NEW DELHI: Union home minister
Rajnath Singh ensured a long-pending request of
visa extension and conversion of an Indian national’s
Filipina wife — conveyed to him via
Twitter — was processed without further delay while he was holding a meeting to discuss smoothening of the processes of immigration and visas for Indian citizens and foreigners.
According to sources, Ghaziabad-based Elisha Rohit Das, an Indian citizen married to Filipina national Edalyn Abong Das, on Friday tagged Singh’s personal Twitter handle to a tweet stating that the
home ministry was yet to respond to his request for visa extension and conversion of his wife, notwithstanding several visits to the FRRO, Ghaziabad and the latter forwarding the requisite details to the ministry. In fact, the ministry had, instead of granting the visa extension/convesion request submitted in March, sought an exit clearance citing ‘overstay’ by Edalyn.
A call centre employee, Rohit said he was working through the night and doing rounds of the FRRO office during the day. “Please help us stay together in India,” he pleaded. This Twitter grievance was flagged to Singh along with case details emailed to home minister’s office at the latter’s request. Singh, who was at the time chairing a meeting of the parliamentary consultative panel in Kochi, intervened by asking the home secretary to get the matter resolved. Sources said Edalyn’s visa extension/conversion request will be processed on Monday.