{"id":10564,"date":"2015-09-23T18:14:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=10564"},"modified":"2015-09-24T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-24T12:30:42","slug":"tourist-visa-on-arrival-india-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tourist-visa-on-arrival-india-details\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Tourist Visa for India to Become Cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news for the nationals of 113 countries, who are eligible for e-tourist visa to India!<\/strong> Indian government has decided to cut fees for e-tourist visa to India for those countries. This initiative to increase foreign tourist arrivals to India will be taken under the Electronic Tourist Visa scheme, a digitized version of visa on arrival India.<\/p>\n

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Currently, $60 is the fee for e-tourist visa for India, which is higher than the fee for visa of other countries.<\/strong> Indians pay a lower fee ranging from $20 to $40 for similar e-tourist visa to other countries. The tourism ministries of those countries have requested the government of India to reduce the visa fee for their nationals.<\/p>\n

In response to the request from other countries, the External Affairs Ministry of India has mandated the Home Ministry to check the possibility of reducing the e-tourist visa fees for foreign nationals. Though the Home Ministry has not yet made an official announcement, the e-visa fee structure is reported to be rationalized soon.<\/p>\n

It is reported that the fee for tourist visa to India will be categorized into four slabs between $0 and $40 on a reciprocal basis.<\/strong> As per the e-tourist visa policy of India, the nationals of any of 113 countries receive an email authorizing them to travel to India once their visa application for India is approved.<\/p>\n

They can travel to India with a printout of the authorization and need to present the same to the immigration officials on arrival at major Indian airports. E-tourist visa for India is currently available to the citizens of 113 countries<\/strong> including the USA, the UK, the UAE, Canada, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Sweden, Singapore, China, Oman, Russia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam, Ireland, Malaysia and others.<\/p>\n

The \u2018visa on arrival India\u2019 scheme will be available to 180 countries by March 31, 2016.<\/strong> Foreign tourists with the approved visa application for India will get entry to the country from 16 international airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Goa, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Gaya and Tiruchirapalli.<\/p>\n

Eligibility for Tourist Visa on Arrival India<\/strong><\/h3>\n