Limited to business, medical, and family-related visas.
The Indian government announced that it will resume visa applications and issuance for Canadian residents.
The Indian government said, “Indian embassies in Canada, including Ottawa and Toronto, will again issue visas for Canadian residents. However, only business, medical, and family-related visas will be processed.”
Accordingly, the issuance of Indian visas to Canadian residents, which had been completely suspended since September 21, has partially resumed.
However, it has not been confirmed whether tourist and student visas have been issued.
The reason why the Indian government is resuming the issuance of new visas is because dissatisfaction has grown as it has become difficult for Indian Canadian residents to visit India since the suspension of visa issuance.
It was difficult to issue visas to attend family events such as weddings and funerals due to the suspension of visa issuance.
Meanwhile, the diplomatic conflict between the Canadian federal government and the Indian government is still ongoing, and the federal government recently withdrew 41 diplomats stationed in India.