In an effort to ease concerns sparked by the death of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, India's High Commission announced on Wednesday that it would begin providing certain visa services again on October 26. Following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's citation of what he considered to be credible evidence of a potential connection between Indian agents and the June murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar in a Vancouver suburb, India last month suspended new visa applications for Canadians and requested that Canada scale back its diplomatic presence. 41 diplomats were subsequently removed by Canada. India denies any involvement in the shooting. The Indian High Commission announced on Wednesday that, following an assessment of the security situation and consideration of recent Canadian measures—which it did not enumerate—it has chosen to begin issuing some types of visas. It stated that ordinary entrance visas, as well as business, medical, and conference visas, will be resumed.

Key Points

• In an effort to ease concerns sparked by the death of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, India's High Commission announced on Wednesday that it would begin providing certain visa services again on October 26.

• The Indian High Commission announced on Wednesday that, following an assessment of the security situation and consideration of recent Canadian measures—which it did not enumerate—it has chosen to begin issuing some types of visas. It stated that ordinary entrance visas, as well as business, medical, and conference visas, will be resumed.