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Description: Why 800 Hopeless Pakistani Hindus Denied Indian Citizenship Returned Home ? क्यों पाकिस्तान से आए 800 हिंदू भारत छोड़ने के लिए हुए मजबूर ? In 2018, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) initiated an online citizenship application process As many as 7,306 Pakistani nationals applied for Indian citizenship till December 14, 2021, Union minister of state for home affairs (MoS home) Nityanand Rai informed Parliament in December 2021 Nearly 800 Pakistani Hindus in Rajasthan, who came to India seeking citizenship on the basis of religious persecution, returned to the neighbouring country in 2021 after they failed to get citizenship. Seemant Lok Sangathan (SLS), a group that advocates for the rights of Pakistani minority migrants in India, made the claim to The Hindu. “Many of them returned to Pakistan after they found that there had been no progress in their citizenship application,” it said. India initiated online citizenship application process in 2018 In 2018, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) initiated an online citizenship application process. It also made 16 Collectors in seven States accept online applications to grant citizenship to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jain, and Buddhists from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. While the entire process is online, the portal does not accept Pakistani passports that have expired, forcing people seeking refuge to rush to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi to get their passports renewed for a hefty sum.