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NEW DELHI, Mar 16: India has restored all currently valid five-year e-tourist visa given to citizens of 156 countries and regular paper visa to nationals of all countries with immediate effect, two years after their suspension follow the Covid outbreak.
Officials said all currently valid old long-duration (10 years) regular tourist visa given to nationals of the US and Japan had been restored.
Fresh long-duration (10 years) tourist visa would also be issued to the US and Japanese nationals.
The government has decided that currently valid e-tourist visa issued for five years, which was suspended since March 2020, would stand restored to the nationals of 156 countries, an official told PTI.
Nationals of these 156 countries will also be eligible for issuance of fresh e-tourist visa as per the Visa Manual, 2019.
Currently valid regular (paper) tourist visa with validity of five years, issued to foreign nationals of all countries, which remained suspended since March 2020, shall stand restored.
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