India's visa application centre in Canada announced an immediate halt on Thursday, widening a rift between the two countries that broke open this week when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said New Delhi may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen.
"They say, 'Be careful, Hindu people, you're not safe in Canada,"' Dhillon said, paraphrasing the Aaj Tak Hindi news channel playing in the background. "But it's not like that here." Some 1.4 million residents of Indian descent call Canada home, according to the 2021 census, including about 772,000 Sikhs -- the highest number of any country, save India.
Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi confirmed a temporary suspension of all visa services for Canadians, including e-visas and visas issued in third countries.
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