Indian Visa From Pakistan - 2024 Visa Requirements, Process & Documents

You have to fill the online visa application form and follow the steps mentioned above.
A visitor visa will be issued to you in case you are visiting India to meet relatives or friends or for any other legitimate purpose at their invitation. Applicants traveling on a visitor visa are expected to stay with their relatives/friends in India.
The following documents needs to be submitted for a visitor visa:
Documents from India:
1) Sponsorship Certificate: (for format please click here) (for any one place to be visited): This certificate should also be countersigned by any of the following Indian government officials (DM/ SP/SDM/ Tehsildar/ BDO/ SHO/ Groups A officer of State and Central Government/ Principal of a Government college and Principal / headmaster of a Government School), who will certify that they personally know your Indian sponsor. Sponsorship certificate is mandatory for all visitor visa cases.
2) The Indian government official should also attach a self-attested copy of their photo identity card along with his/her contact number (landline preferable) along with the sponsorship certificate.
3) Any two of these documents of the Indian invitee: passport (preferred), copy of electricity bill, telephone bill, ration card, election card, clearly mentioning the address and contact numbers.
Documents from Pakistan:
1) Copy of NADRA Card along with its English translation
2) Copy of any one utility bill, such as electricity bill/ gas bill/ landline telephone bill (as address proof)Current passport and all previous passports
Further Requirements
- Details of last Indian visa (visa number, date of issue and category)
- NADRA Card
- Names of places you intend to visit in India and the State to which it belongs e.g. if a person is visiting Mumbai, in the place column, please enter ‘Mumbai’ and in the State column, enter ‘Maharashtra’
- Name, address and telephone number of your host(s)/business associate(s)/contact person(s) in India.
- Address of place(s) of stay in India.
- Print-out: Two copies of the form are required to be submitted. You may either take 2 print-outs of the form or take one print-out and make a photocopy. Please however, make sure that you sign in original on both the copies. Unsigned forms will not be accepted.
- Photograph : Affix one recent identical passport size colour photographs (35mm x 45mm) each on both the copies of the application. The photograph should be with the straight frontal face of the applicant and with a light background.

A visitor visa will be issued to you in case you are visiting India to meet relatives or friends or for any other legitimate purpose at their invitation. Applicants traveling on a visitor visa are expected to stay with their relatives/friends in India.
The following documents needs to be submitted for a visitor visa:
Documents from India:
1) Sponsorship Certificate: (for format please click here) (for any one place to be visited): This certificate should also be countersigned by any of the following Indian government officials (DM/ SP/SDM/ Tehsildar/ BDO/ SHO/ Groups A officer of State and Central Government/ Principal of a Government college and Principal / headmaster of a Government School), who will certify that they personally know your Indian sponsor. Sponsorship certificate is mandatory for all visitor visa cases.
2) The Indian government official should also attach a self-attested copy of their photo identity card along with his/her contact number (landline preferable) along with the sponsorship certificate.
3) Any two of these documents of the Indian invitee: passport (preferred), copy of electricity bill, telephone bill, ration card, election card, clearly mentioning the address and contact numbers.
Documents from Pakistan:
1) Copy of NADRA Card along with its English translation
2) Copy of any one utility bill, such as electricity bill/ gas bill/ landline telephone bill (as address proof)Current passport and all previous passports
Further Requirements
- Details of last Indian visa (visa number, date of issue and category)
- NADRA Card
- Names of places you intend to visit in India and the State to which it belongs e.g. if a person is visiting Mumbai, in the place column, please enter ‘Mumbai’ and in the State column, enter ‘Maharashtra’
- Name, address and telephone number of your host(s)/business associate(s)/contact person(s) in India.
- Address of place(s) of stay in India.
- Print-out: Two copies of the form are required to be submitted. You may either take 2 print-outs of the form or take one print-out and make a photocopy. Please however, make sure that you sign in original on both the copies. Unsigned forms will not be accepted.
- Photograph : Affix one recent identical passport size colour photographs (35mm x 45mm) each on both the copies of the application. The photograph should be with the straight frontal face of the applicant and with a light background.

You have to fill the online visa application form The High Commission does NOT accept hand filled visa application forms.
Please apply for a visa depending on your purpose of visit to India. Please be advised, a Tourist Visa is NOT issued to Pakistani passport holders. The different types of visas that you can apply for are:
- Visitor Visa (including artistes, sportsperson, cultural troupes)
- Business Visa
- Conference Visa
- Pilgrim Visa
- Medical / Medical Attendant Visa
- Journalist Visa
- Student Visa
- Transit Visa
- Official Visa
- Assignment Visa
- Group Tourist Visa

Gerry’s Visa Drop Box Offices
Applicants or their representative from Peshawar, Islamabad, Sialkot, Gujranwala, Lahore, Faisalabad & Multan can submit their Indian visa applications at nearest Gerry's Visa Drop Box for processing at the Indian Embassy, Islamabad.
Karachi:
43/1 D Razi Road Block 6 PECHS Karachi
Hyderabad:
Shop No 3and 12 Indus Ranches Ground Floor Near RT Restaurant Auto Bhan Road Shah Latifabad Hyderabad
Quetta:
Shop No S-9 Swiss Plaza M.A Jinnah Road Quetta
Multan:
Business City Plaza, Bosan Road
Faisalabad:
679 batala colony, Ghouri Arcade, Main Satiana Road
Lahore:
20/20A Opposite Ganga Ram Hospital, Queens Road
Gujranwala:
384-A, Beneath Pizza Hutt, Latif Mall, Main Market Model Town
Sialkot:
786, Kashmir Rd, Pacca Garha, Sialkot
Islamabad:
Gerry’s Building, adjacent to Punjab Cash and Carry,Park road Chattha Bakhtawar, Chak Shahzad,Islamabad
Peshawar:
Deans Trade Center, Saddar Cantt.

Click on this link. And visit the Visa Status page to track your visa status.