Visa is an official document that allows the individual to enter the relevant country and visit the same for a specified period. A visa can be attached to the passport or nowadays it can be linked digitally.
Few countries offer visas on arrival to the individuals who hold Indian passports while some countries require an e-Visa, an invitation letter to enter the desired country.
Visa on arrival is not like traditional visas, for which you have to apply before you leave your home country. A visa on arrival is a visa that is issued, right then and there, when a foreign national lands in the country. All the necessary documents should be carried along to be submitted at the airport for the possession of the visa on arrival.
If the individual is eligible to get a visa on arrival he does not need to physically visit any Visa Application Center or any Embassy. He can apply online and pay the required fees. However, a printout must be taken of the visa approval.
After reaching the desired country, the printout of the approved visa and passport must be submitted for verification at the concerned counter while entering the country and then the visa gets stamped with the visa sticker/stamp.
There are almost 59 countries, where Indians can travel without having a prior visa. A few of these do not ask for visas from Indian tourists at all, while some of them allot visas on arrival.
List Of Countries Where Indians Can Avail The Visa On Arrival Facility:
Bolivia, Botswana, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Cape Verde Islands, Comoros Islands, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, Jordan, Laos, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Palau Islands, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor Leste, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Grenada, Vanuatu, Tunisia.
Though Indians have the option of getting a visa on arrival in the above-mentioned countries, it is always safe to get a visa before you go to the country to avoid any unnecessary issues.
As the visas on arrival can be acquired for a specific period of time just like any other visa, few countries provide the option to extend the visas on arrival, provided that all the procedures are followed.
It is important to note that countries can even reject visas on arrival. It is always safe to carry all the necessary documents with you and check the requirements for acquiring visas on arrival before reaching the country.
Also, before you travel to the concerned country, you must check the eligibility criteria in order to get a visa on arrival.
