Airports in Kerala To Get VoA Facility

25 April 2013
New Delhi

Indian government has given the go-ahead for the introduction of visa-on-arrival (VOA) service at five more international airports – Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi in Kerala, Goa, Hyderabad and Bengaluru – with a formal notification from the Ministry of Home Affairs expected this week.

The service will be available to citizens from 11 countries, namely Japan, Singapore, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Indonesia.

“Preparations to implement the scheme at (Kerala’s airports) are currently underway. The new scheme and the convenience it offers will encourage more tourists to travel to Kerala,” said Anil Kumar, tourism minister for Kerala.Tourists planning to visit Kerala will no longer have to wait for issuance of visas by the respective Indian embassies or consulates.

Source – http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=20883

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