Originally Posted by
GUWonder
It seems to be not getting that much use currently. That's sort of a given when not-even 5% of visitors to India are nationals of the above 5 countries; when even only a bit more than 5% of such nationals are using it; and the program is so new in terms of its going live in India (and most visitors got their Indian visas because of the lack of clarity/confidence in terms of what would happen on arrival and when).
Anecdotally when arriving at DEL on SQ408 a few weeks back I overheard a bunch of people being met by SQ ground-staff for the VOA processing. It still sounded pretty messy, multiple photos being needed and lots of forms to be filled out. SQ408 tends to carry lots of pax from ANZ into India - I always smile at the number of QFF tags on bags!
When I checked in for the flight the checkin agent still checked that I had a visa (which I do) but it somewhat surprised me since I travel on a NZ passport...