E-Visa Current Affairs, GK & News
India extends Visa-on-Arrival facility to UAE nationals
India has now granted visa-on-arrival facility to the citizens of United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an aim to enhance people to people contacts and trade relations as well as strengthen strategic ties between the two countries. The move is a ‘special gesture’ for the UAE with whom India has a comprehensive strategic partnership. Key Highlights ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: E-Visa • India • India-UAE • UAE nationals • Visa-on-Arrival
India, Sierra Leone sign six agreements including $30 mn line of credit
To expand the bilateral relations in various fields, India and Sierra Leone signed six agreements including extending a credit line of $30 million for rice cultivation. The agreement was signed during the second leg of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s five-day visit to the West African countries, as part of which he reached Freetown, capital of ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: E-Visa • India • Julius Maada Bio • Sierra Leone • UNSC Reforms • Venkaiah Naidu
India relaxes e-visa rules for Chinese nationals
India has announced significant relaxations in its e-visa policy or rules for Chinese nationals. The announcement comes at a time when the leaders of the two nations Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping had met for the second informal summit, in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu. The decision to offer multiple-entry 5-year visas is ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Chinese • e-tourist visa • e-TV • E-Visa • India China • Visa Policy
India to offer e-Tourist Visa fee based on tourist footfall
India will introduce a flexible e-tourist visa regime for more than 160 countries based on tourist footfall. As per this the e-tourist visa fee would be higher for peak season of July to March and a considerably lower fee during lean period of April to June. The objective behind the move is to encourage foreign ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: e-Tourist Visa fee • E-Visa • Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation • Ministry of External Affairs • Tourism Sector • tourist footfall • Union Home Ministry
Union Government extends e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31 more countries
Union Government has extended e-Tourist Visa scheme to 31 more countries with an effect from 31 May 2015. In this regard, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a notification. With this the total number of countries under the scheme has gone up to 76. The 31 countries are: Antigua & Barbuda, Anguilla, Bahamas, ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • E-Visa • Government Schemes • Home Ministry • Tourism
Ministry of Home Affairs renames Visa on Arrival scheme to e-Tourist visa
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has renamed Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization scheme (TVoA-ETA) to e-Tourist Visa with effect from 15 April 2015. With this ambiguities faced by foreign tourists especially by scheme’s nomenclature VoA, presuming that they would be granted visa on arrival upon landing will be removed. Background MHA move comes ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Topics: Current Affairs 2016 • E-Visa • Government Schemes • Tourism