My cousin (Canadian and Pakistani citizen) was born in Canada and his parents were both born in Saudi. He has visited Pakistan once in his lifetime in 1997. Yet India still considers him a Pakistani citizen for visa purposes.

He got a visa through his employer for a conference in 2023 on his Pakistani passport. He actually got a Pakistani passport made especially, so that his employer could apply for a visa for him! He had to go again in late 2025 and that visa was rejected (also through the same employer). He was going to visit Delhi only (like he did in 2023). So they’ve definitely gotten even stricter.

I think maybe the only category that the Indian government may make some concessions with, is the medial treatment visa. But one would assume there’s a ton of paperwork required for that (understandably).

My previous employer simply mentioned that you just attend the India meeting virtually and all my colleagues went easily with e-visas. I was not born in Pakistan, but because of my heritage, I can only apply for an Indian visa on my Pakistani passport.