NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday launched the Tourist Visa-on-Arrival (TVOA) facility, which can be applied online by nationals of 43 countries intending to visit the country for tourism.
Under the new system, the visa on arrival with Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) would enable visitors to apply for an Indian visa from their home country online without visiting the Indian Mission.
The visa would allow travel to India for a short stay of 30 days. The countries that can avail of the TVOA facility are Australia, Brazil, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kingdom of Tongo, Laos, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mexico, Myanmar, New Zealand, Niue, Norway, Oman, Palestine, Papua & New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Kiribati, Republic of Korea (i.e. South Korea), Republic of Marshall Islands, Republic of Nauru, Republic of Palau, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tuvalu, UAE, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam and Vanuatu.
The scheme was launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma.
Sharma said that the implementation of the TVOA enabled with ETA scheme would send out a clear message that India is serious in making travel easy.
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