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Govt announces visa-on-arrival facility for UAE nationals

The Indian government’s move is aimed at enhancing "people-to-people" contacts and trade relations with UAE, said officials from the government. 

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Indian government has granted visa-on-arrival facility to UAE nationals

Move is aimed at enhancing "people-to-people" contacts and trade relations

The visa-on-arrival facility for the UAE nationals came into effect from Saturday

The Indian government on Sunday issued a notification, granting visa-on-arrival facility to nations of United Arab Emirates.

The government’s move is aimed at enhancing "people-to-people" contacts and trade relations with UAE, said officials from the government.

The visa-on-arrival facility for the UAE nationals came into effect from Saturday and it will be available up to a period of 60 days with double entry for business, tourism, conference, and medical purposes, added another government official.

The government hopes to achieve better bilateral and strategic ties with the UAE with the fresh move.

The international airports where the facility will be available are in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

The visa-on-arrival will be available only to those UAE nationals who have earlier obtained an e-Visa or a normal paper visa for India, irrespective of whether the person actually visited India or not.

Those UAE nationals visiting India for the first time are advised to apply for e-Visa or a normal paper visa, another official said.

For detailed information, one can visit https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/visa-on-arrival.

Japan and South Korea are the other two countries whose citizens are offered the visa-on-arrival facility by India.

Citizens of around 170 countries are given e-Visa facility.