E-Visa Facility To Be Available At 9 Indian Airports Soon

Arrangements for visa-on-arrival for nationals of America and South Korea are underway at 9 selected airports in the country - Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Trivandrum, Goa, and Kolkata. The first phase will be initiated shortly at the given airports, and the facility will be extended to other airports in the future.

Currently, India offer visa-on-arrival facility to nationals of Singapore, New Zealand, Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Finland,  Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Luxembourg, and Laos.

The Visa on Arrival scheme is covered under the E-Visa Scheme. The Tourism Minister of India said, "We are working for e-visa facility which will help tourists to get their travel document by applying online. Once e-visa facility is introduced, VoA is likely to become redundant."

Source: CNN IBN

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