NEW DELHI: Foreign nationals applying for visa to shuttle to India will now need to fill up a questionnaire pointing out if they've any legal document and if they've been denied a visa in the past because of a pending case. This is noticed as a measure to check access of persons who may have been concerned with kid sexual abuse instances.
According to officers on the ministry of women and kid building, the implementation started about a month back during the Bureau of Immigration that comes under the purview of the ministry of home affairs. The WCD ministry which had sought the questionnaire has now been formally knowledgeable by MHA about the adjustments made in the visa utility procedure to hunt explicit main points of a legal document if any.
WCD minister Maneka Gandhi took to Twitter on Monday to say, "I am very pleased to inform you that our request to revise the visa application process for foreign nationals travelling to India to declare any criminal record, in view of prevention of sexual abuse of children, has been accepted."
"It has now been decided that an appropriate questionnaire and a declaration will be incorporated in the visa application form which will have to be filled up by visa applicants/ foreign nationals," Gandhi added.
She mentioned that her request to MEA and MHA for adjustments in visa utility procedure was once based on lawsuits of serial kid sexual abuse offenders managing to consult with India. "This step will certainly be a strong deterrent for perpetrators of such heinous crimes," she added.
Last year in January, Gandhi had written to the ministry of exterior affairs asking for an amendment in visa structure to limit the access of foreign nationals convicted of child abuse into India.
"Have requested Smt @SushmaSwaraj ji to revise visa format so foreign nationals with criminal record of child abuse don't enter India," she mentioned in a tweet. She had also written to home minister Rajnath Singh on the matter.
"At present, foreign nationals do not have to declare their record of criminal prosecution for visas to travel to India. Have requested that Indian visa format should include a declaration of criminal record," she mentioned in every other tweet final year.
Gandhi has been asserting on stringent visa access exams to forestall people who shuttle from country to country with the only real purpose of abusing youngsters from coming to India.
According to officers on the ministry of women and kid building, the implementation started about a month back during the Bureau of Immigration that comes under the purview of the ministry of home affairs. The WCD ministry which had sought the questionnaire has now been formally knowledgeable by MHA about the adjustments made in the visa utility procedure to hunt explicit main points of a legal document if any.
WCD minister Maneka Gandhi took to Twitter on Monday to say, "I am very pleased to inform you that our request to revise the visa application process for foreign nationals travelling to India to declare any criminal record, in view of prevention of sexual abuse of children, has been accepted."
I'm very happy to tell you that our request to revise the Visa Application procedure for foreign nationals trave… https://t.co/UhbZw6gXr5
— Maneka Gandhi (@Manekagandhibjp) 1540199374000It has now been decided that an acceptable questionnaire & a declaration will probably be incorporated in the visa applicat… https://t.co/dLYqy2mTUM
— Maneka Gandhi (@Manekagandhibjp) 1540199375000I'm grateful to Hon’ble HM Shri @rajnathsingh ji for bearing in mind my request, which was once based on lawsuits of seri… https://t.co/XNVZIGzDRI
— Maneka Gandhi (@Manekagandhibjp) 1540199375000"It has now been decided that an appropriate questionnaire and a declaration will be incorporated in the visa application form which will have to be filled up by visa applicants/ foreign nationals," Gandhi added.
She mentioned that her request to MEA and MHA for adjustments in visa utility procedure was once based on lawsuits of serial kid sexual abuse offenders managing to consult with India. "This step will certainly be a strong deterrent for perpetrators of such heinous crimes," she added.
Last year in January, Gandhi had written to the ministry of exterior affairs asking for an amendment in visa structure to limit the access of foreign nationals convicted of child abuse into India.
"Have requested Smt @SushmaSwaraj ji to revise visa format so foreign nationals with criminal record of child abuse don't enter India," she mentioned in a tweet. She had also written to home minister Rajnath Singh on the matter.
"At present, foreign nationals do not have to declare their record of criminal prosecution for visas to travel to India. Have requested that Indian visa format should include a declaration of criminal record," she mentioned in every other tweet final year.
Gandhi has been asserting on stringent visa access exams to forestall people who shuttle from country to country with the only real purpose of abusing youngsters from coming to India.
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