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Pakistan vias in India?
Due to a web of contradition and uncertainty (even the high commision was confused) does anyone know for sure can i get a vias for Pakistan in New Delhi? yes? no?
It seems an ok alturnative is to send passport DHL to a UK visa agancy and have them send it back to India. Good idea?
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No! (as of Autumn 2010!....)

Sorry flid, but i think you're out of luck. As i understand it a decision was made in April 2010 that visas for Pakistan MUSt be made in the applicants home country. Of course, the Embassys didn't bother updating their websites catching out a couple of people in our China (Aug 2010) crossing group, who went to several pakistan embassies in Central Asia trying to get a visa (including getting the Ambassador to intervene on their behalf!) but with no luck.

the only place I know where you can still get a Pakistan visa outside your home country is at the northern border crossing at Sost (if you're coming from China). I guess it's just because by the time you get to the customs post you're already 70km inside Pakistan so they can hardly turn you back.

The guys in our group got theirs in 10 minutes and for just $20 or so. They weren't one-offs either, as we bumped into a few cyclists who'd done the same thing.

I think the only way, realistically, is going to be to send the passports home and get them processed there as if you were still at home.

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Thanks for that, that will teach me to be impulsive after I have already left. Time for plan B I think.
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I rang them over a month ago (Feb 2011), and you couldn't get it. The were plainly refusing to issue visas to foreigners.

Now, your second option is to send your passport home as I did, but it is against the law in India to send your passport out of the country without a letter from your ministry of foreign affairs and trade. This is an easy letter to get around if you have someone who knows how to use a computer and a colour printer...
pm me if you need more help on this.

It doesnt cost much to send your passport out of the country using DHL but getting it back into India from your home country is! If you dont have a return address you can use DHL office, just put a note on the outside of the package asking them to call you. I also watched the tracking number and called the day before warning them its coming and please call.

All up it too me three weeks to get my passport to a friend in Australia, then down to the embassy, back up to my friend and then over to me in Goa.

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