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There’s more pride and nationalism projected in this video than real facts. Why do Indians need visas? It’s very simple: Most Indians are more likely to figure out a way to stay abroad once they touchdown abroad. \n\nAmericans, Canadians, Europeans, etc, don’t need visas wherever they go because most of them always return to their countries eventually no matter where they visit and how long they’re away. \n\nCitizens who don’t need visas wherever they go hardly ever leave their own countries for another. It’s really very simple. Just look at Singapore, Switzerland, etc. How often do you see their citizens leave such countries for another? Almost never. That’s why.\n\nIt sounds like she’s trying to make an argument that this rule shouldn’t apply to Indians because India’s economy is powerful. You need to convince this fact to the Indians who are leaving India, because if you can’t even sell this point to those Indians leaving India, then you don’t even have a case.

Forgive me for what I'm about to say, but after two years of living here, I've come to a personal observation about Canadian politeness. It's not always as it's described. They'll say sorry, but it doesn't always seem genuine. They'll avoid conflict, but this can lead to a noticeable discordance between their words and actions.

can't give an opinion about living in USA, because I never stayed for long (only for vacations or short visits), but as a visitor, I used to go once or twice a week in the 90's (I used to live 5 minutes drive from the border), as a visitor, I was always welcomed and made friends very easily. Of course, being only a visitor, I didn't have to experience day to day life or any major problems. About police presence, I guess it depends where you go in USA, I'm from Montreal & we also have a very visible police presence (guess it's common in bigger cities). Didn't have any problems with police in USA, like everywhere, if you comply, you'll have good relationship with policemen. If you try to play or disrespect them, you're in for some trouble--no different here in Canada.

I’m not Indian National however I feel proud that this nation has build ‘herself’ as the 5th largest global economy and if some of the following ways are adapted by Indian Gov, the Indian passport will be saluted.\n1) Make your currency strong as in Raja Ranjeet Singh’s time 1 Indian puree was ten (£10) British Pounds, today it’s 100 Rupee to £1.\n2) Need to hold educational tests for everyone going abroad with a minimum level of English language.\n3) Emphasis on etiquettes and local Knowledge of the country where the traveller wants to visit.\n4) Stop all of illegal immigration via people smuggling agents as this gives a bad name to the country.\n5) Set a minimum benchmark amount of funds required before applying for an overseas visa.\n6) Make it mandatory for all travellers to have a full fare return ticket (12 months validity) on them at all times to show strong ties to return back home after trip.\n7) Create strong religious tolerance and harmony within the country so the world can see no religious discrimination being reported on international media worldwide.\n8) The Indian embassies all around the world should be aware and weary of each Indian national traveling abroad in real time so they f any help is require they can assist 24/7 without failure.\nThese are some of my points and opinions for a better India.\nI hope the people who read above will not be offended by any of my opinions as this is not my intention and I am well wisher and want to see this nation thrive, always.\nGood luck and all the best…

She always tries to sound like there is an agenda against India. Check timestamp 3:07. There is no agenda, let me explain why.\nThe rejection rate is a better measure than rejection numbers or visa fees. And I'm pretty sure that India has a lower rejection rate compared to many other countries. It is the sheer volume of applications that contribute to this. Even 1% rejection on 100k Indian visas is a 1000 rejected visas. While a less populous country may have 10% rejection out of 1000 visas which is 100 rejections. So, in % terms, India fare well despite having higher rejections.\nFiring shots at Kosovo, Cuba and B Faso is a cheap shot and unnecessary to push the point of passport rank. All countries have a right to determine who they allow into their country with lower restrictions. And they are under no obligation to open the gates to anyone. It is also common knowledge that the newer cohorts of Indian immigrants to the West are a bad representation of Indian society (best example - Canada). Hence the rising anti Indian Immigration stance. Immigration is a privilege and not a right. I hope that the Indian community understands that the visa rejections are a lesson and not an insult, and that they learn from this and become better ambassadors when they go overseas.

This woman is complete liar and always busy trying to glorify India and is never ready to show the other side of the story. For instance how many Indians have overstayed their visa in US & in Schengen area. Also how we make fraudulent documents for visa application or even for study or work abroad things. Palio I’m always left baffled and speechless every time I see your one sided report. A fifth grader with common sense who’s never been to a journalism school can do a better report than you. You’re an absolute disgrace and doing huge disservice to our nation by providing them with half truth and one sided story.

Schengen visas were away this way, I remember applying 10years back they were always stringent. And our application was similar to a textbook in thickness.

You deserve it. Your people are always clamouring to settle down in other countries and people are getting tired of you. Look at what is happening in Canada. Canada is filled with your people and nobody has anything nice to say about your people.

I always look forward for your crisp presentations.

I am sorry I am not able to understand the paradox. Less than an year ago you mentioned, in Oxford, that based upon your ‘personal yet unquantifiable’ experience at the UK border sic ‘where Indians were flaunting their passport and NONE of them in the self doubt of past century. the Immigration officer was a fan of India’? \n\nThen, your personal anecdotal account at an International stage doesn’t represent a tiny bit of reality. In most of the Schengen country we are called a ‘third world’ at immigration and always looked with a doubt. You dont have to travel these countries to get beyond your personal experience but just have a look at the queue at the US embassy in Delhi, and the way one is treated, you would have had your data. \n\nAnd now, in this video you say that a similar Immigration officer is denying visa to Indians. \n\nWhat changed in 8months?

India is the master of beaucratic maze. Try applying for a ration card in india?.\nThen look at the way we indians behave when we go abroad. Bad manners, littering, no courtesy or recognition of local norms of behaviour and always some dodgy money saving gimic.\nAs for being the 5th largest economy, this is because globally we have the largest population, the GDP is still that of a poor, developing country.

Repeatedly mentikning India's growth won't make it a developed country. Accepting the flaws, and taking the blame, will.\nMost Indians who travel abroad leave a negative impression. It is something that cannot be denied.\nDid this channel report the fraud in the name of charity by Indians working at Apple USA?\nYou can't always blame others and look for convenience with 1.5 bn people.

OK, let’s talk about it. First the visa scam that the Indians are doing (2) then playing the victim when it’s the Indians doing it to themselves. (3)Then not wanting to adapt to there new country and culture of the country. (4)Always staying within their own groups. (5) Not learning the language (English for example speaking little to no english) (6) Having poor hygiene (example body odour) (7) Taking no accountability for anything that was mentioned in the above statements.

Aren't we Vishwaguru!? Then why are the Indian Passports always looked at with skepticism by the immigration abroad. Even at the Bangkok airport they look at us suspiciously. Only at Kuala Lumpur I thought they appeared a bit welcoming. Reasons, already given in the above comments. We have to look inwards. Looking at everything with the lens of hollow nationalism won't help us. Being 5th largest economy is due to the size of our population. Please club the size of economy with our per capita income...and you get the real picture.

Well, Indians have a talent for uncultured public behaviour. Till people learn to be civic, India will never move forward & will always remain as a most hated country where even racism against Indians has become a norm for majority of countries.

nice report by you! as always. keep it up

Biggest obstacle for Indians is lack of respect for foreign land laws. For last 6 decades one can easily witness how careless and carefree Indians live in their own country. Small things from traffic rule followings, bribery, cheating anyone and everyone who is not alert or crook. Their ill actions from very young age onwards speak much louder than their worthless words. Sorry to say this bitter pill of truth, but as you know well, truth always reveals eventuality. Jai Hanumant -

@ Palki.... \n\nReality check for India...\nIndia is not indispensable in the global scheme of things like you always claim and want us to believe ...\n\nThere's nothing India can offer that you can't find replacements or alternatives for elsewhere....

Why do you want to come to other countries in the first place yall always say india is superpower

FLAWED ANALYSIS:.. .@3:47 flawed thinking that u can use economic leverage ... US is jacking import tarrifs ... ur rupee is falling as u have seen is cuz of that ... cuz US is going to start making and growing in house (2) india's general habit of bad mouthing around has fallen it on itself like karma ... west has realized that this particular nation is always found spewing twisted lies... all the time... (3) west has realized india does NOT have talent .. it never had talent ... west was just giving u chance cuz of non-Muslim IT region ... Pak has JF17 avionics the toughest part done inhouse and many other projects where ur talent is not just only sinking own submarines, helicopters, drones but other nations' too ... again u NEVER were talented u were given chance just cuz western rhetoric with China, Pak constituting the IT power hub ... (4) Bangladesh has also freed itself from ur poisonous propaganda .. (u lie... before 1971 it was korean war had most POWs taken after WW2 ... and its not big deal all such wars freed or traded with one thing or other)..

India should always go to Thailand.....???

indian should learn the truth , west always hate us..its just some political drama and so called trade tie us etc..but they dont like us in fact these-days stabbing , kidnapping , murder us

Stop Crying Loud!! \nFirst of first dare to accept the truth, first of all teach Indian Basic Civic manners, Basic of basic human behavioral discipline. If you can't fix Small things do not even expect to fix Big things!! Quantity is always of less value than Quality!

Your narrative is always WE ARE ALWAYS RIGHT N REST OF THE WORLD IS IDIOT.

Nice to hear bcz if you go wvey where u find kelra malyali ??? ila pila pota randaa stay at your own maha bharat why always going outside i believe nirth indians are beter as they prefee to work in stay stay in idia good decision thier visas got rejected ??????

Here in the US, I’m always annoyed by nonstop scam calls with an Indian accent to the point I repeatedly change my numbers before they start bombarding me again with that accent for fake marketing ?

You can always visit sri lanka.as long as you respect the law of the country any body is welcome ?

ANGLOS FEAR INDIANS\nThey grew up on INDIAN WEALTH - All 5 Cross Eyed Anglo colonies were built by BRITISH RAJ on INDIAN WEALTH. They know India will rise, without resorting to crime, unlike the Anglo. The Anglo always fear India & China. China already broke out, it time for India to reach its height. The Dharmic world must retake its position over the backward Abrahamic world.

Firstpost...Palki Sharma...you forget to mention important Why? Most Indian have to seek job overseas because their own country is so corrupted and yet jobs only for the Indian privilege and the abuse of Visa by Indians. As usual Firstpost is always in denial of reporting their own country fault and blames others. That goes to PS too.

Why do i feel this lady always has a complaining tone about everything

You dont make sense... Numbers you r throwj g were always the same or worse...bjust speaking in heavy accents and using big words dont make the news factual

Because always using fake degree ??

What is so special it has always there

The question should be , why Indians are migrating instead of working in there country ? you always blame the west for colonial mental and yet most of you are migrating to western countries , go to Russia instead and find a work , you always praise crazy putin then go to Russia !

Ethics and civility will always win over so called “5th largest economy”. We should focus inwards rather than mixing everything with nationalism.

Faced same issue. Got rejected then got approved. Yes many Indians do cause a ruckus and follow questionable methods to enter and stay. So people like us always loose visa fees

Canada has always been a sugar-coated shit!

A group of 10 will travel together and they will all share one hotel room. There's your answer. Host countries want their tourists to spend money not add cost. Palki always has excuses. Blind nationalism and propaganda.

I live in Canada. A citizen now, love this country but India is and will always be a home. Canada is facing hard times currently, which is being faced by every country now and then but even the cause root of all these problems Canada is facing right now is coming from somehow from India. The most disruptive and disturbing people are here from India only with no civic sense. They come here and do not value the Canadian culture at all. They do all sort of illegal activities and try to do jugaad in everything, from which we escaped from India. Even on political grounds, the man who somehow messed up everything was under the influence and pressure of the man having Indian roots. I love India without a doubt but we can’t deny the real facts why Indians are being hated everywhere. People in my community here ( whites, First Nations, old Indians) love me and my family because they know how we respect the culture and values and laws of Canada. But there, where people don’t know us personally, we get judgemental eyes because of our colour and we know why, it’s not all of us, but still majority of us have destroyed the image of India and yes Indians deserve to be banned now. We need skills and knowledge and we should class apart from the stupid ones.

UAE made strict because of the Indians who over stay on visit visa was increased, for genuine tour tourists they always welcome

When didi was happy to promote Made in India but suddenly when I saw trade import from China to India rose 60 to 120 billion from\n2018 to 2025 and export 29 to 20\nBillions..Then we can see where is rank compare to China\nIt’s just some great Indian mind working in IT is helping to maintain its structure to the mind nor\nThey cannot compete\nSo Lady instead of crying of other countries..we sud try to know flaw and improve it in better way..\nBut Palki didi always crying

Indian politicians irrespective of their party's always get their visas. Never heard any politician's visa being rejected. So is the case with senior burocrates and jurnos. If any govt wants to fix it can be done in 15 to 30 days.

So silly. Why the obsession to always go to other countries for vacations??? To post pics in social media???? Countries have right to reject visas. Bharat has innumerable wonderful places. Explore them.

Indians need to stop illegal migration. With 1.4 billion people we know there will always be such cases but offlate I feel this has gone out of hand. \n\nShould we blame the countries that reject?\n\nI’d rather look inward. Poor governance, pollution, corruption, lack of jobs and all those agents that have ppl convinced that they would rather be dishwashers or uber drivers overseas but not run their family farms or be entrepreneurs in India.\n\nEasy to blame. Hard to fix.

India always invested in Hindu muslim things . These r the side effect comin now.

All the advise doesn’t make sense or has no research. Just follow the rule to the full stop and avoid shortcut or assuming things by yourself to have best chance. Stop making people feel victim always. This is not a good messaging.

Passport mobility was one of the reasons my parents made their choices in the 1970s and 80s. I made choices in the 2000s that increased my options. My kids and I have three passports plus an overseas Indian citizenship. It would be great to see the Indian passport gain mobility — I have always been surprised by its low rankings over the years.

There is always a positive aspect behind every seemingly negative event. In my opinion it will help India in the very long run. India is making all the right moves and is on the ascension. India really need not worry about anything at all.

I always joke about Alberta. Most of the province is flat and boring. It's like BC felt sorry for them and let the province have a small slice of what most of BC is like, in Banff and Jasper. ?

I sympathize and relate to this situation so much. I will always love my home and native land, but I don’t miss the struggle of living there. I had a good job, but everything I made went to the cost of living and I had very little left over to do anything worthwhile. I left in 2019 and it’s even more desperate there now after the COVID pandemic. I miss Canada, but I don’t miss the struggle. I hope you are all doing well and living happy lives wherever you are ♥️