- Total number of International Ports for E-Visa holder foreigners’ entry now goes up to 88
- Addition of 11 International Ports further enhances attractiveness and utility of electronic visa, India provides approximately 95% E-visas applications in less than 72 hours
- Under guidance of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and leadership of Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, Government has taken a number of significant initiatives over the last few years to liberalize, streamline and simplify visa regime
New Delhi: 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-
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Ahmedabad | Agatti | Raxaul |
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Amritsar | Alang | Rupaidiha |
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Bagdogra | Bedi Bandar | Darranga |
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Bhogapuram | Bhavnagar | Jogbani |
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Bengaluru | Calicut | Agartala (Newly Added) |
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Bhubaneswar | Chennai | Darranga (Newly Added) |
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Calicut | Cochin | Gede (Newly Added) |
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Chandigarh | Cuddalore | Ghojadanga (Newly Added) |
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Chennai | Dahej | Haridaspur (Newly Added) |
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Cochin | Dhamra | Jaigaon (Newly Added) |
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Coimbatore | Haldia | Dawki (Newly Added) |
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Delhi | Hazira | Moreh (Newly Added) |
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Gaya | Kakinada | Attari (Road) (Newly Added) |
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Goa (Dabolim) | Ennore – Kamarajar | |
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Goa (Mopa) | Kandla | |
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Guwahati | Karaikal | |
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Hyderabad | Kattupalli | |
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Indore | Kolkata | |
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Jaipur | Kollam | |
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Kannur | Krishnapatnam | |
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Kolkata | Mandvi | |
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Lucknow | Mormugao | |
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Madurai | Mumbai | |
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Mangalore | Mundra | |
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Mumbai | Nagapattinam | |
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Nagpur | New Mangalore | |
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Navi Mumbai | Nhava Sheva | |
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Port Blair | Paradeep | |
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Pune | Pipavav | |
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Surat | Porbandar | |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Port Blair | |
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Trichy | Sikka | |
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Varanasi | Tuna Tekra | |
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Vijaywada | Tuticorin | |
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Visakhapatnam | Vallarpadam | |
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Bhopal (Newly Added) | Visakhapatnam | |
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Tirupati (Newly Added) | Vizhinjam – Kovalam | |
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Vizhinjam | ||
| Total | 37 | 38 | 13 |
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:
| Sl. No. | Category |
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Tourist |
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Mountaineering |
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B-1
B-2 B-3 (Business Visa) B-4 B-5 B-6 |
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M-1
M-2 (Medical Visa) M-3 M-4 |
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S-1
S-2 (Student Visa) |
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Transit |
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X-1 (Miscellaneous) |
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Group Visitor Visa (Cruise) |
It is pertinent to mention that India now issues roughly 78% visas as Electronic visas.
