Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government announced on Thursday that Canadians would be granted visa on arrival. “We are delighted that Canadians will now find it easier to visit India with your government’s decision to issue visas on arrival,” Canadian Prime Minister Harper said, according to the Times of India. The statement came during Modi’s… Read More »

Tourists from the USA availed India’s electronic travel authorisation (ETA) enabled Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) facility most in March as arrivals during this period witnessed a quantum jump. The ETA enabled VoA scheme was availed by 28,851 foreign tourists in March as against 1,958 during the same month last year, registering a significant increase of 1,220.3 per… Read More »

NEW DELHI: With some international visitors misconstruing government’s much-touted tourism initiative ‘Visa on Arrival’ (VoA) to be a scheme which guarantees visa on landing, the Tourism Ministry has decided to rename it to ‘Visa Online’ in an effort to end the confusion. The Tourism Ministry has approached the Union Home Ministry for the purpose, ministry… Read More »

China today welcomed India’s plans to grant visa-on-arrival facility to Chinese tourists, but did not commit to a reciprocal gesture for Indians visiting the country in large numbers. “We welcome this,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters here. Hua was responding to reports from India that an announcement in this regard will be… Read More »

Having taken into account feedback from concerned tour operators regarding new rules for Indian visas, the High Commission clarified on Friday its new process for tourist visa applications. It is no longer introducing biometric testing or requiring every applicant to attend an application centre in person. Applications will also be accepted through post and courier.… Read More »

Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Tuesday ruled out possibilities of initiating tourist visas between India and Pakistan “very soon”, saying the preference would be to implement the existing visa protocols. “I would very much like to see that (tourist visa) happening sooner than later but then one has to be realistic. I… Read More »