Indian Visa-holders

Gripped with uncertainty over whether they will be allowed to stay or asked to leave, Pakistani Hindu refugees staying at Delhi's Majnu Ka Tila fear for their future after India suspended visa services for Pakistani nationals. India announced on Thursday that all visas issued to Pakistani nationals would be revoked from April 27 and asked these people to leave the country as tensions between the two countries escalated after the barbaric terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam left 26 people dead. While the government later clarified that Long Term Visas (LTVs) already granted to Hindu Pakistani nationals will remain valid, many refugees are anxious about their status as their visas are renewed every two years and their applications for Indian citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 are still being processed. Sona Das, president of the Hindu refugee community at Majnu Ka Tila, said several families have been living in Delhi for years, renewing their visas ...

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The government has kept in abeyance multiple-entry life-long visas given to OCI card holders till the time international travel resumes