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Tourism Ministry Announces New 5-year Visa being Planned, other relaxations in e visa

by india evisa Travel Visa Consultant

The tourism industry plays a vital role in the growth of any country’s economy. In the last few decades, the travel industry in India has shown phenomenal growth. That’s why the Indian Ministry of Tourism has acknowledged the huge potential of tourism in India. Hence, launched the three type of E-visas to serve the various purposes of travelers. After the launch of E visa for India, traveling to India became much easier than ever before. Now, Tourists can easily apply for the E-visa by browsing to the official website. The process is very simple and straightforward. Before applying to the e-visa make sure what sort of visa you need and check for the fee and process. 


Travelers need to apply for an online eVisa before heading to India. The system is absolutely electronic for India Visa Application and it can be submitted on the web, and E-Visa approval (Electronic Travel Authorization) will be sent through given email address. Tourists may get an e-Tourist Visa, e-Business Visa, and e-Medical Visa to travel India. Each one of them serves a different purpose, as the name suggests. However, there are sub-categories under these 3 visa types one can figure it out before applying for the Visa.  

Tourism ministry announces new 5-year visa

To enhance the travel experience, Ministry of Indian tourism has continuously made changes in their policies. The latest update is made by the Tourism minister Prahlad Singh Patel on August 21. Tourism minister introduced the five-year e-visa at the cost of $80 and also made several relaxations in e-visa rules and a drop in charges.

The Ministry also made changes in monthly tourist e-visa to India, it is reduced $10. Now the tourist e-visa for a month will be available at the cost of $25. It is applicable for the tourists of Japan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Russia, Ukraine, the UK, and the US.

The recent changes made in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase the flow of foreign tourists. The Minister said the visa charge is decreased under consideration of the ministry of external affairs and said for the better management between the Center and states to boost the tourist inflow.

The changes are combined efforts to achieve the Prime Minister’s goal of improving the tourist’s number in the next five years whether it’s domestic and foreign. 

Last year, the government has increased the fees for almost every country from %50 to $80. After reporting a slowdown in the tourist’s number it is reduced by the Ministry. However, the off season is also the main thing which official keep in their mind while making the changes. 

As per the official website of an Indian visa, the tourist E-visa is valid for one year after the date of issue. With this, tourists can enter multiple times and can stay up to 90 days on each visit. However, the rules are modified for the US, UK, Canada, and Japan tourists, the duration of stay for these countries is up to 180 days.



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