India targets year-end rollout of simplified visa categories

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11 Nov 2026, 9:58 pm IST1 min read

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India’s Home Ministry says it is updating its IT systems and expects to start issuing visas under the revised framework by the end of 2026. It outlined the rollout in a November 11 release through the Press Information Bureau.

The ministry said its August 27 decision reduced the number of main visa categories from 13 to nine and subcategories from 49 to 23. It also renamed the Tourist Visa category as Visitor Visa to reflect a wider range of permitted purposes.

The ministry reported reducing the number of required fields on application forms across the 23 subcategories by 65% to 70%. The year-end timeline concerns visa issuance under the revised framework.

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