British tourists wanting to travel to India will now have to turn up at an application centre and be fingerprinted in order to get a visa. The process will start from mid-March and is causing significant concern to travel agencies who offer holidays to India. Diana Syrett’s agency “Kerala Connections” offers tailor-made holidays to Kerala.… Read More »

India will include biometric testing as part of its visa application process from March 14. The country’s high commission has announced that it will open more processing centres to cope with the upswing in demand and the increased time it will take to complete visa applications. A statement said: “The proposed lanch date for the… Read More »

NEW DELHI: Citizens from China, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy and Malaysia will soon be able to get online visas to India, expanding the number of countries that can avail this facility to 50. India had introduced electronic visa for 44 countries in November last year. “The six countries recommended by the ministry to… Read More »

India has waived away the need for an online ‘appointment date’ for processing visa applications for all categories, except tourist visas, with effect from Feb 1. Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) says they will accept all categories of visas except tourist visas on a “walk-in basis” without an ‘appointment date’. The decision has been taken… Read More »

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Mahesh Sharma today said the country has seen a sharp inflow of foreign tourists after the government rolled out Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)-enabled Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) facility. “The implementation of Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)-enabled Visa-on-Arrival, for 43 countries, is showing excellent results. As many as 41,114 Tourist Visa on Arrivals (TVOAs) have… Read More »

People travelling to India from 43 countries—including the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Germany and Japan—will no longer have to form a line at their local consulates to obtain visas. Following the announcement, individuals may now apply online for their tourist visa upon-arrival, entitling them to a 30-day stay in the India. “This is very good news… Read More »