Lok Sabha Question No. 1022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-22
Subject: e-Visa on Arrival at Airports
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SURESH KODIKUNNIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1022

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  NOVEMBER, 2016/AGRAHAYANA 1, 1938 (SAKA)

E-VISA ON ARRIVAL AT AIRPORTS

1022.  SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the countries identified for issue of e-visa on arrival at international airports;
- (b)  the  number  of  e-visa  distributed  so  far  during  the  last  two  years,  countrywise and airport-wise;
- (c)  whether  e-visa  on  arrival  facility  has  helped  to  enhance  the  number  of tourist's visitors from the identified countries;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government is intending to increase the number of times an evisa can be obtained from twice a year; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government of India has e-Tourist Visa facility for 155 countries.  The details of such countries is enclosed as Annexure-I.

(b to d): There has been an increase in number of tourists, visitors coming to India on the strength of e-Tourist Visa in 2016 (till 31.10.2016) over 2015. The country wise and Airport wise data in respect of foreigners arrived on e-Tourist Visa at designated Airports during the last two years is enclosed as Annexure-II & III respectively.

(e  &  f):  The  visa  reforms  including  e-Visa  reform  is  a  continuous  process  and modifications  are  done  after  appropriate  consultation  with  stake  holders  and security agencies.

## List of countries extended e-Tourist Visa Scheme

| 01. 02 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.   | Andorra Anguilla Antigua& Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bolivia Brazil Cambodia Canada Cayman Island Chile China China-SAR Hongkong China- SAR Macau Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Indonesia   | 44. Ireland 45. Israel 46. Jamaica 47. Japan 48. Jordan 49. Kenya 50. Kiribati 51. Laos 52. Latvia 53. Liechtenstein 54. Lithuania 55. Luxembourg 56. Malta 57. Malaysia 58. Marshall Islands 59. Mauritius, 60. Mexico 61. Micronesia 62. Monaco 63. Mongolia 64. Montenegro 65. Montserrat 66. Mozambique 67. Myanmar 68. Nauru 69. Netherlands 70. New Zealand 71. Nicaragua 72. Niue Island 73. Norway 74. Oman 75. Palau 76. Palestine 77. Panama 78. Papua New Guinea 79. Paraguay 80. Peru 81. Philippines 82. Poland 83. Portugal 84. Republic of Korea 85. Republic of Macedonia 86. Russia 87. Saint Christopher and Nevis   | 88. Saint Lucia 89. Saint Vincent &the Grenadines 90. Samoa 91. Seychelles 92. Singapore 93. Slovenia 94. Solomon Islands 95. Spain 96. Sri Lanka 97. Suriname 98. Sweden 99. Taiwan 100.Tanzania 101.Thailand 102.Tonga 103.Turks &Caicos Island 104.Tuvalu 105.UAE 106.Ukraine 107.United Kingdom 108.USA 109.Uruguay 110.Vanuatu 111.Vatican City-Holy See 112.Venezuela 113.Vietnam 114.Albania 115.Austria 116. Bosnia& Herzegovina 117.Botswana, 118.Brunei 119.Bulgaria 120.Cape Verde 121.Comoros 122.Cote d'lvoire 123.Croatia 124. Czech Republic 125. Denmark 126. Eritrea 127. Gabon 128. Gambia 129. Ghana 130. Greece 131. Guinea   | 132. Iceland 133. Lesotho 134. Liberia 135. Madagascar 136. Malawi 137. Moldova 138. Namibia 139. Romania 140. San Marino 141. Senegal 142. Serbia 143. Slovakia 144. South Africa 145. Swaziland 146. Switzerland 147. Tajikistan 148. Trinidad& Tobago 149. Zambia 150. Zimbabwe 151. Italy 152. Slovak Republic 153. Azerbaijan 154. British Subject& Colo 155. Uzbekistan   |
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## COUNTRY-WISE AND YEAR WISE NUMBER OF FOREIGNERS ARRIVED ON   E-TOURIST VISA AT DESIGNATED PORTS

| Sl.N   | Country                 | Year wise count   | Year wise count        |
|--------|-------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
| Sl.N   | Country                 | 2015              | 2016 (upto 31.10.2016) |
| 1      | ALBANIA                 | -                 | 40                     |
| 2      | ANDORRA                 | 2                 | 49                     |
| 3      | ANTIGUA AND BARBADOS    | 9                 | 9                      |
| 4      | ARGENTINA               | 406               | 2371                   |
| 5      | ARMENIA                 | 43                | 127                    |
| 6      | ARUBA                   | -                 | 5                      |
| 7      | AUSTRALIA               | 30584             | 34911                  |
| 8      | AUSTRIA                 | -                 | 1761                   |
| 9      | BAHAMAS                 | 26                | 65                     |
| 10     | BARBADOS                | 34                | 59                     |
| 11     | BELGIUM                 | 1771              | 5088                   |
| 12     | BELIZE                  | 9                 | 27                     |
| 13     | BOLIVIA                 | 39                | 167                    |
| 14     | BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA    | -                 | 90                     |
| 15     | BOTSWANA                | -                 | 9                      |
| 16     | BRAZIL                  | 3725              | 4393                   |
| 17     | BRUNEI                  | -                 | 50                     |
| 18     | BULGARIA                | -                 | 498                    |
| 19     | CAMBODIA                | 61                | 76                     |
| 20     | CANADA                  | 16289             | 29971                  |
| 21     | CAPE VERDE ISLANDS      | -                 | 5                      |
| 22     | CAYMAN ISLANDS          | 4                 | 4                      |
| 23     | CHILE                   | 507               | 1171                   |
| 24     | CHINA                   | 10020             | 45780                  |
| 25     | COLOMBIA                | 367               | 1161                   |
| 26     | COMOROS                 | -                 | 175                    |
| 27     | COSTA RICA              | 197               | 411                    |
| 28     | COTE D'VOIRE            | -                 | 16                     |
| 29     | CUBA                    | 11                | 30                     |
| 30     | CZECH_REPUBLIC          | -                 | 1694                   |
| 31     | DENMARK                 | -                 | 2230                   |
| 31     | DJIBOUTI                | 49                | 79                     |
| 32     | DOMINICA                | 17                | 42                     |
| 33     | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC      | 65                | 92                     |
| 34     | EAST TIMOR (DEMOCRATIC) | 3                 | 13                     |
| 35     | ECUADOR                 | 251               | 458                    |
| 36     | EL SALVADOR             | 41                | 85                     |
| 37     | ERITREA                 | -                 | 21                     |
| 38     | ESTONIA                 | 449               | 1005                   |
| 39     | FIJI                    | 414               | 639                    |
| 40     | FINLAND                 | 2142              | 2230                   |
| 41     | FRANCE                  | 20879             | 50127                  |
| 42     | GABON                   | -                 | 29                     |
| 43     | GAMBIA                  | -                 | 15                     |

| Srl No.   | Country                         | Year wise Count   | Year wise Count   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 44        | GEORGIA                         | 241               | 642               |
| 45        | GERMANY                         | 32840             | 36965             |
| 46        | GHANA                           | -                 | 392               |
| 47        | GREECE                          | -                 | 1262              |
| 48        | GRENADA                         | 2                 | 5                 |
| 49        | GUATEMALA                       | 31                | 76                |
| 50        | GUINEA                          | -                 | 12                |
| 51        | GUYANA                          | 25                | 39                |
| 52        | HAITI                           | 15                | 27                |
| 53        | HONDURAS                        | 30                | 106               |
| 54        | HONG KONG ADMINISTRATIVE REGION | 1420              | 3889              |
| 55        | HUNGURY                         | 812               | 2190              |
| 56        | ICELAND                         | -                 | 113               |
| 57        | INDONESIA                       | 3412              | 3818              |
| 58        | IRELAND                         | 1811              | 5696              |
| 59        | ISRAEL                          | 6459              | 10613             |
| 61        | JAMAICA                         | 41                | 124               |
| 62        | JAPAN                           | 7738              | 10060             |
| 63        | JORDAN                          | 1083              | 1199              |
| 64        | KENYA                           | 849               | 1501              |
| 65        | KIRIBATI(REPUBLIC)              | 16                | 38                |
| 66        | KOREA(REPUBLIC) LAOS            | 17547 31          | 16471 42          |
| 67        |                                 |                   |                   |
| 68        | LATVIA                          | 479               | 854               |
| 69        | LESOTHO                         | - -               | 2                 |
| 70        | LIBERIA                         |                   | 7                 |
| 71        | LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA         | 17 549            | 23 1510           |
| 72        |                                 | 281               | 291               |
| 73        | LUXEMBOURG                      |                   |                   |
| 75        | MACEDONIA                       | 56                | 117               |
| 76 77     | MADAGASCAR MALAWI               | - -               | 22 13             |
| 78        | MALAYSIA                        | 3012              | 12508             |
|           | MALTA                           | 56                | 244               |
| 79        |                                 |                   |                   |
| 80        | MAURITIUS                       | 985               | 7934              |
| 81        | MEXICO                          | 6935              | 6943              |
| 82        | MICRONESIA (FEDERATION)         | 9                 | 4                 |
| 83        | MOLDOVA MONACO                  | -                 | 128 10            |
| 84        |                                 | 15                |                   |

| Srl. No.   | Country                          | Year wise Count   | Year wise Count          |
|------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
| 85         | MONGOLIA                         | 2015 11           | 2016(upto 31.10.2016) 72 |
| 86         | MONTENEGRO                       | 24                | 29                       |
| 87         | MONTSERRAT                       | 35                | 1                        |
| 88         | MOZAMBIQUE                       | 31                | 526                      |
| 89         | MYANMAR                          | 684               | 928                      |
| 90         | NAMIBIA                          | -                 | 7                        |
| 91         | NAURU (REPUBLIC)                 | 4                 | 2                        |
| 92         | NETHERLANDS                      | 4274              | 14363                    |
| 93         | NEW ZEALAND                      | 6900              | 7596                     |
| 94         | NICARAGUA                        | 19                | 50                       |
| 95         | NORWAY                           | 3451              | 4588                     |
| 96         | OMAN                             | 1257              | 3475                     |
| 97         | PALAU (REPUBLIC)                 | 2                 | 5                        |
| 98         | PALESTINIAN                      | 149               | 280                      |
| 99         | PANAMA                           | 39                | 88                       |
| 100        | PAPUA NEW GUINEA                 | 32                | 31                       |
| 101        | PARAGUAY                         | 37                | 61                       |
| 102        | PERU                             | 182               | 545                      |
| 103        | PHILLIPPINES                     | 5270              | 6219                     |
| 104        | POLAND                           | 2042              | 6765                     |
| 105        | PORTUGAL                         | 1382              | 4165                     |
|            | REPUBLIC OF MARSHALL ISLANDS     | -                 | 1                        |
| 107        | REPUBLIC OF CROATIA              | -                 | 212                      |
| 108        | REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA             | 370               | 1047                     |
| 109        | ROMANIA                          | -                 | 1092                     |
| 110        | RUSSIA                           | 35321             | 39703                    |
| 111        | SAINT CHRISTOPHER                | 37                | 68                       |
| 112        | SAINT LUCIA                      | 5                 | 12                       |
| 113        | SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | -                 | 7                        |
| 114        | SAMOA                            | 17                | 15                       |
| 115        | SAN MARINO                       | -                 | 4                        |
| 116        | SENEGAL                          | -                 | 39                       |
| 117        | SERBIA                           | -                 | 210                      |
| 118        | SEYCHELLES                       | 8                 | 13                       |
| 119        | SINGAPORE                        | 6581              | 11527                    |
| 120        | SLOVAKIA                         | -                 | 690                      |

| Srl No.   | Country                  | Year wise Count   | Year wise Count   |
|-----------|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|           |                          | 2015              | (Upto 31.10.2016) |
| 121       | SOLOMON ISLANDS          | 6                 | 7                 |
| 122       | SOUTH AFRICA             | -                 | 7573              |
| 123       | SPAIN                    | 4519              | 19069             |
| 124       | SRI LANKA                | 2082              | 3904              |
| 125       | SURINAME                 | 11                | 32                |
| 126       | SWAZILAND                | -                 | 19                |
| 127       | SWEDEN                   | 3344              | 6759              |
| 128       | SWITZERLAND              | -                 | 3782              |
|           | TAIWAN                   | 1115              | 3525              |
| 129       | TANZANIA                 | 270               | 587               |
| 130       | TAZIKISTAN               | -                 | 26                |
| 131       | THAILAND                 | 5119              | 7354              |
| 132       | TONGA (KINGDOM)          | 6                 | 6                 |
| 133       | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO      | -                 | 84                |
| 134       | TURKS AND CAICOS ISL     | 2                 | 3                 |
| 135       | TUVALU                   | 1                 | 12                |
| 136       | UKRAINE                  | 12606             | 10971             |
| 137       | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES     | 9793              | 16132             |
| 138       | UNITED KINGDOM           | 60759             | 173408            |
| 139       | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 103847            | 113640            |
| 140       | URAGUAY                  | 69                | 242               |
| 141       | VANUATU                  | 8                 | 7                 |
| 142       | VATICAN CITY - HOLY SEE  | 1                 | -                 |
| 143       | VENEZUELA                | 125               | 314               |
|           | VIETNAM                  | 697               | 992               |
| 145       | ZAMBIA                   | -                 | 60                |
| 146       | ZIMBABWE                 | -                 | 86                |
|           | Total                    | 447760            | 786330            |

## Annexure-III

## AIRPORT AND YEAR WISE ARRIVAL OF FOREIGNERS AT DESIGNATED AIRPORT ON E-TV DURING LAST TWO YEAR

| S/N   | NAME OF AIRPORT   |   YEAR WISE | YEAR WISE            |
|-------|-------------------|-------------|----------------------|
|       |                   |        2015 | 2016 (Upto 30.10.16) |
| 1.    | AHMEDABAD         |        3467 | 10411                |
| 2.    | AMRITSAR          |        2458 | 11774                |
| 3.    | BANGALORE         |       29825 | 50446                |
| 4.    | CHENNAI           |       26821 | 52819                |
| 5.    | COCHIN            |       17600 | 28474                |
| 6.    | DABOLIM(GOA)      |       46938 | 62796                |
| 7.    | DELHI             |      194400 | 351414               |
| 8.    | GAYA              |         288 | 677                  |
| 9.    | HYDERABAD         |       13113 | 19534                |
| 10.   | JAIPUR            |         730 | 2465                 |
| 11.   | KOLKATA           |       11906 | 19264                |
| 12.   | LUCKNOW           |         155 | 367                  |
| 13.   | MUMBAI            |       91384 | 159528               |
| 14.   | TIRUCHINAPALLI    |         882 | 4281                 |
| 15.   | TRIVANDRUM        |        7717 | 12011                |
| 16.   | VARANASI          |          76 | 69                   |
| TOTAL | TOTAL             |      447760 | 786330               |

## Note :

- (i)    e-TV facilities were introduced at the airports mentioned at Srl No.1 to 9 w.e.f November 27, 2014.
- (ii)   e-TV facilities were introduced at the airports mentioned at Srl No.10 to 16 w.e.f. August 08, 2015.