India on Wednesday resumed visa services to Canadians for select categories, month after it had suspended following tensions with the North American country, according to media reports.
The visa services have been resumed for the following categories – Entry visa, Business visa, Medical visa and Conference visa.
"Further decisions, as appropriate, would be intimated based on continuing evaluation of the situation," read the media statement from the High Commission.
The development comes days after India said it was looking at resuming visa services for Canadians “very soon”.
The resumption comes over a month after New Delhi suspended Indian visa services in Canada after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau alleged a potential Indian government link in the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
India had also asked Ottawa to reduce its diplomatic presence in India.
Earlier on Sunday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India invoked diplomatic parity due to concerns over “continuous interference” in its “internal affairs” by Canadian personnel.
While he said the India-Canada relationship is going through “a difficult phase”, Jaishankar added that India is looking at resuming visa services for Canadians “very soon” if it sees progress in the safety of its diplomats in Canada.
