After the tension in eastern Ladakh in the year 2020 (India China relations), India has resumed issuing visas to Chinese citizens (Chinese citizens Indian visa). This process, which started after five years, also includes tourist visas. The Indian Embassy in Beijing gave this information. China has called it a positive step, which is expected to improve relations between the two countries.
New Delhi. After the intrusion of Chinese soldiers on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh in the year 2020, tensions arose in India-China relations, now both the countries are slowly moving towards resolving it (Indian tourist visa for Chinese citizens).
India has resumed the work of issuing visas to Chinese citizens after almost five years. The Indian Embassy in Beijing has shared information in this regard on China’s internet media platform Weibo. It has been told that the process of issuing visas to Chinese citizens to visit India for tourism purposes will start from Thursday.
China has called this decision of India a positive step. It is believed that after this decision of the Indian government, the work of resumption of direct flight service between the two countries will also start soon.
What the Indian Embassy said
The Indian Embassy has clarified in its message that from July 24, 2025, Chinese citizens can apply for a tourist visa for India (India China travel). They will first have to fill the visa application online and take a printout of it. Then they will have to apply for a visa interview. After this, they will have to reach the Indian Visa Application Center with passport, visa application form and other related documents.
What did the Chinese government say
Soon after India’s announcement, the Chinese government (China India border dispute) welcomed it and said – ‘This is a positive step. It is very important to simplify the process of going from one country to another. Continuous dialogue will be maintained with India to facilitate movement between the two countries.’ The work of banning the movement of citizens between India and China started with the onset of the Kovid-19 epidemic in the year 2020.
During this time, Indian students studying in many universities of China had returned to India. After this, the military tension between the two countries increased due to the intrusion of the Chinese army in April-May, as a result of which India took several steps against China, including a ban on Chinese apps.
Both countries also stopped giving visas to each other’s journalists. China alleged that its diplomats were not being given visas. After this, China also refused to give visas to students returning from India. In such a situation, India completely stopped giving visas to Chinese citizens.
The process of improving relations started after the Modi-Xi Jinping meeting last year In recent times, many Indian industrialists had urged the government to grant visas to Chinese engineers. The process of improving relations has started after the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kazan (Russia) in October 2024.
Following this, Indian citizens have also been allowed to visit Kailash Mansarovar. Two weeks ago, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited China where he met Vice President Han Zheng, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the Minister of International Affairs of the Communist Party of China.
