- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
IN what appeared to be a reciprocal treatment for citizens of Canada and the United Kingdom, India’s Narendra Modi government has withdrawn the e-visa facility for them, sources said.
A senior official in the country’s ministry of home affairs said the two western countries posed a lot of restrictions over the entry of India nationals in their territory and many of the times, the travellers have to go through inconvenience despite making several requests to the concerned embassies to resolve matters.
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“The e-visa facility to UK and Canada citizens have been withdrawn from the first week of August this year. Now, they have to apply for a regular sticker visa at the Indian embassy. Tourist visa is already suspended and people visiting India under other categories of visa now have to apply for regular sticker visas,” the official said.
Earlier, the e-visa facility was denied to Chinese nationals following the Galwan Valley clashes in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed in violent confrontation with China’s People’s Liberation Army personnel in June 2020.
