Visa on
Arrival (VoA) Scheme
Under
Union Home Ministry
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2010
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Scheme started for five countries
(Japan, Singapore, Finland, Luxembourg and New Zealand)
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2011
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Six more added
(Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, Myanmar and Indonesia)
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Feb 2014
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Planned for 180 countries
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Nov 2014
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VoA for Russian businessmen in 18 airports of India
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Apr 2015
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Union Home Ministry changes Visa on Arrival (VoA) as E – Tourist
Visa
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Availed by tourists from 44 countries landing at nine airports
across India (Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and
Mumbai & Trivandrum); 30 more countries added
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Jul 2015
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3 more countries added to
the list
People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong Administrative Region and
Macau Special Administrative Region
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The total number of countries/territories covered under the
e-Tourist Visa scheme will go up from 74 to 77
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Aug 2015
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36 more countries added to the list;
Simultaneously the Centre added 7 more Indian airports as
designated airports for entry on e- Tourist visa from August 15, 2015
(Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Gaya, Jaipur, Lucknow, Tiruchy and Varanasi)
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Designated airports in India to use e- Tourist visa facility is
16
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The total number of countries/territories covered under the
e-Tourist Visa scheme will go up from 77 to 113
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The 113 countries are:-
(1)
Anguilla (2) Antigua & Barbuda (3) Andorra (4)
Argentina
(5)
Armenia (6) Aruba (7) Australia (8) Bahamas
(9)
Barbados (10) Belgium (11)
Belize (12) Brazil
(13)
Bolivia (14) Cambodia (15) Canada (16) Cayman Is
(17)
China (18) Chile (19)
Colombia (20) Cook Is
(21)
Costa Rica (22) Cuba (23)
Djibouti (24) Dominica
(25)
Dominican (26) East Timor (27) Ecuador (28)
El Salvador
(29)
Estonia (30)
Fiji (31) Finland (32) France
(33)
Georgia (34)
Germany (35) Grenada (36) Guatemala
(37)
Guyana (38) Haiti (39)
Honduras (40) Hong Kong
(41)
Hungary (42) Indonesia (43)
Ireland (44) Israel
(45)
Japan (46) Jamaica (47) Jordan
(48) Kenya
(49)
Kiribati (50) Laos (51)
Latvia (52) Liechtenstein
(53)
Lithuania (54) Luxembourg (55)
Macau (56) Macedonia
(57)
Marshall Is (58) Malta (59) Malaysia (60)
Mauritius
(61)
Mexico (62) Micronesia (63)
Monaco (64) Mongolia
(65)
Montenegro (66) Montserrat (67)
Mozambique (68) Myanmar
(69)
Nauru (70) Netherlands (71) New Zealand (72) Nicaragua
(73)
Niue Island (74) Norway (75) Oman (76) Panama
(77)
Palau (78) Palestine (79)
Papua New Guinea (80) Paraguay
(81)
Peru (82) Poland (83)
Portugal (84) Philippines
(85)
Russia (86) Seychelles (87) Slovenia (88) South Korea
(89)
Spain (90) St Lucia (91)
St Vincet & the Grenadines
(92)
Suriname (93) Sweden (94)
Saint Christopher and Nevis
(95)
Samoa (96)
Singapore (97) Solomon Islands (98) Sri Lanka
(99)
Taiwan (100) Tanzania (101) Thailand (102) Tonga
(103)
Turks & Caicos Is (104) Tuvalu (105)
UAE
(106)
Ukraine (107)
United Kingdom (108) Uruguay (109) USA
(110)
Vanuatu (111) Vatican City (112) Venezuela (113) Vietnam
What is the mechanism for
visa on arrival or E - Tourist visa?
·
Foreigner applies online three days before his arrival
in India.
·
Gets visa on airport, 30 days validity, cannot be renewed.
· Some of the countries that are not eligible in this scheme are:
(1)
Pakistan (5)
Iraq
(2)
Sudan (6)
Nigeria
(3)
Afghanistan (7)
Somalia
(4) Iran
India gets
less than 70 lakh foreign tourists every year (rank 41st). In next 3-5 years,
we want to receive >1 crore tourists.
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