In order to ensure prompt facilitation of their consular needs as they gradually began returning to re-join their colleges in China after Beijing started issuing visas, the Indian Embassy in this city asked Indian students who were stranded at home due to the COVID travel ban to register with the mission on Friday. According to reports, COVID visa restrictions have left about 23,000 Indian students stranded abroad, the majority of whom are studying medicine. Students can now apply for visas from China if their Chinese colleges and universities give them permission to return and finish their studies there. But neither country has resumed flying, so they have trouble getting to China. According to reports, over 100 students flew through Hong Kong or other third-country nations to return home.
The Indian Embassy in its latest advisory (eoibeijing.gov.in) urged the returning students to register with the mission.
“With focused efforts, Indian medical students have begun going back to the mainland to rejoin their universities. Indian students in China are urged to complete the registration form in order to assure prompt assistance with their consular needs, according to the notice placed on the Embassy’s website. It stated that they might register at either the Indian Embassy in Shanghai or the Indian Consulate in Guangzhou. Additionally, it included the official names and contact information. “All Indian students are invited to register,” the statement read. “This will enable the Embassy or consulates to get in touch with them for any assistance at the earliest opportunity.” Students who haven’t yet returned to China may complete the form once they get there, it said.
