Archive · 24 Jul 2025
India Resumes Tourist Visas for Chinese Nationals After Five Years
India is now allowing Chinese tourists to visit again!
They stopped giving out these visas in 2020 because of the Coronavirus and some disagreements at the border.
Now, after about five years, the Indian government is starting to give out these visas again.
The embassy in Beijing has said that Chinese people can apply for tourist visas starting Thursday.
If you are Chinese and want to visit India, you can go to the visa application centers in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and apply.
India resumes tourist visas for Chinese nationals.
Issuance of tourist visas for Chinese nationals was suspended in 2020.
Suspension was due to the COVID-19 pandemic and border tensions.
The Indian embassy in Beijing announced the resumption.
Chinese nationals can apply for visas from Thursday.
- Who
- India and Chinese nationals.
- What
- India has resumed issuing tourist visas to Chinese nationals.
- When
- Applications for tourist visas can be submitted from Thursday.
- Where
- The Indian embassy in Beijing.
- Why
- As part of efforts to repair bilateral ties.
- Policy
- Resumption of tourist visas
- Affected Nationals
- Chinese
- Suspension Date
- 2020
- Reason for Suspension
- COVID-19 pandemic and border tensions
- Announcement by
- Indian embassy in Beijing