E – Tourist Visa Scheme
The Ministry of Tourism has been working very
closely with Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs for
easing of the Visa Regime in the country over a period of time. The Ministry
supported the initiative regarding the implementation of Tourist Visa on
Arrival enabled with Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) (renamed as
e-Tourist Visa on Nov 2014) strongly and committed all support to Ministry of
Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Civil Aviation
for implementing this programme.
How e-Tourist Visa
Work
·
The
e-Tourist Visa enables the prospective visitor to apply for an Indian Visa from
his/her home country online without visiting the Indian Mission and also pay
the visa fee online.
·
Once
approved, the applicant receives an email authorizing him/her to travel to
India and he/she can travel with a print out of this authorisation.
·
On
arrival, the visitor has to present the authorisation to the immigration
authorities who would then stamp the entry into the country.
·
This
facility is available to Foreigners whose sole objective of visiting India is
recreation, sight-seeing, short duration medical treatment, casual business
visit, etc. and not valid for any other purpose/activities.
·
This
will allow entry into India within 30 days from the date of approval of
e-Tourist Visa and will be valid for 30 days stay in India from the date of
arrival in India.
·
The
e-Tourist Visa cannot be availed more than twice in a calendar year. The
facility will encourage people to travel with short-term planning, take via
routes while travelling to other countries and bring family members while on
business visits.
e-Tourist Visa Fee
Government of India w.e.f November 2015 has
also revised the e-Tourist Visa (e-TV) fee in four slabs of 0, US$ 25, US$ 48,
and US$ 60 from November 3, 2015. Presently e-TV application fee is US$ 60 and
bank charge is US$ 2 which is uniform for all the countries. The revision of
Visa fee has been done on the principle of reciprocity. Bank charges have also
been reduced from US$ 2 to 2.5% of the e-TV fee. There is no bank charge for
zero visa fees.
List of countries
eligible for e-Tourist Visa on Arrival Scheme in India
Commencing from 27th November 2014, e-Tourist
Visa facility was available until 25th February 2016 for citizens of 113
countries. The Government of India has extended this scheme for citizens of 37
more countries w.e.f 26th February 2016 taking the tally to 150 countries. The
list of 150 countries eligible for e-Tourist Visa as on 26.02.2016 is given below:-
|
(01)
Albania
|
(16)
Botswana
|
(31)
Costa Rica
|
(46)
Finland
|
(61)
Iceland
|
|
(02)
Andorra
|
(17)
Brazil
|
(32)
Cote d'lvoire
|
(47)
France
|
(62)
Indonesia
|
|
(03)
Anguilla
|
(18)
Brunei
|
(33)
Croatia
|
(48)
Gabon
|
(63)
Ireland
|
|
(04)
Antigua & Barbuda
|
(19)
Bulgaria
|
(34)
Cuba
|
(49)
Gambia
|
(64)
Israel
|
|
(05)
Argentina
|
(20)
Cambodia
|
(35)
Czech Republic
|
(50)
Georgia
|
(65)
Jamaica
|
|
(06)
Armenia
|
(21)
Canada
|
(36)
Denmark
|
(51)
Germany
|
(66)
Japan
|
|
(07)
Aruba
|
(22)
Cape Verde
|
(37)
Djibouti
|
(52)
Ghana
|
(67)Jordan
|
|
(08)
Australia
|
(23)
Cayman Island
|
(38)
Dominica
|
(53)
Greece
|
(68)
Kenya
|
|
(09)
Austria
|
(24)
Chile
|
(39)
Dominican Republic
|
(54)
Grenada
|
(69)
Kiribati
|
|
(10)
Bahamas
|
(25)
China
|
(40)
East Timor
|
(55)
Guatemala
|
(70)
Laos
|
|
(11)
Barbados
|
(26)
China- SAR Hongkong
|
(41)
Ecuador
|
(56)
Guinea
|
(71)
Latvia
|
|
(12)
Belgium
|
(27)
China- SAR Macau
|
(42)
El Salvador
|
(57)
Guyana
|
(72)
Lesotho
|
|
(13)
Belize
|
(28)
Colombia
|
(43)
Eritrea
|
(58)
Haiti
|
(73)Liberia
|
|
(14)
Bolivia
|
(29)
Comoros
|
(44)
Estonia
|
(59)
Honduras
|
(74)
Liechtenstein
|
|
(15)
Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
(30)
Cook Islands
|
(45)
Fiji
|
(60)
Hungary
|
(75)
Lithuania
|
|
(76)
Luxembourg
|
(91)
Myanmar
|
(106)
Philippines
|
(121)
Singapore
|
(136)
Tonga
|
|
(77)
Madagascar
|
(92)
Namibia
|
(107)
Poland
|
(122)
Slovakia
|
(137)
Trinidad & Tobago
|
|
(78)
Malawi
|
(93)
Nauru
|
(108)
Portugal
|
(123)
Slovenia
|
(138)
Turks & Caicos Island
|
|
(79)
Malaysia
|
(94)
Netherlands
|
(109)
Republic of Korea
|
(124)
Solomon Islands
|
(139)
Tuvalu
|
|
(80)
Malta
|
(95)
New Zealand
|
(110)
Republic of Macedonia
|
(125)
South Africa
|
(140)
UAE
|
|
(81)
Marshall Is
|
(96)
Nicaragua
|
(111)
Romania
|
(126)
Spain
|
(141)
Ukraine
|
|
(82)
Mauritius
|
(97)
Niue Island
|
(112)
Russia
|
(127)
Sri Lanka
|
(142)
United Kingdom
|
|
(83)
Mexico
|
(98)
Norway
|
(113)
Saint Christopher and Nevis
|
(128)
Suriname
|
(143)
Uruguay
|
|
(84)
Micronesia
|
(99)Oman
|
(114)
Saint Lucia
|
(129)
Swaziland
|
(144)
USA
|
|
(85)
Moldova
|
(100)
Palau
|
(115)
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
|
(130)
Sweden
|
(145)
Vanuatu
|
|
(86)
Monaco
|
(101)
Palestine
|
(116)
Samoa
|
(131)
Switzerland
|
(146)
Vatican City
|
|
(87)
Mongolia
|
(102)
Panama
|
(117)
San Marino
|
(132)
Taiwan
|
(147)
Venezuela
|
|
(88)
Montenegro
|
(103)
Papua New Guinea
|
(118)
Senegal
|
(133)
Tajikistan
|
(148)
Vietnam
|
|
(89)
Montserrat
|
(104)
Paraguay
|
(119)
Serbia
|
(134)
Tanzania
|
(149)
Zambia
|
|
(90)
Mozambique
|
(105)
Peru
|
(120)
Seychelles
|
(135)
Thailand
|
(150)
Zimbabwe
|
List of Airports
where e-Tourist Visa facility is available
e-Tourist
Visa facility is now available in the following 16 airports (May 2016) –
1) Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) Kolkata
5) Hyderabad
6) Bengaluru
7) Thiruvananthapuram
8) Kochi
9) Goa
10)
Varanasi
11)
Gaya
12)
Ahmadabad
13)
Amritsar
14)
Tiruchirapalli
15)
Jaipur
and
16)
Lucknow
The
countries that are not eligible in e – Tourist Visa scheme are:
(1)
Pakistan (5)
Iraq
(2)
Sudan (6)
Nigeria
(3)
Afghanistan (7)
Somalia
(4)
Iran
No comments:
Post a Comment