New Delhi, India, August 10 — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified 11 additional international ports this year for entry by foreign nationals holding e-visas, taking the total number of such ports in India to 88.
The newly added international ports include nine land ports — Agartala, Darranga, Gede, Ghojadanga, Haridaspur, Jaigaon, Dawki, Moreh and Attari — and two airports, Bhopal and Tirupati.
The addition of the 11 international ports further enhances the attractiveness and utility of electronic visas, the MHA said, adding that “India provides approximately 95 percent of e-visa applications in less than 72 hours.”
The newly added international ports were notified on different occasions from January 1, 2026, to date. With the latest additions, the total number of international ports allowing entry to foreign nationals holding e-visas has increased to 88, comprising 37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land ports.
The 37 airports designated as international ports include Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bhogapuram, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gaya, Goa (Dabolim), Goa (Mopa), Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kannur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Port Blair, Pune, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal and Tirupati.
The 38 designated seaports include Agatti, Alang, Bedi Bandar, Bhavnagar, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Cuddalore, Dahej, Dhamra, Haldia, Hazira, Kakinada, Ennore-Kamarajar, Kandla, Karaikal, Kattupalli, Kolkata, Kollam, Krishnapatnam, Mandvi, Mormugao, Mumbai, Mundra, Nagapattinam, New Mangalore, Nhava Sheva, Paradeep, Pipavav, Porbandar, Port Blair, Sikka, Tuna Tekra, Tuticorin, Vallarpadam, Visakhapatnam, Vizhinjam-Kovalam and Vizhinjam.
Besides the nine newly added land ports designated as international ports, the other designated land ports are Raxaul, Rupaidiha, Darranga and Jogbani.
According to the MHA, significant initiatives have been taken in recent years to liberalize, streamline and simplify the visa regime to facilitate legitimate foreign travelers while simultaneously strengthening technological infrastructure to enhance internal security.
One significant step toward liberalizing and simplifying India’s visa regime, particularly the tourist visa regime, was the introduction of the e-visa facility, the MHA said.
The e-visa facility, with Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA), was introduced in 2014 for nationals of 43 countries. It is currently available to nationals of 172 countries.
India presently issues e-visas under 17 categories, including Tourist, Mountaineering, six Business Visa subcategories (B-1 to B-6), four Medical Visa subcategories (M-1 to M-4), two Student Visa subcategories (S-1 and S-2), Transit, X-1 (Miscellaneous) and Group Visitor Visa (Cruise).
The MHA said India now issues roughly 78 percent of visas electronically. (ANI)
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