New Delhi: India has resumed e-visa applications for Canadian nationals, two months after all visa services were stopped after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had accused India of involvement in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.Official sources said that e-visa services have been resumed for Canadian nationals on Wednesday. Hours later, the Indian High Commission in Ottawa too confirmed this decision, tweeting that “Indian eVisa facility for all eligible Canadian citizens has been restored w.e.f. 22 November 2023”.Indian eVisa facility for all eligible Canadian citizens has been restored w.e.f. 22 November 2023. See the Notice for further details. eVisa may be applied at https://t.co/MEHlrWhNnW @MEAIndia @cgivancouver @IndiainToronto @DDNewslive @PIB_India @ANI @WIONews @htTweets… pic.twitter.com/YKzKkQaRKn— India in Canada (@HCI_Ottawa) November 22, 2023On Wednesday night, at the media briefing at the end of the G20 virtual meeting, Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar was about whether there was a de-escalation in tensions between India and Canada due to the Canadian prime minister taking part in the G20 virtual meet and India announcing the resumption of e-visas a few hours before that.“First of all it had nothing to do with the G20 meeting. What had happened was we had temporarily suspended visa issuance because the situation in Canada made it difficult for our diplomats, frankly to go to office and do the necessary work for processing visas. As the situation there has become more secure or relatively improved, we have found it possible for the visa services to progressively resume. The physical visas had started in many categories. At that time, we had said that we will look at e-visas next. So it was a logical consequence of that,” Jaishankar said.On September 21, India suspended visa services, citing alleged ‘security threats’ against diplomatic staff. Indian officials had said that it was not safe for Indian diplomats to process visas in missions in Canada, signalling that Ottawa’s response to its concerns was inadequate. India had also suspended e-visa services for Canadians despite the processing taking place in New Delhi.About a month later, the Indian high commission in Canada announced that it was partially resuming the services for entry, business, medical and conference visas after taking “into account some recent Canadian measures” following a security review. Earlier, Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar had said that New Delhi would resume visa operations if there was substantial “progress” in ensuring the safety of Indian diplomats.This time, the e-visa services are being resumed.After Trudeau made the allegations in the House of Commons, both countries had expelled one diplomat each. India had dismissed the accusations as “biased and motivated”.Additionally, New Delhi sought “parity” and furnished a list of names to the Canadian side whose diplomatic immunity would be revoked if they did not leave by October 10, which was later extended by 10 days. Canada announced that it had withdrawn 41 diplomats from India and stopped in-person facilities at three consulates in the country.