Lok Sabha Question No. 3284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Issuance of e-Visa
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3284

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  AUGUST, 2018/SHRAVANA 16, 1940 (SAKA)

ISSUANCE OF E-VISA

3284. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether e-visa has been issued by the Government from the year 2014 onwards;

(b) if so, the total number of e-visas issued along with the names of countries included in the e-visa list; and

(c) the total amount of revenue earned through issue of e-visa during the last three years?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  &  (b)    The  e-Visa  Scheme  has  been  implemented  since  27 th   November,

2014  and  more  than  4943000  e-visa  applications  have  been  processed  till date.    Presently,  166  countries  are  included  in  the  e-visa  scheme.  List  of

these countries is attached at Annexure-1

(c) Government of India has received an amount of Rs. 1695 crores till 13 th

July, 2018 for providing e-Visa services.

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Annexure-1

## The names of the Countries included in e-Visa Scheme

|   S.N | Name of Country        |
|-------|------------------------|
|     1 | Andorra                |
|     2 | Angola                 |
|     3 | Anguilla               |
|     4 | Antigua &Barbuda       |
|     5 | Albania                |
|     6 | Austria                |
|     7 | Argentina              |
|     8 | Armenia                |
|     9 | Aruba                  |
|    10 | Australia              |
|    11 | Azerbaijan             |
|    12 | Bahamas                |
|    13 | Barbados               |
|    14 | Belgium                |
|    15 | Belize                 |
|    16 | Bolivia                |
|    17 | Bosnia &Herzegovina    |
|    18 | Botswana               |
|    19 | Brazil                 |
|    20 | Brunei                 |
|    21 | Bulgaria               |
|    22 | Burundi                |
|    23 | Cambodia               |
|    24 | Cameron Union Republic |
|    25 | Canada                 |
|    26 | Cape Verde             |
|    27 | Cayman Island          |
|    28 | Chile                  |
|    29 | China                  |
|    30 | China- SAR Hongkong    |
|    31 | China- SAR Macau       |
|    32 | Colombia               |
|    33 | Comoros                |
|    34 | Cook Islands           |
|    35 | Costa Rica             |
|    36 | Cote d'Ivoire          |
|    37 | Croatia                |
|    38 | Cuba                   |
|    39 | Cyprus                 |
|    40 | Czech Republic         |
|    41 | Denmark                |
|    42 | Djibouti               |
|    43 | Dominica               |
|    44 | Dominican Republic     |
|    45 | East Timor             |
|    46 | Ecuador                |
|    47 | El Salvador            |
|    48 | Estonia                |
|    49 | Eritrea                |

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|   S.N | Name of County   |
|-------|------------------|
|    50 | Fiji             |
|    51 | Finland          |
|    52 | France           |
|    53 | Gabon            |
|    54 | Gambia           |
|    55 | Georgia          |
|    56 | Germany          |
|    57 | Ghana            |
|    58 | Greece           |
|    59 | Grenada          |
|    60 | Guatemala        |
|    61 | Guinea           |
|    62 | Guyana           |
|    63 | Haiti            |
|    64 | Honduras         |
|    65 | Hungary          |
|    66 | Iceland          |
|    67 | Indonesia        |
|    68 | Ireland          |
|    69 | Israel           |
|    70 | Italy            |
|    71 | Jamaica          |
|    72 | Japan            |
|    73 | Jordan           |
|    74 | Kenya            |
|    75 | Kiribati         |
|    76 | Laos             |
|    77 | Latvia           |
|    78 | Lesotho          |
|    79 | Liberia          |
|    80 | Liechtenstein    |
|    81 | Lithuania        |
|    82 | Luxembourg       |
|    83 | Macedonia        |
|    84 | Madagascar       |
|    85 | Malaysia         |
|    86 | Malawi           |
|    87 | Mali             |
|    88 | Malta            |
|    89 | Marshall Islands |
|    90 | Mauritius        |
|    91 | Mexico           |
|    92 | Micronesia       |
|    93 | Moldova          |
|    94 | Monaco           |
|    95 | Mongolia         |
|    96 | Montenegro       |
|    97 | Montserrat       |
|    98 | Mozambique       |

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| S.N     | Name of County                |
|---------|-------------------------------|
| 99      | Myanmar                       |
| 100     | Namibia                       |
| 101     | Nauru                         |
| 102     | Netherlands                   |
| 103     | New Zealand                   |
| 104     | Nicaragua                     |
| 105     | Niger Republic                |
| 106     | Niue Island                   |
| 107     | Norway                        |
| 108     | Oman                          |
| 109     | Palau                         |
| 110     | Palestine                     |
| 111     | Panama                        |
| 112     | Papua New Guinea              |
| 113     | Paraguay                      |
| 114     | Peru                          |
| 115     | Philippines                   |
| 116     | Poland                        |
| 117     | Portugal                      |
| 118     | Republic of Korea             |
| 119     | Romania                       |
| 120     | Russia                        |
| 121     | Rwanda                        |
| 122     | Saint Christopher and Nevis   |
| 123     | Saint Lucia                   |
| 124     | Saint Vincent &the Grenadines |
| 125     | San Marino                    |
| 126     | Samoa                         |
| 127     | Senegal                       |
| 128     | Serbia                        |
| 129     | Seychelles                    |
| 130     | Sierra Leone                  |
| 131     | Singapore                     |
| 132 133 | Slovenia                      |
| 134     | Slovakia                      |
| 135     | Solomon Islands               |
|         | South Africa                  |
| 136     | Spain                         |
| 137     | Sri Lanka                     |
|         | Suriname                      |
| 138     |                               |
| 139 140 | Swaziland Switzerland         |
| 141     | Sweden                        |
| 142     | Taiwan                        |
| 143     | Tanzania                      |
| 145 146 | Thailand Tonga                |
| 147     | Trinidad                      |
|         | &Tobago                       |

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## LS.US.Q.NO.3284 FOR 07.08.2018

|   S.N | Name of County                 |
|-------|--------------------------------|
|   148 | Turks &Caicos Island           |
|   149 | Tuvalu                         |
|   150 | UAE                            |
|   151 | Ukraine                        |
|   152 | United Kingdom(UK)             |
|   153 | United States of America (USA) |
|   154 | Uruguay                        |
|   155 | Uzbekistan                     |
|   156 | Vanuatu                        |
|   157 | Vatican City-Holy See          |
|   158 | Venezuela                      |
|   159 | Vietnam                        |
|   160 | Zambia                         |
|   161 | Zimbabwe                       |
|   162 | Uganda                         |
|   163 | Kazakhstan                     |
|   164 | Iran                           |
|   165 | Kyrgyzstan                     |
|   166 | Qatar                          |

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