New Delhi: The issuance of visas in nine categories for Canadians to travel to India still remains suspended, according to an update from Ottawa to its travel advisory. After being suspended since September 21 amid the heightened diplomatic tensions between the two countries, India on October 25 resumed visa services in certain categories for Canadian citizens.
According to India’s High Commission in Ottawa, the services will resume for entry, business, medical and conference visas.
The categories that have been excluded are tourist, employment, students, film, missionary and journalist visas. According to the release issued on Wednesday, the decision was taken after a “considered review of the security situation that takes into account some recent Canadian measures in this regard.”
“We have obtained the information on this page from the Indian authorities. It can, however, change at any time,” the Canadian Government said on Saturday. This was confirmed by India’s High Commissioner to Ottawa Sanjay Kumar Verma, who said, “Only four categories have been resumed, as mentioned in the Press Release.”
The High Commission of India had said it, along with the Consulates General in Toronto and Vancouver, “were constrained to suspend visa services temporarily because of safety and security considerations.”
It had added that after “a considered review of the security situation that takes into account some recent Canadian measures in this regard” it was decided to resume visa services in the four categories.
“Further decisions, as appropriate, would be intimated based on continuing evaluation of the situation,” the release noted.
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