Government has decided to revise the e-Tourist Visa application fee for different countries from 3rd of next month. The fees are in four slabs of 0, 25, 48, and 60 dollars.<br/><br/>The Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement said, the revision of visa fee has been done on the principle of reciprocity.<br/><br/>It said, bank charges have also been reduced from 2 dollars to 2.5 per cent of the e- Tourist Visa fee.<br/><br/>At present, e-Tourist Visa application fee is 60 dollars and the bank charge is 2 dollars which is uniform for all countries. There is no bank charge for zero visa fees. <br/><br/>Out of 113 countries included in e-Tourist Visa scheme 60 dollars has been fixed for five countries Mozambique, Russia, Ukraine, the UK and the US.<br/><br/>As many as 86 countries come under the 48 dollar slab, while visitors from Japan, Singapore and Sri Lanka will have to pay 25 dollars as visa application free. <br/><br/>Zero visa fee has been decided for 19 countries including Argentina, Jamaica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, and Uruguay. <br/><br/>e-Tourist Visa holders can enter India through 16 designated airports. Since the launch of the scheme on November last year more than 3.4 lakh e-TVs have been issued till now.
News On AIR | October 30, 2015 7:39 PM
Govt to revise e-Tourist Visa application fee from 3rd Nov