Singapore to issue e-visas from 1 April in India

Mumbai: The Singapore Tourism Board says it will shortly introduce e-visas across India. Singapore's e-visa initiaitve initiative is aimed at enhancing the processing of visa applications will commence on 1st April 2009.

E-visas are designed to enable visa service providers across India, to submit online, visas on behalf of their customers and print the approved visas through the submission of applications for visa electronically system.

These service providers partners will neither be required to  make a trip to the consular offices to submit documents for visas, nor will they need to physically collect the visas, as approvals will be given online.

''We believe that business and leisure travellers will undoubtedly gain from this initiative and appreciate the fast turn-around time," said Randall Tall, regional director, South Asia, Middle East and Africa, Singapore Tourism Board. "Singapore has always been the top outbound destination from India and we are optimistic of maintaining this position through the launch of measures like the e-visa''