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Pakistan Specific Visitor Visa

IndiaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Pakistani nationals need a regular visa under the India-Pakistan Visa Agreement, 2012; they are not eligible for e-Visa.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Source document dated 2018 (MHA Annex); current application not re-verified
  • Current operation of Pakistan-specific visas not verified

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the visit purposes this route covers.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Searched Annex I (c20e81f3fd8aa154: row '22 Pakistan Specific Visas / V / Visitor Visa' has no description or remark) and Annex III (e429b4475b92f209: refers to a separate 'Visa for Pakistani nationals' page that is not captured). e-Visa page excludes Pakistani passport holders. No permitted purposes found.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The visitor visa is valid for up to five specified places and up to 6 months, with each continuous stay not exceeding three months; up to two years' multiple entry applies for seniors over 65, a Pakistani married to an Indian national and their children under 12.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Source document dated 2018 (MHA Annex); current application not re-verified
  • Current operation of Pakistan-specific visas not verified
  • https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnexV_01022018.pdf
    valid for a maximum of five specified places and for a period not exceeding 6 months with the stipulation that continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed three months.
  • https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnexV_01022018.pdf
    Note : A visitor visa for a maximum of five specified places may be issued for a longer period up to two years with multiple entries to – (a) senior citizens (those above 65 years of age); (b) a Pakistan National married to an Indian national; and (c) children below 12 years of age accompanying parents(s) as given in (b) above.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Documents from Pakistan include a copy of the NADRA card with English translation showing the address; from India, any two documents of the relative/host showing the address (preferably a passport copy).

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Source document dated 2018 (MHA Annex); current application not re-verified
  • Current operation of Pakistan-specific visas not verified

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applications are made online in the standard visa application form; visitor-visa holders (unless exempt from police reporting) must register with the FRRO/FRO within 24 hours of reaching the place of stay and report 24 hours before leaving it. The official source does not state extension rules.

See recorded sources
Limits of the record
  • Extension not stated
  • Source document dated 2018 (MHA Annex); current application not re-verified
  • Current operation of Pakistan-specific visas not verified
  • https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnexV_01022018.pdf
    All Pakistani nationals will have to submit applications for visas on the on-line system in the standard visa application form.
  • https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnexV_01022018.pdf
    Holders of visitor/ student/ conference/business visas [other than those specifically granted Exempt from Police Reporting (EPR) Visas] shall be required to register themselves with the FRRO/ FRO concerned within 24 hours of their reaching the specified place of stay and obtain a Residential Permit. They shall also make a report 24 hours prior to their intended departure from the place of stay.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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