VoA up by 28.9%

The government of India recently extended Visa-on-Arrival (VoA) Scheme for South Korea for which Ministry has started receiving data effective April 15, 2014. During September 2014, a total of 2,170 VoAs were issued under this scheme as compared to 1,683 VoAs during the month of September 2013, showing an increase of 28.9 per cent. During January to September 2014, a total number of 19,290 VoAs were issued as compared to 13,859 VoAs during the same month of 2013 marking an increase of 39.2 per cent.

The number of VoAs issued under this scheme during September 2014 for nationals of South Korea (530), Japan (496), Singapore (310), New Zealand (300), The Philippines (201), Indonesia (200), Finland (68), Vietnam (27), Myanmar (27), Cambodia (6) Laos (3) and Luxembourg (2). The highest number of VoAs were issued at New Delhi airport (9,114) followed by Mumbai (3,636), Chennai (2,664), Bangalore (1,324), Kolkata (1,254), Kochi (614), Hyderabad (490) and Trivandrum (194).