their passports on account of reasons such as

(i) Pakistan High Commission’s refusal to extend the validity of passport in the absence of Computerized National Identity Card. Pakistan is issuing Computerized National identity Cards to their nationals and extends validity of Passports in respect of only those Pak nationals who possess the National Identity Card.

(ii) Poor economic conditions of the Pak nationals.

The Ministry of Home Affairs have been receiving a large number of references from such Pak nationals staying in various States where their passports had expired and they ware not able to renew the same. In the absence of valid passport/Visa, they are not considered for Indian citizenship.

[Mogambo]

Pakistan needs to do tit for tat and do the same for Indian Muslim but not literally just reject visa if anyone applies because no indian can be trusted.

What tit for tat?? are you insane? govt is giving extra concessions in some deserving case, that' it.

[ek_indian]

Pakistan needs to do tit for tat and do the same for Indian Muslim but not literally just reject visa if anyone applies because no indian can be trusted.

You are right. But for that, some Indian Muslims would have to apply first.

[IceCold]

I am sure India would also like to relax visa norms for BLA and co if it hasn't done it already.

[Rocketsingh]

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I am sure India would also like to relax visa norms for BLA and co if it hasn't done it already.

no also 4 ur army generals and isi's head