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GOOD NEWS! INDIA RESUMES E-VISAS FOR CANADIANS

Visiting family and friends in India is now easier with the resumption of the e-visa facility for Canadians. Image credit: ANUP MOBDAL on Unsplash.

The Consulate General of India in Toronto announced that e-visa facility for Canadian passport-holders has been restored with effect from December 20.

Canadian passport-holders who wish to visit India for tourism, business, medical or conference purposes can now apply here.

Canadian passport-holders who wish to travel to India for any purpose that does not qualify for e-visa can apply for paper visa here. The same process is applicable to laissez passer travel document holders.

Those who have applied for visa through various BLS Centres in Canada are advised to wait for issuance of the same. All such applications will be processed on priority, said the consulate.

Those applicants who wish to withdraw their respective visa applications may do so by visiting the BLS website and choosing the option for ‘Application Withdrawal’.

Those who have booked appointments to apply for tourist, business, medical or conference visa at BLS Centres in Canada and would now like to apply for e-visa instead, are requested to vacate/cancel their appointment slots so that the same becomes available to others seeking visa/consular services.