India restarting some visa services for Canadians

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After a month-long freeze, Indian officials say the High Commission in Ottawa and the Consulates General in Toronto and Vancouver will resume processing some types of visas starting Thursday.

Announcement was made Wednesday morning on social media

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

After a month-long freeze, Indian officials say the High Commission in Ottawa and the Consulates General in Toronto and Vancouver will resume processing some types of visas starting Thursday.

The announcement was posted to X, formerly called Twitter, on Wednesday morning. According to the release, officials will resume services for entry visas, business visas, medical visas and conference visas.

The announcement also says that “emergency situations will continue to be addressed by the High Commission and the Consulates General as it is being done currently.”

“Further decisions, as appropriate, would be intimated based on continuing evaluation of the situation,” the announcement continues on to say.

More to come.

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