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Mahesh

31/07/23 18:22 PM IST

stapled visa

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  • India withdrew its eight-athlete wushu contingent from the Summer World University Games beginning in Chengdu after China issued stapled visas to three athletes from the team who belong to Arunachal Pradesh.
Stapled Visas
  • A stapled visa is simply an unstamped piece of paper that is attached by a pin or staples to a page of the passport and can be torn off or detached at will.
  • This is different from a regular visa that is affixed to the passport by the issuing authority and stamped.
  • China has made it a practice to issue stapled visas to Indian nationals from Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
  • It says the visas are valid documents, but the Government of India has consistently refused to accept this position.
  • India’s long-standing and consistent position is that there should be no discrimination or differential treatment based on domicile or ethnicity in the visa regime.
Why  China issues Stapled Visas ?
  • Passports, visas, and other kinds of immigration controls reiterate the idea of a nation-state and its sovereignty which is inalienable and inviolable.
  • A passport and visa entitle their holders to travel freely and under legal protection across international borders.
  • China disputes India’s unequivocal and internationally accepted sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Hence, they started the practice of issuing ‘stapled’ visas (since 2005-06) to all Indian citizens from Arunachal Pradesh.
  • The stapled visas for J&K residents appear to have started around 2008-09.
China's Claim
  • Passports, visas, and other kinds of immigration controls reiterate the idea of a nation-state and its sovereignty which is inalienable and inviolable.
  • A passport and visa entitle their holders to travel freely and under legal protection across international borders.
  • China disputes India’s unequivocal and internationally accepted sovereignty over Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Hence, they started the practice of issuing ‘stapled’ visas (since 2005-06) to all Indian citizens from Arunachal Pradesh.
  • The stapled visas for J&K residents appear to have started around 2008-09.
Source -Indian Express

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