Per the current position:
No visas are being issued to Pakistanis, regardless of dual
nationality or otherwise. Only
religious pilgrimage visas are being issued to minorities in Pakistan, and that too only to Sikhs and Hindus.
Prior to the visa ban 6 years back, single entry visas for limited single point family visits were only being issued to Pakistanis who were resident in Pakistan on their Pakistani passports from the Indian consulates in Karachi and Islamabad. Dual passport holders were not issued visas from their resident countries ( UK, Canada etc.) , on their Pakistani passports. Single passport holders with Canadian or British passports were issued limited visas ( single city, single entry,) after a 6 month waiting period.
-A place of birth in what is Pakistan after 1971 is the determining status
- Previous nationality. A person
born in India but having
taken Pakistani nationality then migrated to Canada is treated as a Pakistani national.
Children of expat Pakistanis born and raised in countries abroad holding single passports are treated as Pakistanis upto the third generation after Partition as it stands. The fourth generation is too young to travel on their own.
India never issued tourist visas to Pakistani nationals or persons of Pakistani origin ever since the passport and visa protocols went into effect in 1950.
In rare occasions participants in a corporate event, a literary festival or a multinational conference under UN sponsorship would be allowed a limited guided tour to places of interest. Since most of the events are held in Delhi which is in proximity to Agra, that tourist circuit was then permissible.
But we are referring to a bygone era which is never to return.,
Pakistan has identical restrictions on Indian nationals, except that unfortunately there are growing instances of overseas Pakistani men marrying Indian Muslim women which is causing our consulates a headache.
India is clear on this. Once married, neither the Indian Muslim lady or her spouse can visit India again.
All the talk here of seeing the sunset off the Kerala coast, and visiting the Ajanta caves is just fantasy. A few lucky Pakistanis as part of an international event have had limited travel, and some due to linguistic affinity have violated the terms of stay in India and taken a brief unauthorized trip.... But that was much earlier.
In 2011 there was a brief moment of glory when Pakistanis and Indians traveled on three day visas to attend cricket matches.,
But that's it folks !
In our lifetimes none of us will ever travel to India unless we convert to Sikhs or Hindus and seek a pilgrimage visa.
