Home Ministry notifies 14 more seaports for e‑visa entry

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has designated 14 more seaports—half of them in Gujarat—as immigration check posts for foreign nationals who hold e-visas.

Electronic visa facilities have been operational since March 19 at Alang, Bedi Bandar, Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Hazira, Pipavav, and Mandvi seaports in Gujarat; Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, and Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu; Kakinada and Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Paradip and Dhamra in Odisha, an official said.