Visa backlogs force Canadians to cancel trips to IndiaHigh commissioner-designate says India is working toward restoring electronic visa programVisa backlogs force Canadians to cancel trips to IndiaIt's 8:30 a.m. on a chilly Friday morning in Surrey, B.C., and a queue of people snakes around a strip mall in the Metro Vancouver suburb.Arminder Bajwa is one of hundreds of Indian visa applicants who say backlogs in the system are leaving people like him in limbo as visa applications have spiked amid a drop in global travel restrictions."I've spent like $8,000 on tickets," Bajwa says from the queue, surrounded by dozens of others trying to keep warm.Before the pandemic, applicants like Bajwa had access to an electronic visa application that was entirely virtual, a program that was brought to a halt amid travel shutdowns.Verma encouraged applicants to look at visa application timelines on the commission's website and said that those waiting in queues at BLS offices were walk-ins without appointments."