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Old Sep 2, 2014, 4:02 am
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Originally Posted by fripperies
Does anyone know when VOA is scheduled to be extended to other countries? I'm interested particularly in UK. I seem to recall it was supposedly due to be introduced in autumn 2014 but I haven't been able to find an update.
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it to be good for you this fall. October is what had been stated as a target to get it in place for the upcoming peak tourism season. Doubt it happens so soon for UK citizens.

Originally Posted by GUWonder
Given the Indian government has even this summer been ordering and paying for more outsourced visa processing offices and is pushing out more fingerprint scanners to these offices, it seems this government is the same model of "efficiency" as the previous ones. Hopefully this doesn't mean they slow down th visa-on-arrival expansion.
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