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Indian Canadians face travel visas delays

Indian-born travellers have to submit “surrender certificates” in order to apply for a visa and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)

The new regulation is set to be enforced starting December 1 and focuses on the authentication of the ‘letter of

This will result in approximately 20,000 visas being processed, leaving an estimated backlog of 17,500 Indian visa applications at the

Currently, around 1.1 million Indian-origin non-immigrant visa holders are waiting for their priority date to become current, causing delays of

“Every second home in Punjab has one or other family member in Canada.” PRAVASISAMWAD.COM Rajya Sabha member from Punjab Vikramjit

The prolonged delay in implementing the program has sparked disappointment among many. Earlier this year, the US State Department announced

“NRIs play a crucial role in Punjab’s economy, as they have their businesses and ancestral property in the state. Taking

Latay has followed four Indian families in different parts of the country that have been waiting several years to get

Wider changes to the immigration system are also on the table, with a broad review to be delivered before the

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on October 3 said that the country wanted “private talks with India to resolve