Talk:Visa policy of India

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This article, together with its image should exist to provide necessary informations to anyone who needs it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorden Cheng (talk • contribs) 09:16, 16 October 2011‎ (UTC)[reply]

New VOA policy[edit]

Hi,

Something about the numbers of the new VOA scheme doesn't add up. There are:

193 UN countries	- 180 future VOA	= 13
	- 8 not eligible for VOA	= 5
	- 2 that do not need visas (BT, NP)	= 3
	- 1 (India itself)	= 2 (which ??)

I.e. 2 countries haven gone missing somewhere along the way... Travelbird (talk) 20:06, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

They probably just rounded the number.--Twofortnights (talk) 20:58, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Batican and Palestine aren't in the UN count and they don't seem to be the 8 not eligible for VOA Sputink (talk) 07:28, 16 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Historical VOA information[edit]

I reverted an edit removing the historical content about VOA from the article. As Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it is meant to contain historical information when it is significant. Given that the section removed was significant for the history of the Visa policy of India, I believe it should remain in the article. Feel free to offer thoughts on whether this content is worth including. ~ Rob^Talk 15:18, 11 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Arrange a list[edit]

Is it so hard to arrange a list https://i.imgur.com/gj1IirN.png ? --Twofortnights (talk) 10:45, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

At first I thought there should have a template which can automatically arrange these thing in English Wikipedia, but in fact there isn't. It's not too hard to manually fix this, so you can fix it by yourself if you want, that's much more efficient than making a screenshot and ask other people to finish it.--Whisper of the heart 11:35, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You were the one who made that error, so I shouldn't be the one to fix it, that's obvious.--Twofortnights (talk) 12:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is not an error, so nobody needs to "fix" it. If you think some ways can make it more beautiful, then just do it. --Whisper of the heart 19:59, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah right.--Twofortnights (talk) 22:23, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Need a new section with title 'Freedom of Movement'[edit]

The visa policy between India and Nepal is governed by the 1950 Treaty between the two countries, and establishes a 'Freedom of Movement' regime between the two countries. This is different from a visa-free regime. I am invariant under co-ordinate transformations (talk) 16:21, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Missing information[edit]

This article implies that the only types of visas available are 30 day visas, except for special category visitors such as Pakistanis over the age of 65 who are visiting relatives. This information is incorrect. This is especially implied by the map illustration showing which countries can obtain visas, as the implication is that only a 30 day eVisa is possible. In fact a longer term and better value visa can still be obtained in the traditional manner and the article should at least mention that. หมีขั้วโลก (talk) 11:16, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Visa-on-arrival at Visakhapatnam airport[edit]

hi any one can update this article because now Visa on arrival to be available at Vizag airport http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/vizag-airport-gets-e-visa-on-arrival-facility/article21808759.ece http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/visaonarrival-at-vizag-airport/article9995179.ece https://www.btwvisas.com/news-and-updates/2017/12/16/green-flag-to-vizag-airport-gets-e-visa-on-arrival-facility http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2017/dec/15/vizag-airport-gets-mha-permission-for-e-visa-system-1728203.html can u please check this news papers Jeevan naidu (talk) 12:51, 17 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

e-Visa regime for Chinese passport holders[edit]

Hello, As far as I am aware, the e-Visa regime for Chinese passport holders is not cancelled, but temporarily suspended due to COVID-19. It is true that Chinese citizens living in China are barred from applying for an e-visa to India. However, suspension does not equal cancellation. There is no governmental proclamation that indicates India will not resume issuing e-visas after the pandemic wanes. Therefore, I think it is a good idea to put China back on the map and add a note saying that the e-visa policy is suspended. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Temptation115 (talk • contribs) 21:30, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Temptation115: In March 2020, the Indian government suspended e-visas for all countries, not just China, due to COVID-19 pandemic. This suspension was indeed temporary, and the list of e-visa countries remained unchanged, so the map here was not changed either at that time. E-visas were restored for categories other than tourists in March 2021 and for tourists in October 2021. But in April 2021, the Indian government specifically removed China and a few other countries from the e-visa list, so the map here was later updated to reflect it. This removal was permanent and it was not due to COVID-19. In December 2022, most countries that had been removed from the e-visa list in 2021 were restored, but not China. There is still no indication of when or whether China will be restored to the e-visa list. Heitordp (talk) 04:58, 2 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]