‘Don’t allow passengers to fly to China with stapled visas’

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has directed airlines not to check in passengers flying from India to Hong Kong or China with visas stapled on their passports as a separate sheet. Asking for “strict compliance” by all airlines, a DGCA circular said that such visas are not valid for travel out of the country.
DG Nasim Zaidi’s circular issued on Wednesday said, “Ministry of civil aviation vide their letter No.AV.12012/5/2001-A (Vol.III) dated December 29, 2009, has informed that Indian citizens travelling to Hong Kong and China are being issued visa by concerned authorities on separate piece of paper stapled to the passport. Such stapled paper visas are not valid for travel out of India.”
The DGCA has told airlines that they will be responsible for ensuring that people travelling to any Chinese city on a stapled visa either directly or via Hong Kong are not checked in.
02/01/10 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010, Safety Jan 2010