Woman married to CRPF jawan
seeks visa extn
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 25: As the Central Government revoked 14 categories of visas including those of business, conference, visitor and pilgrim, given to Pakistani nationals following the terror attack at Pahalgam, officials said 34 Pakistani women with four children and another woman married to a CRPF constable are putting up in the Jammu region.
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As per the officials, 34 Pakistani women who got married are settled here and they fall in the category of Long Term Visa (LTV) which hasn’t been revoked.
Some of the women have given birth to four children and they too have opted for Pakistani citizenship.
Another Pakistan woman Minal Khan is married to a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan here whose visa expired on March 14 this year.
“The woman has applied for extension in visa and her application is pending before the Union Ministry of Home Affairs,” the officials said.
After Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s telephonic conversations with the Chief Ministers, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan also held a video conference with the Chief Secretaries of all the States and asked them to ensure that all Pakistani nationals whose visas were revoked must leave India by the fixed deadline.
In a communication to all State Governments, the Home Ministry said the order will not apply to Long Term Visas (LTVs) and diplomatic and official visas issued to Pakistani nationals.
According to the Home Ministry order, those holding SAARC visas must leave India by April 26 and those having visas on arrival, business, film, journalist, transit, conference, mountaineering, student, visitor, group tourist and pilgrim visas must leave India by April 27.
Those having group pilgrim visas given to minorities of Pakistan also must leave the country by April 27 and those having medical visas must leave by April 29.
The Home Ministry said no new visas will be issued to any Pakistani national.
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