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Argentina, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain & UK among the 36 countries to be on India's E-Visa System from Independence Day

The Centre announced the extension of the e-tourist visa facility to 36 more countries, apart from including 7 more Indian airports in the list of designated airports for entry on such visas. The new regime will come into effect from August 15.

"With this addition, the total count of countries under the scheme will go up to 113. Simultaneously, seven more Indian airports will be added as designated airports for entry on e-Tourist Visa from 15th August 2015," an Indian government statement said.

Besides some of the main hubs of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai, additional airports offering the e-visa facility will include Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Gaya, Jaipur, Lucknow, Trichy and Varanasi.

"With this total number of designated airports will become 16. Since the launch of the scheme on 27/11/2014 more than 200,000 e-Tourist Visas have been issued till now. It is expected that this substantial addition of countries and airports will give big boost to tourism industry in the country," the government statement added.

E-visa applicants will be expected to apply online a minimum of four days before the date of travel and the cost of the visa is around 60 dollars with a validity of 30 days from the date of arrival in India.

The New countries that use this system are:

To read more https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/Press_Note_extension_to_36_countries.pdf