Mr Jaison Chacko,

Secretary General, Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI)

“The removal of the mandatory filling of Air Suvidha forms for inbound international passengers is a welcome move from the Government. Not only was filling out the online form tedious, but many travellers were completely unaware of the requirement until arriving at the airport check-in. Several passengers missed their flights to India. There was difficulty in uploading passports and vaccination certificates on the online portal. Uploading images of passports and vaccination certificates in specified file sizes and formats for those without high-speed internet was time-consuming. The Indian tourism and hospitality industry was losing potential tourists. We had requested for the withdrawal of this mandatory requirement and we are glad that the Govt. of India considered our plea.”