 At the time, some Hindu groups complained that the government had paid more attention to Christian complaints of proselytizing than to their own complaints about Christian missionaries.After suspending the issuance of visas to Bnei Menashe for a few years, in January 2010 the Israeli government announced that the remaining 7,200 Bnei Menashe could make aliyah within a period of 1–2 years after completing conversion at facilities in Nepal.This allowed them to avoid problems with India.