Dismissing reports of the Pakistani-Americans being denied visas to visit their homeland, the Pakistan Embassy in the United States (US) said Tuesday that “this is misinformation and disinformation”.
“There was no truth to the rumours,” a spokesperson for the embassy clarified.
The embassy issued a clarification in response to a query raised during the press briefing held by the US State Department. The question pertained to the reports of the rejection of visas for Pakistani-Americans seeking to travel back to their country.
“I’m not aware,” said US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel. “This obviously would be – if there were to any – be any issues that arise in this area, certainly would be something for Pakistani consular officials to speak to and not anything related to the State Department, so we’ll just leave it at that.”
A spokesperson for the Pakistan Embassy in Washington said that Pakistani-Americans and other overseas Pakistanis are most welcome to visit their motherland, Pakistan.
The spokesperson added that the embassy provided overseas Pakistanis with every possible consular assistance, including visas.
“We encourage Pakistani-Americans to visit Pakistan on their NICOP or get visas, if they so desire, from the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington DC or from our four Consulates General in New York, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. Besides, visa requests are also processed online 24/7. Therefore, there should be no cause for concern,” the embassy added.
