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The ‘visa on arrival’ scheme, launched early last year to increase foreign tourist inflows, has been extended to citizens of six more countries from January this year.

The new countries added to the list of beneficiaries of this scheme are Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos and Myanmar, said a government statement, adding between January and March 2905 visas were issued under this scheme.

The maximum number of visas under this scheme was issued at Delhi airport (1512), followed by Mumbai (759), Chennai (474) and Kolkata (160), the statement said.

According to a different release, the ‘Incredible India’ campaign has led to a surge in the number of foreign tourists visiting the country with more than 5 lakh visitors coming to India in March this year.

Source: Economic Times

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Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva today said India should grant visa on arrival to Thai tourists to boost two-way travel. “We hope that we will be able to get visa on arrival which is something that will boost the number of visitors here,” Vejjajiva told PTI after his meeting with industry leaders. He said that though his country went through a difficult period last year because of political unrest, Thailand received a record number of 16 million foreign visitors, including eight lakh Indians. “It seems that tourism is fully recovered, it is actually continuing to grow at a very healthy pace. What we actually need now is to do further facilitation,” he said.

Vejjajiva said that he had raised the issue of seeking visa on arrival for Thais with India’s Foreign Minister S M Krishna and would also take up the same with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Last year, about 50,000 Thai citizens came to India mainly to visit Budhists sites. In his meeting with members of leading business chambers – Ficci, Assocham and CII – it was emphasised that there should be direct flights between popular destinations of the two countries. Inviting investments from Indian companies, the Thai Prime Minister said that his country has shortage of skilled manpower and would seek cooperation in this area with India. “India is a workplace to some of those skills – language skills, IT skills that will help us to fill that gap…,” he said.

Asked what holds the two countries to sign the comprehensive free trade agreement, expanding from the limited pact, Vijajjiva said that he expects the FTA to be inked some time later this year. With Thailand due for elections in the next few months, its Parliament will be able to give its approval to the FTA only in the second half of this year. Thailand has witnessed anti-government violent protest in the recent past. However, the situation has improved and its economy is growing by a healthy 8 per cent. Meanwhile, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said that India is committed to concluding negotiations with Thailand for a free trade pact by this year-end, a step which will help in doubling bilateral trade of USD 6 billion by 2014.

Source: IBN

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Every Pakistani who wishes to visit India will have to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NoC) from the Ministry of Interior, according to an official statement issued here on Thursday.

Every Pakistani who wishes to visit India will have to obtain a No Objection Certificate from the Interior Ministry

The decision was taken in an inter-ministerial meeting to regulate visits abroad of public servants, artists and journalists in the interest of Pakistan’s security and to safeguard the country’s prestige.

Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik chaired the meeting. The order will be implemented with effect from March 15 this year. In this regard, the government issued the instructions in consultation with the Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs, Culture, Education and Information and Broadcasting.

Source: Tribune Pakistan

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India has extended the Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVOA) scheme to nationals of Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and Laos from January this year, taking the number of countries on the TVOA list to 15.

The visa on arrival scheme, originally introduced for the nationals of five countries, namely, Japan, Singapore, Finland, Luxembourg and New Zealand from 1 January 2010, has since been extended to tourists from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines with effect from 1 January 2011.

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The number of visas issued under this scheme, during January 2011 for nationals of the eight out of nine countries were New Zealand (242), Finland (156), Japan (155), Singapore (125), Philippines (98), Luxembourg (6), Cambodia (4), and Vietnam (4). The maximum number of visas on arrival were issued at Delhi airport (406), followed by Mumbai (214), Chennai (137) and Kolkata (33).

India had, earlier this year, extended the Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVOA) scheme to nationals of Myanmar and Indonesia, taking the number of countries on the TVOA list to 11.

The scheme has been found to be useful by the foreign nationals and as per tourism ministry data 6,569 nationals have availed the facility of TVOA up to December 2010.

The TVOA is allowed for a maximum 30 days with single entry facility by the immigration officers at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata airports on payment of a fee of $60 or equivalent amount in Indian rupees per passenger (including children).

TVOA is allowed for a maximum of two times in a calendar year to a foreigner with a minimum gap of two months between each visit. TVOA is non-extendable and non-convertible.

The foreigners of the above mentioned countries might also avail of TVOA for up to 30 days for medical treatment, for casual business or to visit friends/relatives, etc.

The TVOA facility is not applicable to the holders of diplomatic/official passports. Further, TVOA will not be granted to the foreigners who have permanent residence or occupation in India as such persons can visit India on normal visa.

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Tourists from the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar can now avail visa on arrival in India.

The Indian Consulate in Dubai on Tuesday announced that the Government of India has decided to extend the ‘Tourist Visa-on-Arrival’ scheme to people from the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar with effect from January 1. Tourist visa on arrival in India will be granted to nationals from these five countries by the immigration officers at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata Airports only, the Consulate said in a press release.

These visas will be valid for a maximum of 30 days with single entry facility. Tourist Visa-on-Arrival Scheme for citizens of Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Singapore has already been in place since January 1, 2010, it added.

Source: Khaleej Times