India suspends ‘all categories’ of visas for Canada citizens amid diplomatic row
India suspends ‘all categories’ of visas for Canada citizens amid diplomatic row
Indian foreign ministry claims ‘security threats’ after Trudeau’s explosive allegation of state-sponsored killing mean it cannot provide visa services safely
Indian foreign ministry claims ‘security threats’ after Trudeau’s explosive allegation of state-sponsored killing mean it cannot provide visa services safely
India says it is indefinitely suspending visa services in all categories for all Canadian nationals due to “security threats” to its consulates, amid a furious diplomatic row between the two countries.
Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said they have suspended “all categories” of visas, including e-visas and for Canadian citizens applying from third countries.
And India has also moved to downsize the Canadian diplomatic presence in New Delhi, saying that Canada has more embassy workers in its capital than visa versa and that it wants to restore “parity”.
It comes after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau said there were “credible allegations” of the Indian state’s involvement in the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, triggering a furious tit-for-tat row.
So pathetic from India - seeking to punish Canada for the fact that the Indian government murdered a Canadian in Canada, and Canada had the temerity to call them out for it.
What an absurd victim complex Modi has.
Typical conservative snowflake. How dare you say anything about me? Throwing people in prison for criticism is commonplace in India.
Unfortunately many of the Sikh people are being subject to genocide and not just locked up.
It's sadly not uncommon among Brahmins. "How can these people we literally enslaved for millennia DARE want to convert to a different religion? Why aren't they more grateful?"
"Canada and its growing reputation as a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists, and for organised crime. And I think that’s a country that needs to worry about its international reputation”
Never thought I'd read a statement like that from someone who was serious.
Indian with it's assassins and cult government...
In fairness to Modi, Canada is already well known as a haven to clean dirty money.
For the moron downvoters. I can be a proud Canadian and still admit we have a problem.
Not sure why this is getting downvoted, the Canadian housing market has been the place to park foreign money for years. Is one of the main reasons why Vancouver is so expensive. You can correlate the price of housing in BC to Xi's crackdowns, Brexit, or MBS taking over in Saudi. Also true for BTC.
Send some goofball nephew from China/India/Russia/etc. to school at Simon Frasier or whatever D-tier local school is in Richmond BC so that the proiperty is occupied, then take a reverse mortgage out against that and buy more property. Funnel money through said nephew to pay off the mortgage, then rent out the other properties. Or create shell companies in BC, have them cut deals with foreign companies, fail to deliver, lose a court case, and then have the court rulings sent to the BC company tax free since settlements aren't taxed.
Generally true in the GTA, and the big Alberta cities to lesser extents.
I thought that was Luxembourg.
The Modi govt has surpassed its own stupidity . They've officially labeled Canada an international terrorist sanctuary — “a safe haven for terrorists, for extremists, and for organized crime,” in the words of the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson. I've just posted on this zine
Wow who would have thought, India is winning the North Korea speed run challenge.
Russia already won first place. But man, I was cheering for India for a while but this last year they are having me lose a substantial amount of goodwill towards them even after trying to find excuses. I hope they check themselves before its too late.
Its funny coz I think Modi thinks people are dying to visit India.🤣🤣 its like Taliban thinking Afghanistan is the most developed country in the world.🤣🤣🤣
India is that one country I can't imagine visiting as a tourist. I know there's plenty of beauty in the country and people, but I couldn't imagine enjoying myself as I step over human beings and try to ignore all the crippling poverty and social inequality.
Indian here. You should know the holiness of a place here is proportional to the amounth of filth around it /s. And dont visit Ganges plains. South is fine and so is Himalaya and north east. Avoid the cow belt.
Modi likes to pose macho especially when his followers like it. A bit of like Elon Musk if you ask me. He never said a thing about Chinese trangession in North East where we lost land. But he found soft targets in Canadians.
Don't know if you have ever visited the US, but I was not expecting what we found. Worst was the constant begging. People tapping on the windows of the car when we stopped at intersections, chasing us around shopping centres and along streets, and begging on train stations, expecting "tips" for returning a bag they had stolen out of my hand (sometimes, jetlag didn't help me be fast enough) or "tips" for giving directions I didn't want, need, or ask for. They constantly expected money to be handed to them.
It was shocking how the roads were broken, the shops had no electronic payment, the coins were worth practically nothing, the paper money was literally paper scrip and not holographic or durable, and the buildings were rotting apart. People were dying on the footpaths. Crowds of dirty people. Rubbish everywhere. But worst was the begging.
Oddly, Canada isn't like that. If you ever visited the US, India is similar, but not unexpected the way the US is.
Yeah for real, there are few countries I never ever want to visit, India is one of them
As they should, India is an amazing and very unique country
Why on Earth am I being downvoted. You guys need to leave your basement once in a while
India is fuckin incredible, what makes you think anyone is lining up to visit Canada?
Modi going full-bore with Kremlin tactics and methods emulating his pal, Putin.
He's destroying indias credibility on the world stage, this is really sad to see.
It's harmful to Indian citizens and Canadians as well
His cult of cunts is too blind to see that.
So, Modi is a fascist. India has egg on their face.
Had to read the comments to figure out how in the world CANADA was managing to piss people off.
We don't like foreign governments conducting assassinations of our citizens eh
Fair enough
Canada, now you lol
That's what India wants....
They want to stop the brain drain their country is experiencing. If they outright forbid their citizens from emigrating, then they're obviously the bad guys.
If they can make other countries stop Indians from immigrating, the. It Stokes the "us against the world" sentiment that far authoritarian goverments need to stay in power.
The absolute worst thing any country can do to India, is open up for refugees from there. People would be throwing out their Indian citizenship left and right
Canada is hurting right now by taking in so many immigrants, primarily from India. Many companies are using it to suppress wages. Its causing huge strain on housing were kids today will not own a home without assistance from a family member. Its baffling the amount of immigrants Canada is bringing in.
India seems to be one of their biggest sources of immigrants. Looks like they hoover up tech workers.
Likely works in Canada's favour to not do the same.
Is India such a popular destination for Canadians ? I mean who is hurt more in this "he`s done it, so i pay back" game?
Something like 7% of Canada's population is South Asian. I don't know what percentage of that has Canadian citizenship and is specifically from India, but I'd guess there are a fair number of people who won't be able to visit family now. It's a shitty way to retaliate, but not unsurprising coming from Modi.
Well those who come from India they don't need visa and second generation of original immigrants might not have such a tight relations on average as they have lived whole life in Canada. Then how many Canadians work in India in comparison to how many Indians work in Canada. I'm just guessing here but somehow I think Indians are hurting their own people. If it's about tourism , then again who needs tourism more if we count only tourists from these two countries visiting each other.
I doubt there are many Canadians who go there for leisure, but for work? I bet there's quite a few of them.
Do you think more Canadians work in India or vice versa? I don't know but somehow I get feeling Indians like working for higher $$$ in the west then Canadians in the India.
it ain't the white ones who are going, it's the 2nd generation (or later) Indians in Canada who may have issues. "with us or against us, pick a side, otherwise you're not going to visit Grandma"
I've followed the headlines on this but I just don't get it.
India is pissed they were called out? They didn't consider a cranky Canadian outcome before hand? Or is Canada flinging wild accusations that are unjustified with the information at hand?
These diplomats need to chillax and go back to being diplomatic before legitimate Canadian expats in India and legitimate Indian expats in Canada start to feel the brunt of this.
There is strong evidence that hasn't been released but leaked sources claim one of the two killers(captured) have ties to Indian Intelligence the other being an Indian diplomat(uncaptured). This means it's a direct attack on a Canadian on Canadian soil by a foreign agent.
India is pissed because Canada harbored an alleged terrorist. Even though the terrorist in question was freed by the Indian government and was not wanted by Interpol.
The Indian government is currently genociding its Sikh population and calls anyone outspoken about these actions as terrorist.
This action of closing immigration from Canada is to get an equal reaction. India want to stop all of their skilled and intelligent people from leaving to Canada.
Canada seems to have pretty credible evidence for it. India seems to be doubling down in indignation rather than apologize or admit they did anything wrong.
Deny, shift the blame, try to victimize yourself and blame the actual victim.
It is standard narcissist playbook which is also standard authoritarian playbook.
The documentary "India's Daughter" enlightened me to the actual India.
Wow damn if we don't somehow rescue the USA in our elections in 2024 these dictator countries have their eyes on taking over. Kinda obvious with the whole BRICS thing.
Aww india is hurt and throwing a tantrum like a 5 yr old :D
Now how are Canadians going to get executed
The thing with indians is they are probably being brain washed by russia.
India doesn't need to be brainwashed by Russia. India brainwashes itself. In the World Press Freedom Index (2023), out of 180 countries, India ranks 161 while Russia ranks 164. Unfortunately, India's rank has been dropping rapidly here. In 2021 for instance, the country ranked at 142. India is not the "free, democratic counterweight to China" that the west thinks it to be.
It's over the top outrage to somehow try to deflect from that they probably did assassinate someone in Canada.
It's so obvious they're trying to sway and pressure Canada to drop this and not investigate it.
Given that Canada and the US are close allies, it seems bizarre that Modi would risk a diplomatic feud in North America, when India often tops the tables in terms of visa sponsorship in many western countries.
It's horrible that I need to say this, but I have nothing against immigration, and frankly, I think it should be more commonplace between countries - but risking these ties could result in actions being taken against the thousands of people that build a career around emigrating to other countries in the West.
Oh no! Anyways