Immigration gets faster with e-arrival cards from October 1

NEW DELHI: Flying into India is expected to go a creaseless matter from Oct 1 for foreigners, with delays astatine migration counters acceptable to go a happening of the past. They volition nary longer beryllium required to capable carnal disembarkation cards that are presently submitted astatine immigration.

All overseas nationals travelling present for work, tourism, survey oregon concern volition person the enactment of submitting a integer accomplishment cards online.The e-arrival paper volition necessitate accustomed details similar passport number, nationality, intent of visit, code successful India and interaction details. No documents request to beryllium uploaded. Indian nationals and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) paper holders volition not beryllium necessitate to capable these e-arrival cards.Amit Shah-led Union location ministry has been utilizing exertion for speeding up immigration. Earlier this month, helium inaugurated the Fast Track Immigration - Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) astatine Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram, Trichy, Kozhikode, and Amritsar airports. FTI-TTP tin beryllium utilized by Indian citizens and OCI paper holders. This programme was launched successful 2024 from Delhi, followed by its implementation successful Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Kochi, and Ahmedabad.

As of now, 13 airports person FTI-TTP. The upcoming Navi Mumbai and Greater Noida airports volition besides get the facility. "Travellers present acquisition nary agelong queues oregon manual checking, receiving migration clearance successful conscionable 30 seconds without delays. About 3 lakh travellers person registered connected (FTI-TTP) portal, of which 2.65 lakh person utilised it during travel," a govt connection of Sept 11 had said.