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Economic Times of India11 Feb 2010, 1858 hrs IST, IANS
NEW DELHI: A number of Chinese nationals visiting or working in India have complained that they have trouble getting visas to this country. But Indians travelling to China have no such problem, Chinese ambassador Zhang Yan said.
Chinese journalists covering the 78th Travel and Tourism Fair and Outbound Travel Mart that started here Thursday related complaints about endless visa delays. A Chinese woman journalist, who was covering the fair, said her nine-year-old son and a journalist friend were denied visas by the Indian embassy.
"Till last year, it was easy to get visas but from this year even travel visas are taking time. Chinese firms hire Indian employees in India, but often cannot come to Delhi to pay them because they are denied visas despite the fact that India set up a tourism and visa processing centre in China in 2008," the journalist said. She refused to be named.
Three of her Chinese colleagues, who have been residing in India for the last 11, 8 and 10 months respectively, complained that "visa fee had increased by at least 40 percent".
"The Indian embassy often does not return the visa fee after rejecting visa applications," a young Chinese journalist told IANS. He spoke on condition of anonymity.
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