India cuts visa categories from 13 to 9, reduces application form fields by up to 70%

India has reduced the number of main visa categories from 13 to nine and sub-categories from 49 to 23, while cutting the number of fields in visa application forms by 65 to 70 per cent, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said. The latest changes are part of the second major exercise to rationalise the country's visa regime since October 2025.

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