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India softens visa regime for Afghans

The Indian embassy in Kabul on Friday eased the visa policy to make it easier for people of Afghanistan to…

India softens visa regime for Afghans

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The Indian embassy in Kabul on Friday eased the visa policy to make it easier for people of Afghanistan to visit India, officials said.

“Embassy of India, Kabul is pleased to inform all Afghan nationals that with effect from 1 February 2017 Indian visa regime has been further liberalised to make it even more convenient for Afghan nationals to visit India,” the statement said.

According to officials, the duration of a tourist visa has been enhanced to one year with continuous stay of 90 days during each visit as against the existing 30 days. However, the provision of a gap of 60 days between two tourist visits remains.

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Also, to promote and encourage Afghan businessmen to visit India, their visas too have been liberalized.

"Henceforth, Afghan businessmen investing in India or having a large trade turnover with India, depending on volume of their investment/trade, shall be issued Indian visas for one to five years, with continuous stay of up to 180 days during each such business visit, subject to production of relevant business documents," an embassy statement said.

The embassy said it was confident that these changes "would further strengthen the historic people-to-people and business ties between our two countries".

(With inputs from agencies)

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