India resumed work on entrance, business, medical, and conference visas as a start towards normalising visa procedures, following Canada's escalation of security measures for Indian diplomats. The announcement by Foreign Minister S Jaishankar that India could very soon resume visa services was the catalyst for the development.
However, Canadian citizens' ability to get tourist and e-visas would be temporarily stopped. On September 21, India announced that it has stopped granting visas to Canadian citizens, even for travel to third countries. India claimed that Canada had breached the Vienna Convention by failing to provide Indian diplomats with safety and security.
This followed the controversy over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation that India had a role in the killing of Khalistan leader and Canadian national Hardeep Singh Nijjar. A few hours following Jaishankar's statement, India declared that it was assessing the security situation. In an announcement, the high commission in Ottawa stated that "further decisions, as appropriate, would be intimated based on continuing evaluation of the situation." The resumption of entry visas is available to Indian nationals as well as dependant family members of individuals with work visas.