India improves visa service for Indonesians

India improves visa service for Indonesians

JAKARTA: India is issuing multiple-entry business visas to
Indonesian businesspeople to encourage them to do business in
India, Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Hemant Krishan Singh said
in Jakarta.

"We are very liberal in issuing multiple entry business visas
to businesspeople from Indonesia. These visas are valid for five
years. For other Indonesian people, we will issue visas within 24
hours after the submission of application forms," Ambassador
Singh said during a business lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel in
Jakarta on Thursday.

India, according to Singh, does not have a visa-on-arrival
system.

Indonesia recently extended the visa-on-arrival facility to
Indian citizens.

The business lunch, which was attended by prominent Indonesian
businessmen, officials and media people, was hosted in connection
with the visit of India's West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb
Bhattacharjee.

Bhattacharjee arrived in Jakarta on Wednesday with a
delegation of businesspeople, officials and journalists on a
three-day trip to introduce and promote his province to
Indonesian businesspeople. -- JP