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The 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. The Ministry of Home Affairs in a statement said, the revision of visa fee has been done on the principle of reciprocity. It said, bank charges have also been reduced of the e-Tourist Visa fee.
Out of 113 countries included in e-Tourist Visa scheme, 60 dollars has been fixed for five countries – Mozambique, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States. 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 fee. Zero visa fee has been decided for 19 countries including Argentina, Jamaica, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, and Uruguay.
e-Tourist Visa holders can enter India through 16 designated airports. Since the launch of the scheme on November last year, more than 3 lakh and 40 thousand e-Tourist Visas have been issued till now.