Stapled Visas

There is no quid pro quo with China on the issue of "sufferings" of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing, government said on Thursday.

In an effort to attract the best talented persons from across the globe, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said that if elected she will launch a "start-up" visa and staple Green card with masters and PhD degrees in science and technology category.

Declaring himself as a "proud Indian", Congress lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh Ninong Ering on Monday said in the Lok Sabha he wishes to visit China to meet the members of the Lohoba tribe but asserted that he will not do so on a "stapled visa".

During his 90-minute talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a series of stress points for their countries, including how China issues visas to applicants from Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as Southern Tibet.

China has justified as "goodwill" gesture its policy of issuing stapled visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh, saying such a policy does not "undermine" the positions of both India and China which have disputes over big parts of that area.

India and China are trying to find a solution to the issue of China's policy of issuing stapled visas to people from Arunachal Pradesh, a senior official said in New Delhi on Thursday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with his Chinese counterpart premier Li Keqiang in Beijing today.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has begun talks with his Chinese counterpart premier Li Keqiang on his visit to Beijing. The two countries are expected to sign a deal on border cooperation, but there are indications that New Delhi has put the proposed visa liberalisation agreement on hold because of the stapled visa issue.

Two archers from Arunachal Pradesh were not allowed to participate in a world championship event after failing to receive their visas.

India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with China on the issuance of stapled visas to two young archers from Arunachal Pradesh.

AAI president VK Malhotra said China's action assumes significance as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to visit the country later this month.

Two women archers from Arunachal Pradesh have been stopped from going to China for a world championship, after China issued them stapled visas as a mark that the border state was a 'disputed region'.

Mihu Maselo and Yumi Sorang, who were the only two Arunachal archers in the 24-member squad, were given stapled Visas issued on a separate papers as the immigration officials prevented them from boarding the 11.10 pm flight to Guangzhou.

Taking a leaf out of Beijing's past practice of issuing stapled visas for residents of Jammu and Kashmir, Vietnam is issuing visas for Chinese passport holders on separate paper, to counter China's map on its new e-passports showing disputed areas as part of its territory.

China today made it clear that it will not issue visas to any official from Arunachal Pradesh, over which it lays claims, and will continue to issue stapled visas to non-officials from that state.     Speaking against the backdrop of reports that two Arunachal men have got stapled visas which was departure from past practice, an...

There is no quid pro quo with China on the issue of "sufferings" of the Tibetan people and stapled visas being given to Arunachal Pradesh residents by Beijing, government said on Thursday.

In an effort to attract the best talented persons from across the globe, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has said that if elected she will launch a "start-up" visa and staple Green card with masters and PhD degrees in science and technology category.

Declaring himself as a "proud Indian", Congress lawmaker from Arunachal Pradesh Ninong Ering on Monday said in the Lok Sabha he wishes to visit China to meet the members of the Lohoba tribe but asserted that he will not do so on a "stapled visa".

During his 90-minute talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a series of stress points for their countries, including how China issues visas to applicants from Arunachal Pradesh, which it claims as Southern Tibet.

China has justified as "goodwill" gesture its policy of issuing stapled visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh, saying such a policy does not "undermine" the positions of both India and China which have disputes over big parts of that area.

India and China are trying to find a solution to the issue of China's policy of issuing stapled visas to people from Arunachal Pradesh, a senior official said in New Delhi on Thursday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with his Chinese counterpart premier Li Keqiang in Beijing today.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has begun talks with his Chinese counterpart premier Li Keqiang on his visit to Beijing. The two countries are expected to sign a deal on border cooperation, but there are indications that New Delhi has put the proposed visa liberalisation agreement on hold because of the stapled visa issue.

Two archers from Arunachal Pradesh were not allowed to participate in a world championship event after failing to receive their visas.

India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with China on the issuance of stapled visas to two young archers from Arunachal Pradesh.

AAI president VK Malhotra said China's action assumes significance as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is slated to visit the country later this month.

Two women archers from Arunachal Pradesh have been stopped from going to China for a world championship, after China issued them stapled visas as a mark that the border state was a 'disputed region'.

Mihu Maselo and Yumi Sorang, who were the only two Arunachal archers in the 24-member squad, were given stapled Visas issued on a separate papers as the immigration officials prevented them from boarding the 11.10 pm flight to Guangzhou.

Taking a leaf out of Beijing's past practice of issuing stapled visas for residents of Jammu and Kashmir, Vietnam is issuing visas for Chinese passport holders on separate paper, to counter China's map on its new e-passports showing disputed areas as part of its territory.

China today made it clear that it will not issue visas to any official from Arunachal Pradesh, over which it lays claims, and will continue to issue stapled visas to non-officials from that state.     Speaking against the backdrop of reports that two Arunachal men have got stapled visas which was departure from past practice, an...