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Center Owned by GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.India reduces visa categories from 13 to 9, cuts fields in application forms by 65-70%: MHA
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India has overhauled its visa framework, cutting the number of main visa categories from 13 to nine and consolidating sub‑categories from 49 to 23. The Ministry of Home Affairs says the number of fields in visa application forms has been reduced by about 65‑70 percent, making the forms up to 70 percent shorter. The changes aim to boost foreign tourist arrivals, medical‑value travel and student inflow, and introduce wider visitor visa provisions, one‑year multiple‑entry medical visas and simpler routes for foreign students, investors and business professionals.
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New Delhi, Nov 11: The government has reduced the number of the main Indian visa categories from 13 to nine and sub-categories from 49 to 23, while cutting the number of fields in visa application forms by 65-70 per cent to simplify the process for foreign nationals, officials said on Wednesday. The…
