Travel-industry watchdogs reported on 20 June 2026 that international visitors receiving 30-day Indian tourist e-Visas after 12 June now see “Multiple Entries” printed on their Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA)—a significant shift from the long-standing double-entry cap. The discovery was first crowdsourced on traveller forums and later confirmed by private visa agents monitoring bulk submissions. Although the Ministry of Home Affairs has not yet issued a formal press release, officials at the Bureau of Immigration told industry associations off-record that the change is part of a phased overhaul intended to align short-term tourist visas with longer one- and five-year e-Visa categories, both of which already offer unlimited entries.
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If you’re weighing whether the new multiple-entry allowance covers your specific routing, third-party facilitator VisaHQ can walk you through the fine print and lodge your e-Visa request in minutes; its India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) tracks live policy updates and auto-validates itineraries against the latest Bureau of Immigration rules.
For business-event organisers and destination-management companies, the tweak simplifies regional itineraries that shuttle delegates to Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan or the UAE before returning to India for onward meetings. Cruise lines operating Indian Ocean circuits are also expected to benefit, as passengers can now disembark at multiple Indian ports within a single 30-day window without applying for a fresh ETA. From a compliance angle, travellers must still respect the 30-day stay limit from first arrival; overstays remain subject to daily penalties and potential future visa bans. Airlines have been advised to update their Timatic feeds by 24 June to reflect the new wording, while travel-management companies should review auto-ticketing rules that flag more than two Indian re-entries in 30 days. Tourism operators hailed the move as cost-neutral for government revenues but “psychologically powerful” in positioning India as a convenient hub for South-Asian multi-country tours. Industry lobby FAITH projects a 7 percent uptick in inbound leisure traffic over the next 12 months if the policy is formally codified and marketed overseas.
If you’re weighing whether the new multiple-entry allowance covers your specific routing, third-party facilitator VisaHQ can walk you through the fine print and lodge your e-Visa request in minutes; its India portal (https://www.visahq.com/india/) tracks live policy updates and auto-validates itineraries against the latest Bureau of Immigration rules.
For business-event organisers and destination-management companies, the tweak simplifies regional itineraries that shuttle delegates to Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan or the UAE before returning to India for onward meetings. Cruise lines operating Indian Ocean circuits are also expected to benefit, as passengers can now disembark at multiple Indian ports within a single 30-day window without applying for a fresh ETA. From a compliance angle, travellers must still respect the 30-day stay limit from first arrival; overstays remain subject to daily penalties and potential future visa bans. Airlines have been advised to update their Timatic feeds by 24 June to reflect the new wording, while travel-management companies should review auto-ticketing rules that flag more than two Indian re-entries in 30 days. Tourism operators hailed the move as cost-neutral for government revenues but “psychologically powerful” in positioning India as a convenient hub for South-Asian multi-country tours. Industry lobby FAITH projects a 7 percent uptick in inbound leisure traffic over the next 12 months if the policy is formally codified and marketed overseas.
