THis Muslim lady has no business of complaining

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:not sure why she is complaining. the first time when i traveled with an american passport back to india, they scrutinized my passport well before letting me in though i was born and raised in india. that's what passport authorities do. which reminds me i need to get my act together and get that OCI thing done.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:not sure why she is complaining. the first time when i traveled with an american passport back to india, they scrutinized my passport well before letting me in though i was born and raised in india. that's what passport authorities do. which reminds me i need to get my act together and get that OCI thing done.

Until recently, I used to watch people standing in the Foreigners line move very fast and the long Indian lines move notoriously slowly.

The last 2 times I travelled, I noticed that the "Indian line" was shorter and the Foreigner lines were longer. I was done with my stamping and waited on the other side for 15 to 20 min.

You know life is cruel.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:not sure why she is complaining. the first time when i traveled with an american passport back to india, they scrutinized my passport well before letting me in though i was born and raised in india. that's what passport authorities do. which reminds me i need to get my act together and get that OCI thing done.

Until recently, I used to watch people standing in the Foreigners line move very fast and the long Indian lines move notoriously slowly.

The last 2 times I travelled, I noticed that the "Indian line" was shorter and the Foreigner lines were longer. I was done with my stamping and waited on the other side for 15 to 20 min.

You know life is cruel.

No... you are still a foreigner... I forgot if there was a third line...no there was not.



OCI card makes no difference?

Rishi wrote:http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/8618/an-indian-who-moved-to-pakistan/
It was 20 years ago by the stroke of fate I guess, I chose to marry a
Mr Right. And in that youthful enthusiasm perhaps, I chose to
deliberately to ignore that he wasn’t an Indian like me, but a
Pakistani. And after having got married I also deliberately chose to
take the Pakistani passport knowing that it would be the most practical
solution for my family. I have no regrets for either of the decisions I
took.

However, each year that I wish to visit my parents I have to stand in
the same queue as any ordinary Pakistani would, furnishing the same
documents and details, facing the same scrutiny without being given an
iota of consideration that I am Indian-born, and bred in New Delhi for
24 years – an Indian who graduated from a premier medical school in New
Delhi.

Sir, I would also like to let you know that my parents aren’t any
Indians who’s credentials are hazy or in doubt. Both my parents have
retired as professors from Delhi University and are well-known vocal
secular individuals. But this does not matter to those who have the
authority to grant a visa. To them, I am just a passport number holding a
Pakistani nationality.

If my husband travels frequently to India with me, he is taken aside
by the non-uniformed personnel in Pakistan, who ask why there are so
many India visa stamps on his passport. If I do not travel for three
years in a row, the Indian authorities say they need a fresh inquiry
about me and that it will take any amount of time, between three months
to any unspecified duration for my visa to be approved.

Kris wrote:

>>>She lives in a country which has an antagonistic relationship with India. She chose that. The Indian authorities are well within their rights to subject her to scrutiny before letting her in. I travel on an American passport and have never had any inconvenience in india.