Do US born citizens of Pakistani origin face difficulties obtaining Indian visas? I am an OCI holder as an American born citizen of Indian origin. Would like to relocate with my wife someday but not sure if she can live there permanently since she’s not eligible for OCI. Perhaps she’s a spouse of OCI holder so she will get a benefit of an extended visa or something?

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Yes country of birth info triggers a lot of challenges for anyone born in Pakistan. Stupid but very real

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She is not born in Pakistan, she is born in USA

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Yeah it's a bit of a hassle. I know someone who is an OCI born in Canada with a spouse born in Pakistan but who moved to Canada as a toddler. They had an extremely difficult time even getting a visit visa for her and it took months of running around, hiring lawyers in India to get MoEA clearances, etc. A bit too much if you ask me but that's the hard line Indian govt wants to toe so just gotta deal with it.

Well my wife is a US born Pakistani and I was able to get a tourist visa for her this year. Got for single entry 3 months, daily police verification exempted,etc. Process took roughly 7-8 weeks for her to get the visa and was pleasantly surprised to have no issues. Process was straightforward too - just filled the application, added our marriage certificate, few pics, my passport, india address, etc.

How do they even know she’s of Pakistani origin If all you’re doing is applying for a visa? If she was born in the US, there’s no recollection of her ancestry on her passport or birth certificate.

My cousin said he had to enter parents information but it was just basic info that you can enter anything really without any verification requested.

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My father in law was born in India. Moved to Pakistan after partition as a teenager.
Has been in the US for 20 years now. He renounced his Pakistani citizenship because people told him that makes it easier to visit India, tried god knows everything he can and still nothing. He is 87, and has early signs of Alzheimer’s and wants to basically visit his “hometown village” and his first wife died also hoping to see her hometown some day and that never happened either. So yeah! Sadly, I d say we are out of luck.

This makes me so sad 😞

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