Foreign travellers holding an Indian e-Visa will soon have more options to enter the country, with India adding 11 international ports to the e-Visa entry network.
The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the expansion on August 10, adding two airports and nine land ports. The government says this takes the total number of international entry points for e-Visa holders to 88.
Bhopal and Tirupati join India’s e-Visa airports
The two newly added airports are:
- Bhopal Airport, Madhya Pradesh
- Tirupati Airport, Andhra Pradesh
With these additions, India now has 37 airports where eligible foreign nationals can enter using an e-Visa.
The wider airport network includes major gateways such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Goa, Kochi, Varanasi, and Vijayawada, as well as regional airports across the country.
For travellers heading beyond India’s biggest tourist hubs, adding Bhopal and Tirupati could make e-Visa travel more practical.
9 land ports added to the e-Visa network
The larger expansion is at India’s land borders. The Ministry has listed these nine locations as newly added:
- Agartala
- Darranga
- Gede
- Ghojadanga
- Haridaspur
- Jaigaon
- Dawki
- Moreh
- Attari (Road)
These crossings connect India with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Pakistan.
Agartala, Gede, Ghojadanga, Haridaspur and Dawki serve routes along the Bangladesh border. Jaigaon and Darranga connect with Bhutan, Moreh is on the Myanmar border, while Attari (Road) is the major road crossing between India and Pakistan.
That matters for travellers planning multi-country trips around South Asia, particularly those entering India overland rather than flying into Delhi or Mumbai.
Full list of India’s 88 e-Visa entry points
The government’s latest list shows 37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land ports authorised for e-Visa entry.
Airports
- Ahmedabad
- Amritsar
- Bagdogra
- Bhogapuram
- Bengaluru
- Bhubaneswar
- Calicut
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Cochin
- Coimbatore
- Delhi
- Gaya
- Goa (Dabolim)
- Goa (Mopa)
- Guwahati
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jaipur
- Kannur
- Kolkata
- Lucknow
- Madurai
- Mangalore
- Mumbai
- Nagpur
- Navi Mumbai
- Port Blair
- Pune
- Surat
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Trichy
- Varanasi
- Vijayawada
- Visakhapatnam
- Bhopal
- Tirupati
Seaports
- Agatti
- Alang
- Bedi Bandar
- Bhavnagar
- Calicut
- Chennai
- Cochin
- Cuddalore
- Dahej
- Dhamra
- Haldia
- Hazira
- Kakinada
- Kandla
- Karaikal
- Kattupalli
- Kolkata
- Kollam
- Krishnapatnam
- Mandvi
- Mormugao
- Mumbai
- Mundra
- Nagapattinam
- New Mangalore
- Nhava Sheva
- Paradeep
- Pipavav
- Porbandar
- Port Blair
- Sikka
- Tuna Tekra
- Tuticorin
- Vallarpadam
- Visakhapatnam
- Vizhinjam-Kovalam
- Vizhinjam
Land ports
- Raxaul
- Rupaidiha
- Darranga
- Jogbani
- Agartala
- Gede
- Ghojadanga
- Haridaspur
- Jaigaon
- Dawki
- Moreh
- Attari (Road)
Darranga appears twice in the new list
There is an apparent inconsistency in the government’s table.
Darranga is already listed among the existing land ports, but it also appears again under the “Newly Added” category. The Ministry’s announcement therefore appears to count Darranga among the nine new land ports, even though the same location is already included in the existing list.
For travellers, the practical point is simple: Darranga is already shown as an authorised e-Visa entry point in the official list. The government has not clarified the duplication in the material provided.
India’s e-Visa system now covers 172 nationalities
India introduced its e-Visa facility with Electronic Travel Authorisation in 2014 for citizens of 43 countries. It is now available to nationals of 172 countries.
The system has also expanded beyond ordinary tourism. India currently offers 17 e-Visa subcategories, covering tourism, mountaineering, business, medical travel, study, transit, miscellaneous purposes and cruise group visits.
The Ministry says roughly 78% of visas issued by India are now electronic, while about 95% of e-Visa applications are processed within 72 hours.
The pattern is clear: India is moving more of its visa process online while expanding the number of places where approved e-Visa travellers can actually enter.
Check the official portal before travelling
There is one practical caveat. The source material indicates that the official e-Visa portal had not yet reflected the newly announced Bhopal, Tirupati and land-port additions at the time of publication. Travellers should therefore check the government’s current authorised-entry list before booking an itinerary around one of these locations.
Foreign visitors must also complete the e-Arrival Card within 72 hours before arrival, while the source states that Air Suvidha 2.0 was reinstated in June 2026 and must be submitted before immigration clearance.
Travelobiz Take
We see this as a useful expansion for foreign visitors, but travellers should wait for India’s official e-Visa portal to update before relying on newly listed crossings for travel plans.
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