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Context: India restores e-tourist visa for 156 countries.
The e-Visa
- It enables the prospective visitor to apply for an Indian Visa from his/her home country online without visiting the Indian Mission and also pay the visa fee online.
- e-Visa has been sub-divided into 5 categories i.e.
- e-tourist visa
- e-Business visa
- e-Medical visa
- e-Conference and
- e-Medical Attendant.
- This facility is available to Foreigners whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight-seeing, short duration medical treatment, casual business visit, etc. and not valid for any other purpose/activities.
- Applicants of the eligible countries/territories may apply online minimum 4 days in advance of the date of arrival with a window of 120 days.
- Duration of stay in India of e-Tourist and e-Business visa is maximum upto 1 year with multiple entry subject to the stay stipulations and registrations applicable for normal Tourist and Business Visas.
- On e-Tourist Visa continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 90 days in case of nationals of all countries who are eligible for grant of e-visa except nationals of USA, UK, Canada and Japan.
- On e-Business visa continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 180 days in case of nationals of all countries who are eligible for grant of e-visa.
- The facility will encourage people to travel with short-term planning, take via routes while travelling to other countries and bring family members while on business visits.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-restores-valid-e-visa-to-156-countries-regular-visas-to-all-10-years-visa-to-us-japan-nationals/article65230525.ece
