India cancels visas for foreigners from March 13 to April 15

Authority India Due to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus, it was decided to suspend tourist visas from March 13 to April 15, 2020.

All valid issued visas, with the exception of diplomatic, worker, UN staff and international organizations, will be suspended from 13 March to 15 April 2020.

Anyone planning an emergency trip to India in the coming month should contact the country’s nearest diplomatic office.

All those entering the country, including citizens of India, will be sent to a 14-day quarantine if they were in China, Italy, Iran, South Korea, France, Spain, Germany after February 15. Therefore, the authorities are asking Indians not to travel abroad without important reasons.

Travel across land borders will be possible only through a few checkpoints.

On March 10, India revoked all visas issued to residents of France, Germany and Spain that were issued before March 11. The same requirement applies to citizens of South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran.

Nadezhda Efremova, head of the ATOR Legal Service, believes that “The decision of the Indian authorities, in essence, creates a situation of force majeure, as it creates a force majeure circumstance that cannot be influenced by either the tour operator or the tourist <...> the best way out <...> will be a mutually agreed postponement of the tour dates.”

Source: atorus