Tourist e-Visa Information for India

• With the advent of the India Tourist e-Visa in November 2014, foreign visitors to India no longer need to physically apply for a visa at an Indian embassy or consulate.
• The India Tourist e-Visa allows you to enter and leave the country as often as you like within a year of its issuance.
• Tourists who meet the requirements can stay in India for up to 90 days at a time.
• To apply, eligible applicants must fill out the India online visa application form.
• The India e-Tourist Visa Online is granted for short-term visits to the country, such as those intended for tourism-related activities including vacationing, sight-seeing, visiting friends and family, taking a cruise, or engaging in a brief yoga programme.
• It is the responsibility of foreign nationals to contact the appropriate Indian Embassy or Consulate for any travel to India other than those related to tourism, business, or medical treatment.

Highlights Of India Visa Online

• Visa on arrival for India with multiple entries
• per admission, maximum 90 days
• Authorized for 12 months after acceptance.
• Several Indian entry points now accept it.
• Pursuing Recreational Travel (also available for business or medical treatment)

Visa Requirements for Travel to India

• Electronic Travel Authorization for India E-Tourist Visa online applications include the following prerequisites:
• Passport valid for travel to India for at least six months prior to entry and with at least two blank pages
• Photos of the biographical page from a passport
• recent passport-style photo of the applicant
• You can pay the India visa fee online using a credit or debit card.
• A valid email address where the approved India Tourist e-Visa can be sent
• To apply for an e-visa to India, you will need the aforementioned documents.
• A hard copy of the Approved Tourist e-Visa must be submitted at India’s border entry locations.

The Essentials, Right?

• 6 month-valid passport minimum required.
• Picture of the personal data page from a passport
• Image of the traveller taken just recently.
• Bank transfer or a credit/debit card
• Postal code

The List of Countries That Can Visit India

Indian immigration authorities will accept online applications from citizens of the countries below.

Instructions for Applying for an Electronic Visa to Enter India

• STEP 1 : Complete the application through the online platform.
• STEP 2 : Check that the Payment Was Received
• STEP 3: Obtain a visa that has been approved.

To apply for a visa to India, please fill out the online form.

• To apply for an India e-Visa, please provide the requested details in the online form. Importantly, a working email address is one of the essential pieces of information beyond the standard personal, passport, and contact data.
• In addition, please detail your upcoming trip.
• The India e-Visa application cannot be processed without the accompanying documentation. Photographs and scanned copies of passport data pages are required.

Verify that you have paid for your online India e-Visa application.

• Pay for your India e-Visa with a credit, debit, or prepaid card. There is a nominal price associated with submitting your application, and this is it.
• Information is safeguarded by use of secure servers. At some point during the application process, you’ll be asked to provide your credit card information, which will be handled confidentially.

Your India e-Visa has been approved.

• If your application for an electronic visa to India is successful, you will receive notification via the email address you entered. The processing time for an e-Visa to India can range from a few hours to a few days.
• Get a printout and take it with you to India’s immigration checkpoint. Keep an electronic copy of your visa on your person at all times while travelling.

Additional Visas

• The India eVisa can be used for business trips or medical visits, in addition to vacations.
• For eligible citizens planning to go to India for business purposes, the India Business e-Visa makes applying for a visa online a breeze.
• In order to receive medical treatment in India, eligible citizens can apply for an India Medical e-Visa, and those who wish to accompany a patient in India can apply for an e-Medical Companion of Patient visa.

For further details on these electronic visa options, please read on:

Instructions for Obtaining an Electronic Visa to Do Business in India

• Eligible citizens can apply for an India Business e-Visa to enter the nation for meetings, negotiations, training, courses, conferences, workshops, and other business-related activities.
• The eVisa is just one form of the many different types of India business visas that allow the holder to enter the country for the express purpose of starting or expanding a business, as well as to buy or sell industrial or commercial goods, or to participate in the country’s extensive recruitment process.
• For business purposes, visitors to India on a Business e-Visa can stay for up to 180 days. It’s an ESTA, so you can enter and leave the country as many times as you like within a year of its issuance.
• Eligible citizens can apply in minutes by filling out an easy online form for an India Business visa, similar to the tourist e-Visa.
• The application process for an India business e-Visa is identical to that for a tourist e-Visa, with the addition of a Business Card detailing the Indian host organisation.
• A printed copy of the Approved Business e-Visa must be presented at the border officials in India, as stated in the India business visa guidance.

Guide to the Indian e-Medical Visa

• The India Medical e-Visa is a digital visa that streamlines the application procedure for patients travelling to India for medical treatment.
• An accepted e-Visa for India allows eligible citizens to enter the country and stay for up to 60 days in any 180-day period for medical treatment.
• The Indian Medical e-Visa allows you entrance into the country three times within 120 days of issuance. Both subsequent visits to India must occur no more than 60 days after the initial visit.
• Patients seeking serious medical care at an Indian hospital or other authorised medical institution (e-Medical Patient visa) and up to two accompanying family members or friends can apply for an online Medical e-Visa for India (e-Medical Companion of Patient visa).
• Children are the only ones who are eligible to apply for a patient visa to India for medical treatment.
• Similar to the tourist e-Visa, a valid reason for travel to India is not required to apply for a medical e-Visa. Applicants must also submit a signed letter from a qualified Indian medical facility.
• Medical visitors to India with a tourist visa must also bring a printed copy of their visa to the Indian border.