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One Visa, A Whole Year Of Treatment: India's Big Play For Medical Tourists

One Visa, A Whole Year Of Treatment: India's Big Play For Medical Tourists

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India's Ministry of Home Affairs announced a major overhaul of its visa framework, cutting the main visa categories from 13 to nine and reducing sub‑categories from 49 to 23. The number of required fields in application forms for all 23 categories has been trimmed by about 65‑70 percent, a move described as an effort to simplify processing while retaining essential details. The rationalisation is intended to boost foreign tourist arrivals, medical‑value travel and foreign student numbers. The changes were disclosed on Wednesday, with the exact implementation date not specified in the reports.

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India has revamped its visa framework, offering one-year multiple-entry medical visas for conventional and AYUSH treatments, while simplifying applications to attract more foreign patients.

Coverage arrived over 2 hours. First from The Tribune, latest from Livemint.

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Center 4 (28%)
Center-Right / Right 5 (37%)

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  1. The Tribune Center The Tribune Trust

    India reduces visa categories from 13 to 9, cuts fields in application forms by 65-70%: MHA

    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 changes are aimed…

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  3. Deccan Herald Center-Left The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.

    India reduces visa categories from 13 to 9, cuts fields in application forms by 65-70%: MHA

    New Delhi: 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 changes…

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  11. Greater Kashmir Center GK Communications Pvt. Ltd.

    India reduces visa categories from 13 to 9, cuts fields in application forms by 65-70%: MHA

    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…

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  23. NDTV Center-Right Adani Group (AMG Media) Current article

    One Visa, A Whole Year Of Treatment: India's Big Play For Medical Tourists

    India has revamped its visa framework, offering one-year multiple-entry medical visas for conventional and AYUSH treatments, while simplifying applications to attract more foreign patients.

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