Indian e-Visa Relaxation on China

As we all know that India started offering its e-visa services from 2012 and since they’ve changed many rules relating to e-visa. Since then, many new countries are added to a list who can apply for a visa and India relaxes a few rules to provide convenience to the people of all nationalities.

India has been a hub of tourism for many years now. And people from all over the world visit India for all kinds of reasons. And the same goes for Chinese nationals, and they can easily apply e Visa India. But recently, India changed a few rules relating to china's e-visa policy.

India’s tourism sector has always been one of the pivotal sectors in the Indian economy. To boost this sector, the Prime Minister of India recently met with the Chinese President in Mamallapuram. And in honor of his visit, India decided to relax the e-tourist visa policy for Chinese nationals. It was an informal summit and these announcements were made a post that summit. And the new rules have already been implemented in the Indian embassy in Beijing.

Let’s have a look at the key things that are changed for Chinese nationals.

Policy changes in e-visa for Chinese nationals

Since October, Chinese citizens are eligible to apply for an e-tourist visa with 5-year validity. And that visa allows the people of China to travel to India multiple times. And this visa costs only 80 USD or tourists can opt for the single 30-day validity which costs 25 USD.

And the people of China will have to pay only 10 USD fee if they visit India between April to June. Earlier it was only valid for 60 days and people of china can now avail long term Indian visa like everyone else around the world. However, this does not impact the current business and other visa types, as the changes happened only for the e-tourist visa.

These changes are among the changes made to whole Indian e-visa policies. Now, Chinese citizens are treated the same way as citizens from other countries.

Eligibility for the E-visa

To get Indian e-visa, applicants need to be eligible to apply.

You need to have at least six months of validity on the passport from the date of arrival.You should have a current passport size photograph that needs to be uploaded to the agency.

That’s it; as a Chinese national, you don’t need any other things to be eligible for the e-visa application.

You can head over to the Indian government e-visa website and apply for the visa. They offer three main visa types to any national, and those are e-tourist visa, e-business visas, and e-medical visas. Chinese nationals have to visit the official website of the Indian e-visa to apply for the visa. To complete the visa for India application, you need to fill out a form and upload the supporting documents. And pay the fee to complete the application process.