No changes in visa norms effected after Attari blast
No changes in visa norms have been effected after the blast in Delhi-Attari Express, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: No changes in visa norms have been effected after the blast in Delhi-Attari Express, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
The Government had, however, facilitated issuance of visas expeditiously to relatives of the deceased and the injured in the incident, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a written reply.
A new bilateral visa agreement has been under discussion with Pakistan since October 2005 to liberalise the existing visa regime, he said.
Replying to another question, the Minister denied that Indian embassies and High Commissions were not issuing visas and passports to several Indians living abroad for years to allow them to return to India.
"Passport facilities are provided to Indian citizens by our Missions abroad expeditiously and according to prescribed procedures.
"Indian nationals living abroad do not require a visa to return to India. Persons of Indian origin with a foreign nationality are granted visas expeditiously in keeping with relevant norms," Mukherjee said.
Separate lists of persons are maintained, keeping in mind the interest of the country, who are to be denied a visa or to be given a passport or a visa with the prior approval of the Government, he said.
Passport facility is denied or restricted only in cases covered by relevant provisions of the Passports Act, 1967 or in the case of those who seek or obtain asylum abroad, the Minister said.
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