India Adds 11 More International Entry Points for E-Visa Travellers, Total Rises to 88

The Government of India has expanded the country’s electronic visa entry network by notifying 11 additional international ports, allowing foreign nationals holding valid e-Visas to enter India through a wider range of airports and land border crossings.

The latest expansion includes nine land ports and two airports, taking the total number of designated international entry points for e-Visa holders to 88. These now comprise 37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land ports, significantly broadening the geographical reach of India’s electronic visa system.

The two newly added airports are Bhopal and Tirupati, while the additional land ports include Agartala, Darranga, Gede, Ghojadanga, Haridaspur, Jaigaon, Dawki, Moreh and Attari Road.

The move is expected to make travel to India more convenient for international visitors, particularly those entering through border regions and destinations that previously did not provide e-Visa immigration facilities.

The Ministry of Home Affairs said the addition of the new entry points would further enhance the attractiveness and practical utility of the electronic visa system. India currently processes approximately 95 per cent of e-Visa applications within 72 hours, reflecting the increasing digitisation of the country’s visa and immigration infrastructure.

The government has been progressively liberalising and simplifying the visa regime over the past several years with the aim of facilitating legitimate international travel while simultaneously strengthening technological systems related to immigration and internal security.

India introduced the e-Visa facility with Electronic Travel Authorisation in 2014, initially making it available to nationals of 43 countries. Since then, the programme has expanded substantially and is now available to citizens of 172 countries.

The electronic visa system has also evolved far beyond its original focus on tourism. E-Visas are presently available across 17 sub-categories, covering tourism, mountaineering, business, medical treatment, education, transit travel, miscellaneous purposes and group visits by cruise passengers.

Business e-Visas are divided into several categories depending on the purpose of travel, while medical and student visas are similarly offered under multiple sub-categories. This expansion has enabled India to use the electronic visa system for a much wider range of short-term and specialised international travel.

According to the government, electronic visas now account for approximately 78 per cent of all visas issued by India, underlining the increasing shift towards digitally processed travel authorisations.

The expansion of designated e-Visa entry points is particularly significant for India’s land borders. While airports and seaports have traditionally accounted for a major share of foreign arrivals, the inclusion of additional land ports creates new possibilities for cross-border tourism, trade-related travel and regional connectivity with neighbouring countries.

Several of the newly notified land ports are strategically located along India’s eastern and northeastern borders. Moreh in Manipur, for instance, is an important gateway towards Myanmar, while Dawki in Meghalaya and Agartala in Tripura are major connectivity points along the India-Bangladesh frontier. Gede, Ghojadanga and Haridaspur also serve important cross-border movement corridors in eastern India.

Similarly, the inclusion of Attari Road provides another designated e-Visa entry route along India’s western land frontier.

With the latest notification, foreign nationals travelling on e-Visas now have access to a much broader network of entry points spread across India’s aviation hubs, maritime gateways and international land crossings.

The measure forms part of the Centre’s wider effort to make India’s visa system faster, simpler and more accessible while retaining immigration controls and security checks through digital infrastructure.

The government said the reforms have been undertaken under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, with the objective of facilitating legitimate international travellers and modernising India’s visa administration.

The latest expansion of the e-Visa network was announced by the Government of India on August 10, 2026.

Source: PIB :https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2297227&reg=48&lang=1