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Celebrating its 60th anniversary on Thursday, China shocked India with its new visa policy for Kashmiris. China has begun issuing separate visas to people from Jammu and Kashmir rather than treating them as any other Indian.
The Chinese move has upset New Delhi and its new visa policy has sent shock waves across the country under which Kashmiri students were being given separate visas.
The Chinese embassy has been issuing visas on separate sheets of paper stapled to the passport. Visas for all other Indians are stamped inside the passport.
MEA sources told Headlines Today that the government has asked China to follow a uniform policy for all India and issuing visas on separate sheets was not acceptable.
Indian immigration officials are now stopping Kashmiris from leaving the country if they have loose visa sheets. The problem with loose visa sheets is that there is no record of the person leaving the country, MEA sources said.
For some time now, China has been issuing separate visas to Arunachalis and in some cases has even rejected application of people from Arunachal Pradesh claiming that it was disputed area.:thumbs_thmbdn:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/64388/Top Stories/New+Chinese+visa+policy+irks+India.html#
The Chinese move has upset New Delhi and its new visa policy has sent shock waves across the country under which Kashmiri students were being given separate visas.
The Chinese embassy has been issuing visas on separate sheets of paper stapled to the passport. Visas for all other Indians are stamped inside the passport.
MEA sources told Headlines Today that the government has asked China to follow a uniform policy for all India and issuing visas on separate sheets was not acceptable.
Indian immigration officials are now stopping Kashmiris from leaving the country if they have loose visa sheets. The problem with loose visa sheets is that there is no record of the person leaving the country, MEA sources said.
For some time now, China has been issuing separate visas to Arunachalis and in some cases has even rejected application of people from Arunachal Pradesh claiming that it was disputed area.:thumbs_thmbdn:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/64388/Top Stories/New+Chinese+visa+policy+irks+India.html#