Delhi Airport Will Install New ‘E-Visa’ Desks To Reduce Immigration Time!
There is some good news for international travellers flying in with ‘E-Visa’ at the Delhi Airport!
Authorities at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, will be setting up new e-visa counters to reduce the waiting time for passengers at the immigration desks.
Here are all the details about it –
- Currently there are 32 e-visa counters at the arrivals section of the Delhi Airport.
- 14 more counters will be added to these.
- To accommodate them, the airport will be shifting the domestic-to-international transfer hall to the arrivals terminal.
- Additional staff has been employed to manage these counters and are currently undergoing training to do so.
- These counters will become operational by September 2018.
Airport authorities have taken this decision to cater to the increasing number of foreign tourists which arrive at the international airport daily.
Every day, at least 2500 foreigners fly into Delhi and around 45% of them are e-visa holders. Processing of e-visa takes about 2-3 minutes per passenger which includes biometric checks.
During peak hours, passengers have to form long ques and wait for about 30 minutes to clear immigration. With the addition of these 14 counters, authorities are hopeful that this waiting time will reduce to just 15 minutes.
Delhi International Airport Limited(DIAL) has said that immigration process is the first thing that foreigners experience when they arrive and for making things convenient for them, DIAL has taken this decision.
DIAL also plans to install e-immigration gates at the arrivals terminal of the airport. With these gates there will be no need for manual intervention and the clearance time per passenger will reduce further.
They will introduce this system on trial basis. If it’s a success, DIAL will install e-gates at the departure terminal as well.