RECENT changes in the Indian visit visa policy seem to toughen lives of visitors as compared to the past. The new requirement laid out by the Indian High Commission says that the visit visa invitation needs to be attested to by a grade I officer which creates a level of discomfort for the person attesting such invitation, mainly due to the potential risk it may bring to the attesting person if something wrong happens.

In the past it was a requirement that the family member in India needed to send documents like ration card and utility bills along with the visa invitation letter to facilitate visit visa application of a Pakistani relative.

It is requested to bring ease in the lives of divided families by introducing requirements that can be followed easily so that the families could reunite.

SYED ZAFAR AHMEDMuzzaffargarh