{"id":23247,"date":"2018-11-16T12:16:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.akbartravels.com\/?p=23247"},"modified":"2018-11-16T12:16:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T06:46:23","slug":"how-to-apply-for-your-india-visa-or-e-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akbartravels.com\/in\/blogs\/how-to-apply-for-your-india-visa-or-e-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"How to apply for your India Visa (Or e-Visa)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visa applications can be daunting and put people off travelling to certain destinations. Securing a visa for India used to be time-consuming and involved sending away passports and photograph to the Embassy, which was quite a hassle. India is an incredible country and to make tourists from different countries visit it easily, the government introduced the India e-Visa<\/a><\/span> scheme. The good news is that the application of India e-Visa is done 100% online, which means a simple document printed online will let you enter India. Foreign nationals of 166 countries<\/a> <\/span>can enjoy this facility at 26 airports and 5 seaports.<\/p>\n

Interesting Statistics of tourists arriving in India on an e-Visa<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Number of foreigners opting for India e-Visa has seen an exponential increase, since it was launched by the Government of India on 27th November, 2014. The popularity of this e-Visa is sky- rocketing. As per the statistics the numbers of foreigners who visited India on an e-Visa jumped from 4.47 lakhs in 2015 to 17 lakhs in 2017. A total number of 18.78 lakh foreigners visited India this year in the last 10 months which is four times the figure registered in 2015. The fee collection this year till October 31 was $ 137,527,270 which was $ 105,558,496 in 2017.<\/p>\n

Quick facts about India e-Visa:<\/strong><\/h4>\n