High Commission of India

Ottawa

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PRESS RELEASE

Restoration of e-Visa services for Canadian Passport holders

          e-Visa facility for Canadian passport-holders has been restored, with effect from 20 December 2022.

2.       Those Canadian passport-holders who wish to visit India for tourism, business, medical or conference purposes, may apply for eVisa at https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html and follow instructions contained therein.

3.       Canadian passport-holders seeking to travel to India for any purpose, not qualifying for eVisa, may apply for paper visa at https://www.blsindia-canada.com/. The same process is applicable to Laissez-passer travel document holders.

4.       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. Those applicants who wish to withdraw their respective visa applications may do so by visiting the website https://www.blsindia-canada.com/ and choosing the option for ‘Application Withdrawal’.

5.       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 eVisa instead, are requested to vacate/cancel their appointment slots so that the same becomes available to others seeking visa/consular services.

20 December 2022

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