Question : ILLEGAL STAY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS

(a) whether the Government maintains the religion-wise data of foreign nationals particularly Pakistanis visiting India;

(b) if so, the number of foreign nationals who came to India during each of the last three years and the current year, country and religion-wise;

(c) whether some of the said visitors are staying even after the expiry of their visas;

(d) if so, the details of such cases reported during the said period;

(e) whether some Pakistani nationals staying illegally have reportedly married Indians and got employment in the country;

(f) if so, the details of such cases reported during the said period; and

(g) the measures taken by the Government to identify those foreign nationals staying illegally in the country and deport them?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS(SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) & (b) : The religion-wise data of foreign nationals visiting India is not maintained. Country-wise details of the number of foreign nationals who arrived in India during 2009, 2010 and 2011 are given in the Annexure. Data for the current year has not been compiled.

(c) & (d) : The number of foreign nationals who were found to be overstaying during 2009, 2010 and 2011 are given below:-

Year	No. of foreign nationals	who were overstaying as	on 31st December of the year
2009	73,441
2010	69,188
2011	71,035