Bangladesh to resume tourist visas for Indians in sign of diplomatic thaw with New DelhiBangladesh will fully resume tourist visa services from its missions in India starting Monday after a temporary suspension for security rea...
22 Feb, 2026, 05.04 PM IST
Indian companies, diplomats in South Africa welcome reforms in visa regimePresident Cyril Ramaphosa announces the digitization of South Africa's visa regime to attract more tourism and business from India and Chin...
07 Feb, 2025, 04.45 PM IST
Japan begins issuing eVisas for Indian tourists; Here's how to apply and use the eVisaJapan introduced eVisas for Indian tourists, offering a 90-day stay for tourism purposes. Applicants can apply through VFS Global, receive ...
02 Apr, 2024, 03.30 PM IST
Russia approves new visa regime; Indians can now get 6-month tourist visa based on hotel reservationLast week, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that Russia was planning to introduce visa-free travel for citizens of up to 11 'friend...
23 Feb, 2023, 10.24 AM IST
Russia is planning to ease tourist visa requirements for 'friendly states', including IndiaBetween 2016 and 2019, tourist traffic from India to Moscow had grown from 61,000 annual visitors to over a lakh. In 2021, traffic recovere...
17 Feb, 2023, 03.37 PM IST
Goa tourism: Have discussed visa issues for UK travellers with Shah, says CM Pramod SawantTourism sector stakeholders have been complaining the discontinuation of the practice of issuing e-visas to UK travellers had resulted in d...
13 Oct, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Not opportune moment to discuss resumption of issuance of tourist visas to Chinese nationals: MEAAsked about the issue at a media briefing, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "I think you are all aware ...
29 Apr, 2022, 12.42 PM IST
Govt restores valid e-visa to 156 countries; regular visas to all; 10 yrs visa to US, Japan nationalsOfficials also said all currently valid old long duration (10 years) regular tourist visa given to nationals of the US and Japan have been ...
16 Mar, 2022, 03.27 PM IST
No Indian e-visa for mainland Chinese or those from Hong Kong, MacauThe e-visa was earlier available to people of 171 countries, including China. The move to deny e-visa access to Chinese nationals assumes s...
11 Nov, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
Foreign tourists may be allowed to visit India soonFirst five lakh foreign tourists will be issued visas free of cost in an attempt to revive the tourism, hospitality and aviation sectors ba...
19 Sep, 2021, 01.12 PM IST
Tourism industry broadly welcomes measures announced by the finance ministry, but feels much more needs to be doneTourism secretary Arvind Singh said the tourism ministry was in touch with both the industry and the finance ministry and called the measur...
28 Jun, 2021, 08.36 PM IST
Free visas to 5 lakh tourists, financial support for tourism sectorFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said once the visa issuance for international travel is restarted, the first five lakh tourists will be...
28 Jun, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
India likely to link Interpol RCN database with e-visa networkThe move comes after India had to revoke the e-tourist visa granted to Germany-based Dolkun Isa, a leader of World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a...
28 Apr, 2016, 09.56 PM IST
E-tourist visa to Chinese nationals from July 30Along with the citizens of China, the e-tourist visa facility will also be offered to the nationals of Hong Kong and Macao from Thursday, a...
28 Jul, 2015, 09.52 PM IST
Ministry of Home Affairs rejects Tourism Ministry proposal on biometric data of foreign touristsReferring to a recent meeting of Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar with Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma on June 15, Panwar said.
29 Jun, 2015, 12.38 PM IST
Home Ministry steps up efforts to ensure e-tourist visas to ChineseIn order to ensure hassle free e-tourist visas for Chinese nationals, the Home Ministry has started the work of server connectivity for smo...
24 Jun, 2015, 07.48 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