Sanjha Morcha

India raises visa concerns with Canada

New Delhi, March 4

India has raised concerns over the changes made by Canada in its Temporary Foreign Workers Programme, making it difficult for domestic companies to send employees to their Canadian units on short-term visas, impacting services trade.Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has raised the issue with the visiting Canadian officials who have assured of certain steps to ease the movement of professionals.The issue was discussed at a meeting between the Canadian Minister of International Trade François-Philippe Champagne and Sitharaman. He “assured” of taking steps to facilitate the ease of movement for professionals. — PTI