India revises e-tourist visa fees from Nov 3

Government of India has decided to revise the e-tourist visa fee in four slabs of 0, US$25, US $48, and US$60 from November 3.

Presently e-TV application fee is US $60 and bank charge is US$ 2 which is uniform for all the countries.

The revision of the visa fee has been done on the principle of reciprocity. Bank charges have also been reduced from US $ -2.5 % of the e-TV fee. There is no bank charge for zero visa fees.

The Indian Government launched the e-tourist visa scheme on November 27, 2014. The scheme has been extended to 113 countries/territories. Some 16 Indian airports have been designated for providing e-tourist visa service till now.

The scheme has been implemented in completely online mode with provision of pre-authorization of visa in the form of ETA (Electronic Travel Authorization). Of 113 countries and territories included in e-tourist visa scheme, US$ 60 has been fixed for five - the Mozambique, Russia, Ukraine, UK and US.

The US$ 48 visa fee is applicable to 86 countries and territories. The US $25 has been fixed for three countries -Japan, Singapore and Sri Lanka. The zero visa fee policy applies to 19 countries. -

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