mumbai hoteliers have requested the state aviation department to help inbound air travellers in easing out the process of submitting air suvidha form and other documents as they said on many occasions their guests have missed flights due to delay in filing them up this form mainly asks about covid vaccination statusin a letter written to principal secretary aviation valsa nair singh hotel and restaurants association western india hrawi president sherry bhatia has pointed out serious problems being faced by the air travellers flying to india from overseas destinations hrawi has thousands of star hotels and premium bars and restaurants as its memberson numerous occasions the travelers are not aware of this mandatory requirement the online travel aggregators otas whom the customers mostly rely on for travel logistics hardly inform the travelers about the same resulting in the travelers getting to know about this form at the checkin counter only said bhatiamost of the travelers use their mobile phones for ticketing airport checkins and boarding pass facilities at the airports however filling the air suvidha form through mobile is a cumbersome exercise requiring highspeed internet which cannot be met with the normal mobile internet services provided by the telecom operators he pointed outbhatia said one of the most common issues faced by the inbound travelers is the difficulty in uploading the images of their passports and vaccination certificate in a prescribed file size and specific format which needs adequate time and highspeed internetin the eventuality of customers not able to fill the online form there is no alternate option available to fill a physical copy of the air suvidha form at the airports and that has led to chaotic situations and on many occasions the travelers had to miss their flights for not being able to complete this formality the letter statedwe understand and support the governments intentions for ensuring safety of all passengers flying to the country at the same time we also firmly believe that there could be better viable alternative solutions available to ensure selfdeclaration formalities being complied by the flyers keeping in mind about the continuous difficulties being faced by the inbound travelers we would like to humbly request you to kindly allow some alternate options to fill the air suvidha form in the interest of all the inbound travellers to india the letter stated at the end