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Somali citizens coming from abroad will no longer qualify for visas from embassies of Pakistan. Somali students and families living in Pakistan must possess a recommendation letter and visa extended permission from the government of Pakistan. Police registration is required within 7 days of getting a visa from the government. [28] Australia; Canada
Canada placed a travel ban on India and Pakistan starting April 22, 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [34] With the ban being extended further, Indian students from Punjab reportedly travelled to Canada through Moscow, Mexico, Serbia, Qatar, Dubai among other locations, paying up to three times the regular air fare. [35]
Khalistan group issues threats demanding Hindu Indians leave Canada as Indian media organisations misrepresent Canada’s travel advisory update to India
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) data, of the more than 800,000 international students in Canada in 2022, 40 percent were from India, constituting the largest international student group in Canada. [40] [41] India has, in recent times, accused Canada of sponsoring gang warfare, drugs trafficking, and extortion in ...
Canada's suspicions that India was involved in Nijjar's death prompted the country to pause talks on a trade treaty and expel each other's diplomats last September. Contributing: Reuters
In 2023, both countries expelled members of each other's diplomatic staff and advised their citizens against traveling to the other; Canada closed three consulates in India. In October 2024, Canada expelled Sanjay Kumar Verma, the Indian High Commissioner to Canada, along with five other diplomats. India retaliated with six expulsions of its own.
A temple and community centre in Canada has reportedly decided to cancel an Indian consular event due to concerns over “threats of extremely high level of violent protests”.
A dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) was observed in Kerala by the Welfare Party of India, Bahujan Samaj Party, Social Democratic Party of India and 30 other organisations against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the police violence against students at various universities across the country, in relation to anti-CAA protests.