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People to stick with their country and stay there with dignity shine or rain.Otherwise , be for humiliation and reject from others. This is true for the developing nations. Make liveable and reputable your own country. Why run away and get into into trouble?

Yes US should increase the number of rejections.

its sad that rejection rate is high. However thinking whether the rejection rate increased or the application got increased. is it more people day by day do not want to stay in india? or at least more people are willing to move out of india for better life and money???\nthe benefits after paying high income tax in india is becoming more controversial...

We should also start rejecting foreign person visas in equivalent proportions..especially when other countries are intentionally rejecting visas of good knowledgeable and well to do Indian people/ bright students. This is racism

As an Indian, I support the rejections because the Indians that travel abroad do not know how to behave in civilized societies. They need lessons before going outside India. The NRI diaspora community is a great shame on India

Being a NRI living in the UK i have noticed a lot of Indians come over on temporary visas and end up staying illegally. And this practice is not just exclusive to the uk, i am sure it happens to many more countries where Indian people go. And also many Indian s to survive overseas will end up doing illegal things to survive. This could be a reason behind the spike in visa rejections

May be our passport is too strong now so that they r scared to issue visa... what the Indian godhi media wont tell you about our passport ranking .... they might say its a masterstroke by Modi not letting aindians to work abroad ... they wont say its a weak indian passport getting these rejections

For Schengen visa, besides submitting all documents our parent's visa was rejected. I doubt it is a money making process for them. And I wonder why didn't they refund the money (at least some part)they received as fees since it is rejected and no forum for us to question this..

All those chapris visa got rejected.\nDon't cry

Should be rejected...! Good

For almost one year qatar has been rejecting Indian Hindu visas but still we don't know the reason behind.. it is being rejected from the security department of qatar unofficially.\nNo one is looking after that many people are suffering a lot because of this.. god please help us.

There are enough Indians all over Europe, Americas and Australia. Many of them specially in the USA and Canada are illegal in high numbers. In Canada and USA, Indians have ruined their own reputation by getting involved into fraud activities, breaking laws of the host countries by bringing people from India and making them work illegally. So, naturally, the rejection rates are much higher for tourist visa and not for business visas as such. The solution is India should build infrastructure inside the country so that people don't need to rush abroad for a better life. Equality doesn't mean providing access to anyone who can potentially misuse the resource of a country.

Some controversies ask for return Air Ticket along with visa application and if visa is rejected, the application looses Air Ticket amount

It's more profitable for foreign countries to reject visa because people will try again, that just means easy money. If not then they at lest pay for the functioning of the Visa offices in India. So they don't have to pay fees to the visa interviewers, etc. It could also mean that rejecting visas is an incentive to the interviewers, hence they will make strict check before approving any visa because behind every approval they are losing money.

All countries seem to have discussed to reject Visa for Indians... jealous of Bharat growth

Reject VISAs for Politician's and minister's and their children.

90% of those rejections are from PUNJAB & GUJARAT

More and more Indian visas will be rejected going further. Fix the problem rather than woke nationalism

Thanks for your biased reporting. Do you have any idea how many Indians, mostly from Punjab, are illegally coming and staying in Western countries? I see it daily in Canada. This is why Indians visas are mostly rejected. Illegal immigration. Get your facts right

The problem is Indians are not trusted to return to their home country after they are let in. Look at the countries rejecting the visas and you will know the reason

Palki has become the mouthpiece of the government of India….even a kid can explain the rejection rate…illegal immigration…over stays …and the list will go on…

Mr. K.Mukherjee .BE (Germany ) (Canada) Thousands of Indian students went to Canada with a student visa, not for education but to find ways to stay and work.These Five Eyes countries are rejecting the visas at random.Don't try to blame ,rather try to teach these young people the basic moral education and polite behaviour to others and not to try from the back door.Without any legal Immigration papers ,there will be no survival in Canada.Try to bring back the respect from the others.Please don't repeat the fifth largest economy in the world over and over.This will not change a dime about the notion to the developed countries.

I doubt whether tourist visas are rejected. Has anyone done an analysis of student visa rejection? Most students travel to study in no name colleges with no value of degrees. These colleges are also scams. If India (and China) stop sending students to US UK Australia then half the colleges will shut shop there\n\nAs usual media keeps clickbaiting on headlines because no one takes media seriously

There has been a sudden surge in people aspiring to go to foreign lands. We must also understand that many times they apply without proper preparation which would lead to visa rejections.

Curious to know which type of visas are actually getting rejected and is the rejection a function of a higher population base.

5th Latgest economy true but the masses are still uncivilized and poor so that explains why countries reject the visas. There are two Indias one emerging rich India and one undeveloped India

Even India rejects other south Asian countries. The rule applicable to all

canada,They are taking money for visa processing,medical,documetation(including ielts exam) ,money transfer to their country banks as financial backups (they say GIC),college tuition in their currency,after submitting I have to wait for long time,\nfinally refused for silly reasons like i can't return to your home country(India).in the end I lose more money as you said .and also transaction fees adds up when we ask tuition fess back.if they reject for silly reasons, now I understand ,why this happening ,its all business and they want us to lose more money.innocent people lose money .

India should have similiar rule for these nations. Its obvious that these nations have every right to deny visas, but they should refund the money spend on these obligations. And there should be a strict rules for refunds for rejections.

Attitude like Palki are the reason why Indian people gets Visa rejected and hated???

I think her visa got rejected ?

Palki Sharma lists some stupid the reasons for our low ranking of Indian passport and visa rejection. She knows very well the reason, but she has to sing praises for this govt.

Things not mentioned in here are that number of people applying for foreign visas have increased significantly and number of visas accepted are relatively same. Which is why rejection rates looks like it’s gone up ? I’m disappointed with Palki Sharma. There is lot more bias here vs when working in Gravitas

Thanks for rejection. Person must stop in India for whatever the reason. Government will be forced to do something as unemployment will rise. These educated class can show actual mirror to Modi and government. India need them more than other nations.

Ms Sharma, You should be objective about reporting rejections. The problem is within our borders. Our poverty and a large young population create wealth asymmetry. Many try to immigrate by hook or crook. This is the sad truth. Please do an objective reporting as a follow-up showing the cause of rejections and the truth may reveal itself

India should reciprocate with same kind of visa fees and rejection rates to these countries. then only it will change.

Correct t your english pls .. “Visas for Indians are getting denied “ and not “Indian visas getting rejected “

Title is misleading. It should be “More and more Indians are being rejected Visas by other countries “.

Glad to see many comments here that's calling out the unnecessary nationalism hitched to the visa rejections. You can't be in complete denial about the visa scams/forged documents.\n\nI regularly travel around the world for my business, witnessed way too much than I can handle. \nAll their antics start from boarding the plane itself, there on, they go full-on hysterical.. from being excessively loud on the plane to air hostesses begging them to put their cabin baggages back in before landing.., Carry that same unruly, cringe-worthy behaviour in that foreign land, all throughout seamlessly. \n And then when being called out, they're very quick to complain about being prejudiced/racism.\nWow, it's such a delight!!!

my Australian tourist visa rejected twice

It's a stupid report, obviously the visa rejection will be high if the visa applications are high from a most populated country in the world it's basic common sense , i would say India have the highest visa grant these days, I'm from India came to Australia it's not ecen harf if u have the right documents and if you're not faking anything, I'm pretty sure the rejections are mostly because of fake documents especially from Punjab and Haryana so it's good that they are not letting fake people i mean then what's the point of doing all this right way? People like me who try to come in a right way

I support the rejection rate. India should learn to assimilate and respect the country they are visiting or moving.

As an Indian living in New Zealand I see lot of people coming with intention to work or apply refugee leading to rejection

I have travelled to almost 40 countries and have never been rejected for any visa - US, UK, Schengen etc. Reason being, I am a law abiding traveller who respects the rules & regulations of the countries I travel to. I furnish all documents honestly at the visa center. I arrive & leave the foreign countries as permitted on my visa. Traveler's with a clean & honest travel history should have no problems at all.

The process for Visa and the backup documents is pretty transparent and available at the country's or VFS website. I have been travelling to Europe and my visa has not been rejected. But I still do see a lot of people not understanding the process, documentation required. The documentation is usually about proof of stay, proof of travel and proof of financial strength. Please do not talk about the 5th largest economy. We are 143rd in GDP per capita. Among the illegal immigrants into USA India ranks third, to the UK it ranks 9th and is a significant number into the EU. With immigration a hot topic in the west today, this was inevitable.

Does this host watched tv shows such as “nothing to declare” and “danger Tv”? Many people think that because they think that they are cleaver enough to circumvent visa interviews, falsify documents required to impress foreign embassy staff, get visa on false pretenses because they have money, connections in domestic government or someone overseas to curry favor them, then no wonder your visa application would be rejected and fees forfeited or you would be turned down entry to your dream country on arrival and deported back to your home country. People even dare to charter a flight to Maxico with a plan to cross the border and into USA, like a flash mob, without a visa. Well you don’t have entitlement for that, just like you don’t like Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Rohingya crossing your borders by any means.\nHow many Indian agents have befooled fellow Indians who want to go and work in UAE, Behrin, Muscat, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Saudi Arabia but landed on one of the beaches of India or have their Passport taken away to make them work like a slave in servitude by their fellow Indian contractors? Let us talk about that.\nLet us talk about how many Indian parents and students so foolish to see admission in universities or unaccredited fake colleges in Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Russia and Russian federation countries but no serious intention to study but intention not to return but figure out magic trick to PR and citizenship without really caring to understand how immigration works and what would actually qualify to deserve immigration visa? Sham marriages is one of many tricks that people pursue despite knowing that chances of success are really very remote. Let us talk about that.\n\nLet us talk about fake colleges that “donations” to admit “students” who failed to perform because their parents have money to justify entitlement to buy degrees and fake colleges print it out in return to “donations”?\n\nIt doesn’t end here. You get to these destinations by hook or crook, you eventually get busted, yet you have nerves to be cocky, pretend to be robbed, discriminated, cheated, victimized instead and gather nerve to seek PR, green card, white card as compensation and even a job? I mean how far you would go thinking world is stupid and you can prove it.\n\nSORRY, there are hard working, intelligent and qualified Indians that get visa and there are people who get visa on family migration quota for example but many others, give me a break.

Before questioning this rejection..please do look at the chaos the Indians are creating in other countries

*India could make sure that the embassies and consulates have the resources to respond quickly to applicants, and to clearly explain the reasons for any rejections. THIS WILL MAKE THEM THINK TWICE*

I hate when we have to change our tone and tenor when we switch companies. But this rejection will fuel Atma Nirbhar Bharat which will help local economy. May pain at this moment but will be beneficial at long run.

Nothing just commies doing what they love. But visa rejections of highly skilled is good ?❤