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India restarted its Afghan embassy operations in June, but it's made no difference to the waitlist as visas all but stopped after August 2021

Lack of online classes, denial of visas add to woes of Afghan students under Taliban regime

All currently valid old long duration (10 years) regular tourist visa given to nationals of the US and Japan have also been restored

Fresh regular paper tourist visas of up to five years' validity will also be issued to nationals of all eligible countries.

Nationals of these 156 countries will also be eligible for issuance of fresh e-tourist visa as per the Visa Manual, 2019.

E-Visa, Centre, US, Japan nationals, Govt restores valid e-visa to 156 countries

Centre also reinstates 10 years visa to US, Japan nationals

All currently valid old long duration (10 years) regular tourist visa given to nationals of the US and Japan have also been restored

India has restored all currently valid five-year e-tourist visa given to citizens of 156 countries and regular paper visa to nationals of all countries with immediate effect, two years after their suspension follow the Covid outbreak.

Afghanistan's envoy to India, Farid Mamundzay, has urged Indian government to grant visas to 2,500 Afghan students so that they can come back and complete studies in India. These students have been studying in Indian universities such as University of Delhi, Osmania, JNU and lot of them in cities like Pune. Many of these students are first second and third year students.