India not issuing tourist visas for HKSAR passports?

[shri]

Just heard from a friend that India is not issuing tourist visas for HK SAR and Macau passport holders .

Does anyone have an idea why this is the case and if any other visas are easy to get?

[PointingFinger]

whoops,wrong info. ignore

[East_coast]

Just heard from a friend that India is not issuing tourist visas for HK SAR and Macau passport holders .

Does anyone have an idea why this is the case and if any other visas are easy to get?

They don't issue tourist visas for Chinese..... Do they?

[shri]

They don't issue tourist visas for Chinese..... Do they?

They do... Not sure what's going on. Some temp political nonsense

[tparker]

Out of curiosity, was a visa always required to visit India with an HKSAR passport? I see it's not on the updated list of visa free access countries.

Is it a real visa in the normal sense that is required, or a pre-registration like what HK requires of Indians?

[chuckster007]

Out of curiosity, was a visa always required to visit India with an HKSAR passport? I see it's not on the updated list of visa free access countries.Is it a real visa in the normal sense that is required, or a pre-registration like what HK requires of Indians?

HKSAR has needed a a REAL VISA to enter India. filling in the e-visa form is like filling in your life history

What countries are visa-free to India?
Afghanistan.
Bangladesh.
Bhutan.
China.
Nepal.
Pakistan.
Sri Lanka.

[mrgoodkat]

HKSAR has needed a a REAL VISA to enter India. filling in the e-visa form is like filling in your life history

Chinese need an e-visa as well and they have been unavailable since last year. I assume they just moved HK and Macau into the same category now. The e-visa website doesn't list them anymore and you can't choose them anymore from the citizenship list in the application form.

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[ndt]

I think e-visa dropping is just tit for tat thingy to add more checks and balances, paper application at consulate/embassy is still possible.

[Morrison]

Some Chinese can apply for evisa