Queues return to Indian High Commission as Maldivians seek Indian visas
28 Jan 2013, 4:36 PM
Luke Powell
Queues have started to form outside the Indian High Commission in Male’ as people seek to obtain Indian visas.
Earlier this month the Foreign Ministry decided to hand back all Indian visa application operations to the Indian High Commission following a “decline” in visa requests.
However, local media reported that Maldivians began to queue outside the High Commission building at 11:00pm on January 26 after having their visa applications rejected for various reasons.
Despite media reports, an official in the Indian High Commission denied there had been overnight queuing outside the commission building.
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