E-visa for 43 countries to be rolled out tomorrow

November 26, 2014 19:39

Visitors from over 40 countries, including Israel, Palestine, Germany and the US, will be able to avail of the much-awaited electronic visa facility from tomorrow.

The e-visa facility for 43 countries will be rolled out by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma, tomorrow at the ITDC-managed Hotel Ashoka in New Delhi, a senior Tourism Ministry official said today.

Russia, Brazil, Thailand, UAE, Ukraine, Jordan, Norway, and Mauritius, among others, would be getting the e-visa facility in the first phase.

All the 12 countries currently enjoying the visa-on-arrival (VoA) facility, including South Korea, Japan, Finland,Singapore, New Zealand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Laoswill also come under the e-visa facility.

Barring a few countries like Pakistan, Sudan, Afghanistan,Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Somalia, all the countries will be covered under the e-visa regime in phases, the official said.

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