e-Tourist Visa for 30 days from date-of-arrival - Indian polity and Governance
Q. Consider the following statements
1. "Tourist Visa on Arrival-Electronic Travel Authorization (TvoA-ETA)" scheme is renamed as "e-Tourist Visa"
2. A tourist visiting India had to obtain the e-Visa before departing from his country.
3. The validity of the Visa is for 30 days from the date-of-arrival.
Which of the above statements are correct?- Published on 04 Apr 15a. 1,2
b. 1,3
c. 2,3
d. All
ANSWER: All
Visa-upon-arrival electronically. This is an improvement over the earlier scheme where a tourist visiting India had to obtain the e-Visa before departing from his country. Now the eTV enabled by Electronic Travel Authorisation would enable the prospective visitor to apply for an Indian visa from his or her home country online without visiting the Indian mission and also pay the visa fee online.Once approved, the applicant will receive an email authorising him or her to travel to India and he or she can travel with a print out of this authorisation. On arrival, the visitor has to present the the authorisation to the immigration authorities who would then stamp the entry into the country.
