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February 19, 2010
NEW VISA REGULATIONS UPADATE
The recent guidelines issued by the ministry of home affairs stipulating a gap of at least two months between two visits to India on a tourist visa has been introduced with a view to curb the misuse of the tourist visa. However, this stipulation of two months gap does not apply to foreign nationals coming on any other type of visa, including a business visa. This also does not apply to people of Indian origin holding PIO and OCI Cards.In case a foreign national holding a tourist visa has to come to India within a period of two months of his/her last departure due to any exigent situation, he/she may have to obtain special permission from the mission/post concerned after duly satisfying the mission/post about the exigency.A provision has also been made for genuine tourists who have to re-enter India, largely on account of neighborhood tourism. In such cases, the Indian missions/posts abroad have been authorized to permit two or three entries, subject to their submission of a detailed itinerary and Supporting documentation such as ticket bookings.Instructions have already been issued to the immigration authorities in all the immigration check posts in the country to allow such foreign nationals on tourist visas arriving in India without the specific authorization from the Indian missions/posts to make two or three need based entries into the country, subject to production of an itinerary and supporting documentation.
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