India, Aug. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
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Airports
Seaports
Landports
Ahmedabad
Agatti
Raxaul
Amritsar
Alang
Rupaidiha
Bagdogra
Bedi Bandar
Darranga
Bhogapuram
Bhavnagar
Jogbani
Bengaluru
Calicut
Agartala (Newly Added)
Bhubaneswar
Chennai
Darranga (Newly Added)
Calicut
Cochin
Gede (Newly Added)
Chandigarh
Cuddalore
Ghojadanga (Newly Added)
Chennai
Dahej
Haridaspur (Newly Added)
Cochin
Dhamra
Jaigaon (Newly Added)
Coimbatore
Haldia
Dawki (Newly Added)
Delhi
Hazira
Moreh (Newly Added)
Gaya
Kakinada
Attari (Road) (Newly Added)
Goa (Dabolim)
Ennore - Kamarajar
Goa (Mopa)
Kandla
Guwahati
Karaikal
Hyderabad
Kattupalli
Indore
Kolkata
Jaipur
Kollam
Kannur
Krishnapatnam
Kolkata
Mandvi
Lucknow
Mormugao
Madurai
Mumbai
Mangalore
Mundra
Mumbai
Nagapattinam
Nagpur
New Mangalore
Navi Mumbai
Nhava Sheva
Port Blair
Paradeep
Pune
Pipavav
Surat
Porbandar
Thiruvananthapuram
Port Blair
Trichy
Sikka
Varanasi
Tuna Tekra
Vijaywada
Tuticorin
Visakhapatnam
Vallarpadam
Bhopal (Newly Added)
Visakhapatnam
Tirupati (Newly Added)
Vizhinjam - Kovalam
Vizhinjam
Total
37
38
13
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Category
Tourist
Mountaineering
B-1
M-1
S-1
Transit
X-1 (Miscellaneous)
Group Visitor Visa (Cruise)
B-2
M-2 (Medical Visa)
S-2 (Student Visa)
B-3 (Business Visa)
M-3
B-4
M-4
B-5
B-6
The Government of India has notified 11 more International Ports, enabling E-visa holder foreigners to enter India. The newly added 11 International Ports include 09 land ports and 02 airports. Addition of 11 International Ports further enhances attractiveness and utility of electronic visa. Notably, India provides approximately 95% E-visas applications in less than 72 hours.
Under the guidance of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and leadership of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, Government of India has taken a number of significant initiatives over the last few years to liberalize, streamline and simplify visa regime with a view to facilitate the legitimate foreign travelers while simultaneously ramping up the technological infrastructure to enhance internal security.
With the latest addition, the total number of International Ports enabling entry of E-Visa holder foreigners has increased to 88, including 37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land ports.
List of International Ports, enabling entry of E-visa holder foreigners in India, as on date-
E-VISA
One significant step taken to liberalize and simplify the Indian Visa regime, especially the tourist visa regime, is the introduction of the e-Visa facility. E-visa facility, with Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), was introduced in 2014 for nationals of 43 countries. This facility is presently available to nationals of 172 countries.
E-Visa is presently available under following 17 sub-categories:
It is pertinent to mention that India now issues roughly 78% visas as Electronic visas.
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
