{"id":16392,"date":"2017-04-04T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=16392"},"modified":"2017-04-04T18:54:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T18:54:18","slug":"details-of-indian-evisa-scheme-for-foreign-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/details-of-indian-evisa-scheme-for-foreign-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Policy of Indian e-Visa is More Liberal and Flexible for Citizens of 161 Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"
Good news for foreign tourists to India! Indian e-visa for foreign tourists is more flexible and liberal than before.<\/strong> The enhanced flexibility of Indian e-visa is intended to fetch more foreign tourist arrivals to India. The government announced to liberalize e-visa to India for foreign visitors by increasing the validity period from 30 days to 4 months. It will come into effect soon in April 2017.<\/p>\n The new policy of Indian e-visa for foreign nationals will allow foreign visitors to stay in India up to 2 months from one month. Foreigners are eligible for the increased duration of stay in certain categories of e-visa to India. Effective from April 1, the three new sub-categories of Indian e-visa are e-tourist visa, e-business visa, and e-medical visa.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Moreover, the citizens of the countries including USA, UK, UAE and Australia, which are eligible for Indian e-visa, can seek to visit India under two new categories: Intern (I) and Film (F).<\/strong> The Intern e-visa to India will be granted to those looking to pursue internship programs in non-government organizations. Those looking to shoot films in India can apply for the Film e-visa to India.<\/p>\n India\u2019s Intern e-visa came into effect on March 1. 2017. Its approval requires applicants to comply with certain terms and conditions. The Film e-visa to India comes with maximum one-year validity and permits multiple entries during this period.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The new policy of Indian e-visa for foreign visitors makes approval of business and medical e-visas mandatory within 48 hours of application in emergency cases.<\/strong> Applicants from 161 foreign countries will receive an email authorizing them to visit India upon approval of their applications for medical or business e-visa to India. They must carry a printout of the authorization email and present it to immigrant authorities upon arrival in India.<\/p>\n Delhi<\/a><\/span>, Kolkata, Mumbai<\/a><\/span>, Chennai, Bengaluru<\/a><\/span> and Hyderabad<\/a><\/span> airports have got dedicated immigration counters and help desks to assist foreigners on medical e-visa to India.<\/strong> India will soon introduce multiple-entry e-visa for tourism and business with a five-year validity period. It will be available to the citizens of most of 161 countries.<\/p>\n The Indian e-visa facility has been extended to 24 airports from 16 airports for entry to India. Recently Pune Airport<\/a><\/span> (PNQ) has been put on the India e-visa list.<\/strong> The facility is also available at three Indian ports including Goa, Mangalore and Cochin in order to promote cruise tourism, according to the new policy of Indian e-visa. Chennai and Mumbai seaports will also start providing the Indian e-visa service shortly.<\/p>\n\n
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