Indian football fans can skip long US visa wait times for FIFA 2026 by travelling to Canada or MexicoIndian football fans planning to attend the FIFA World Cup 2026 can consider Canada and Mexico. These countries offer faster visa processin...
22 May, 2025, 12.18 PM IST
India-Canada row may throw a spanner in travel works of manyThe diplomatic crisis between India and Canada may result in stricter visa processing and increased security checks for Indian nationals. T...
17 Oct, 2024, 09.58 PM IST
Canada has a plan in the works to fast track some visitor visasCanada intends to prioritize the processing of certain visitor visas, particularly those related to tourism, major conferences, and events....
13 Nov, 2023, 08.42 AM IST
India Canada Standoff: Travel operators express concernsThe temporary halt in visa services by India has raised concerns among tour operators and travel agents, who fear a potential retaliatory m...
22 Sep, 2023, 10.00 AM IST
Canada may be considering waiving eligibility criteria for thousands to cut visa backlogAccording to the memo, IRCC has two options to reduce the number of visitor visa applications. Under the first, it aims to process an estim...
23 Jan, 2023, 07.58 PM IST
Canada issues record-breaking 4.8 million visas in 2022On a monthly basis, Canada is now processing more visitor visa applications reducing its pandemic backlog by nearly half-a-million applicat...
21 Dec, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
Tourist arrivals may just be a 3rd of pre-pandemic levels this yearIndian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) president Rajiv Mehra said he does not think inbound overseas tourists will cross 35% of pre Co...
30 Sep, 2022, 08.48 AM IST
Canada to process all pending visa applications by end of the yearWith the new university term starting soon, Canada has been prioritising student visas. Currently, more than 230,000 students from India en...
21 Sep, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
India registers 635.8% growth in tourist arrival on E-Tourist visa in December 2015India has registered a 635.8% growth in tourist arrival on E-Tourist visa in December 2015 vis a vis the same period last year and UK leads...
14 Jan, 2016, 08.15 PM IST
2.58 lakh foreigners availed e-tourist visa during January-OctoberA total of 2,58,182 tourists availed e-tourist visa (eTV) facility during January-October, 2015 whereas 21,995 got visa on arrival during t...
16 Nov, 2015, 03.33 PM IST
Over 700 per cent growth in e-Visa arrivals in AugustAt present e-Tourist Visa facility is available for citizens of 113 countries arriving at 16 Airports across the country.
10 Sep, 2015, 09.55 PM IST
Over 770 per cent increase in e-Tourist visa arrivalsA total of 21,476 tourists arrived in the country this July on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 2,462 during the same month last year, registe...
14 Aug, 2015, 10.02 PM IST
Tourist arrivals with e-visa jumped over 9 times in January-June 2015Tourist arrivals to the country under the e-visa facility have jumped over 9 times during January-June 2015 when 1,26,214 tourists used the...
20 Jul, 2015, 04.35 PM IST
Significant jump in foreigners availing e-visa schemeThe high growth is being attributed to introduction of e-tourist visa for 76 countries as against the visa-on-arrival scheme for 12 countri...
13 Jul, 2015, 08.48 PM IST
India declares liberalised visa policy for CanadiansAnnouncing this here, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the new visa policy would support greater engagement and people-to-people contacts.
15 Apr, 2015, 11.32 PM IST
Tourists getting noticed: India's mobility score rises to 50 from 32 in 2008, says UN's Visa Openness ReportThe Visa Openness Report 2014 by the United Nations World Tourism Organization says India has improved on its mobility score – the extent t...
07 Mar, 2015, 01.56 AM IST
Visa power: PMO gives nod to electronic clearanceTourists from about 40 countries may be able to apply for a visa from the comfort of their home from next year.
01 Jul, 2014, 10.55 AM IST