New Delhi: Government has extended temporary
landing facility for up to a maximum 72 hours on certain
conditions to a foreigner not having a valid visa, the Lok
Sabha was informed on Friday.
The government has extended the temporary landing
facility to a foreigner who travels on a regular national
passport and enters India by air or sea without a valid visa
up to a maximum 72 hours, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said
in a written reply.
She, however, said the foreigner must have a confirmed
onward journey ticket and subject to such conditions as may be
imposed by the Immigration Authorities.
No landing permit facility is granted to a citizen of
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Somalia and Sri Lanka.
About the Visa-on-Arrival facility, she said it is not
being extended to the visiting foreign tourists.
PTI
First Published: Friday, November 20, 2009, 21:20