India - China: Relations And Developments-2

[Guest]

Delhi upset over separate Chinese visas for Kashmiris
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In a move that has puzzled and annoyed South Block, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi has begun issuing visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir on a separate sheet of paper rather than stamping them in their passports as is the norm with other Indian citizens. Though it is not clear when the new Chinese policy started or what prompted Beijing to adopt it, immigration authorities at Delhi airport first started noticing the standalone visas a few weeks ago. The Bureau of Immigration, which is run by the Ministry of Home Affairs, initially assumed these visas to be fake and turned the unfortunate travellers – all of them Kashmiri students or businessmen – away. But when some of them returned with letters from the Chinese embassy declaring the visas to be genuine, the matter was referred to the Ministry of External Affairs.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
When will India start issuing separate visas for visitors from Tibet and Xinjiang?