For select Canadian nationals, India has chosen to continue providing visa services in the categories of entry visas, business visas, medical visas, and conference visas. It occurred a few days after India suspended its visa scheme for Canadian citizens due to tension in their diplomatic relations.
‘After a considered review of the security situation that takes into account some recent Canadian measures in this regard, it has been decided to resume visa services,’ the Indian High Commission in Canada stated in a notification on Wednesday.
Beginning on October 26, visa services will once again be available. S Jaishankar, the minister of external affairs, stated earlier on Sunday that he would ‘very much like to resume the issuing of visas’ if Indian diplomats are given protection in Canada in accordance with the Vienna Convention.
He claimed that because it was no longer safe for our diplomats to travel to Canada to give visas, India ceased giving visas there.
Following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s declaration of ‘credible’ claims regarding the possible involvement of Indian government agents in the death of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India banned awarding new visas to Canadians in September.
According to Trudeau, national security agencies in his nation had good reason to suspect that ‘agents of the Indian government’ were responsible for the murders. India referred to the Canadian claims as ‘absurd’ and ‘motivated’ in response.
‘We have seen and rejected the statement of the Canadian Prime Minister in their Parliament, as well as the statement by their Foreign Minister,’ the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated in an official statement.
On September 21, Canadians’ access to Indian visa services was halted.
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