India likely to link Interpol RCN database with e-visa network

India is likely to link the Interpol Red Corner Notice database with its e-tourist visa network to avoid embarrassment caused by issuance of the travel document to a leading Chinese dissident recently.
The move comes after India had to revoke the e-tourist visa granted to Germany-based Dolkun Isa, a leader of World Uyghur Congress (WUC), after granting him the document.
New Delhi had to cancel Isa's visa after China informed India that an Interpol Red Corner Notice is pending against Isa.
"We want to link the Interpol Red Corner Notice data base with our e-tourist visa network so that no person having a Red Corner Notice against him is given the travel document and it is detected at the application stage," a Home Ministry official said.

TVoA (tourist visa on arrival), enabled by Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA), popularly known as e-tourist visa scheme was launched on November 27, 2014.
Under the e-tourist visa scheme, an applicant receives an email authorising him or her to travel to India after it is approved and he or she can travel with a print-out of this authorisation.
On arrival, the visitor has to present the authorisation to the immigration authorities who would then stamp the entry into the country.
The e-tourist visa is currently given to citizens of 150 countries. Tourists can arrive in 16 designated airports across the country.