Thailand eases visa rules for professionals, wealthy foreignersThailand has revised its long-term resident (LTR) visa rules to attract skilled professionals, investors, and wealthy foreigners. Changes i...
15 Jan, 2025, 11.23 AM IST
Major policy and regulation changes effective from January 1, 2025In 2025, significant changes will impact various sectors. GST compliance modifications, including mandatory MFA and 180-day E-Way Bill rest...
28 Dec, 2024, 12.44 PM IST
Thailand to launch e-Visa for Indian travellers from January 2025; check detailsThe Royal Thai Embassy in New Delhi announced that Thailand’s e-Visa will be available for Indian passport holders from January 1, 2025. Th...
11 Dec, 2024, 05.23 PM IST
Thai e-Visa on-arrival applications from India rise 7 times in 2022: VFS GlobalIn March, the Indian government restarted scheduled international flights. Till October 2022, the Thai e-Visa on-arrival applications from ...
01 Dec, 2022, 01.04 PM IST
Indians fume as Malaysia eVisa facility faces tech glitchThe Malaysian High Commission in New Delhi announced on its social media last week that due to the service disruption of the eVisa portal, ...
19 Oct, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
Air India stops flights to Hong Kong till end of marchAs the Indian government temporarily suspended all e-visas issued to Chinese nationals and people of other nationalities residing in China,...
05 Feb, 2020, 07.03 AM IST
Govt yet to release collated foreign tourist arrival data for 2018, Q1 2019Tourism minister KJ Alphons said his ministry has not received the confirmed numbers from the bureau of immigration.
23 Apr, 2019, 09.37 AM IST
Immigration bureau of Thailand and VFS Global introduce new Thailand eVisa serviceVFS Global announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with the Immigration Bureau of Thailand to offer the new eVisa On Arrival (eVOA) serv...
29 Jan, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
India should have long-term visas like US: KJ AlphonsCurrently, e-visas for India are valid for 60 days from the date of arrival for a double-entry visit, while paper visas are granted for a m...
06 Nov, 2018, 11.21 PM IST
Government approves new visa policy to attract foreigners, boost tradeMedical tourism in India alone is estimated at USD 3 billion and projected to grow to $7-8 billion by 2020, according to a PTI report.
01 Dec, 2016, 01.17 PM IST
MHA: No visa-free entry for BRICS, RCEP nationalsThe ministry has pointed out that in any case there is negligible rate of visa rejections and pointed to expeditious visa processing that n...
01 Jul, 2016, 11.57 AM IST
Phuket & Pattaya are great for family vacations: Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul, Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kingdom of ThailandWith better infrastructure and connectivity, tourists will be able to visit local villages to discover fabulous nature trails and Thai food...
11 Feb, 2016, 09.44 AM IST
On arrival e-visa facility for tourists from 87 countries at Gaya airportThe Government of India has approved on arrival e-visa facility at Gaya International Airport for visitors from 87 countries.
06 Aug, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
Government may rename e-visa scheme as tourists brand it 'misleading'In travel industry jargon, 'visa on arrival' is synonymous with receiving a nod to enter the country once you have stepped on its shores.
08 Apr, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
Home Minister Rajnath Singh to roll out e-visa for 43 countries tomorrowVisitors from over 40 countries, including Israel, Palestine, Germany and the US, will be able to avail of the much-awaited electronic visa...
26 Nov, 2014, 10.14 PM IST
Germany, US, Israel among 43 countries to get e-visa facilityAs per the government decision, all countries, except a few in the "prior list", would be brought into the e-visa regime over the next two ...
23 Nov, 2014, 11.14 AM IST
US, Israel to be given e-visa facility from November 27The e-visa facility for 28 countries would be rolled out by Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma.
14 Nov, 2014, 07.59 PM IST