Ti-for-tat move: India retains e-visa suspension for Canadians
New Delhi: Though India has relaxed travel norms for tourists from across the world but it has retained its suspension on the e-visa facility for Canadians in a retaliatory move for restrictions imposed by Ottawa on Indians flying to Canada.
India recently announced that short-term tourist visas for foreign nationals with a 30-day validity will be issued and these can be used to enter India beginning November 15, but Canada is among the handful of nations for which the facility remains blocked. Almost every other nationality, barring some like those holding Pakistani passports, can apply for an e-visa, Canadians still don’t have that option.
Canadian transport minister Omar Alghabra did not mention any relaxations for passengers arriving by air from India during his announcements made on Sunday.
