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With India\u2019s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases having reached 60, the government has revised its travel advisory for overseas Indians, OCI card holders, and foreign nationals<\/strong>. In the sixth meeting held this morning, Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation; Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs; Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, and Nityananda Rai, Minister of State for Home have revised the travel advisory and issued a new directive based on it after deliberating on preventive measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID19) infection.<\/p>\n

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The government of India\u2019s revised travel advisory suspends all visas to India till April 15, 2020<\/strong>, except diplomatic, UN officials, international organizations, project, and employment visas. The suspension of visas to India will be effective from 12 GMT on March 13, at any port of departure or origin, for Indian Diaspora and foreign nationals.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s revised travel advisory applies to OCI<\/span><\/a> card holders, too, as the WHO declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic. The visa-free travel facility that OCI card holders are entitled to, is temporarily suspended until April 15 from 1200 GMT on March 13, 2020. Any foreigner or foreign national of Indian origin needs to travel to India for unavoidable reasons are advised to contact the nearest Indian Mission or Consulate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In its revised travel advisory, the government of India advises all incoming travelers, including overseas Indian nationals, to cancel or postpone non-essential travel to India.<\/strong> They are likely to be quarantined for, at least, 14 days, on arrival in India. Indians at home are strongly recommended to cancel or postpone non-essential trips abroad. On return to India, they can face quarantine for 14 days or more.<\/p>\n

Can OCI Card Holders travel to India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As GOI suspends the visa-free travel facility for OCI card holders, with effect from March 13 till April 15, Overseas Citizen of India card holders cannot make non-essential travel to India without a valid visitor visa. In order to facilitate their travel to India for emergency or other unavoidable reasons during the period of suspension, they can contact the nearest Indian consulate or mission.<\/p>\n

Subscribe to Travel Beats, a leading overseas Indian community portal, for latest Indian Diaspora stories, US visa & immigration news, and air travel to India updates<\/a>. Travel Beats is a subsidiary of Indian Eagle, a trusted travel-booking partner of NRIs, OCIs, and PIOs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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