Indian e Visa

Types of India eVisa

There are 5 high level types of India eVisa (India Visa online application process)

• For tourism reasons, the e-Tourist Visa
• For business reasons, the e-Business Visa
• For medical reasons, the e-Medical Visa
• For medical attendant reasons, the e-MedicalAttendant Visa
• For conference reasons, the e-Conference Visa

Tourist visas can be availed for the purposes of Tourism, Sight Seeing, Visiting Friends, Visiting Relatives, short term Yoga programma, and even for 1 month of unpaid volunteer work. If you apply for an Indian Visa online, you are eligible to avail it for the described reasons .

Business Visa to India can be availed by applicants for sales/purchases or trade, to attend technical/business meetings, to set up industrial/business venture, to conduct tours, to deliver lecture(s), to recruit manpower, to participate in exhibitions or business/trade fairs, to act as an expert/specialist in connection with an on-going project. If you are coming for the described purposes, then you are eligible for an India Visa online application process.

What is required to get India Visa online or India eVisa

If you have committed to an Indian Visa application process thorough the online method on this website, then you are required to the following ready to be eligible for this process:

Indian e-Visa key points

Indian Visa Application process

India Visa application process for an eVisa India is completely online. There is no requirement to visit Indian Embassy or Indian High Commission or any other office of Government of India. The entire process can be completed on this website.

Note that before an eVisa India or electronic Indian Visa online is issued, you may be asked further questions related to your family relationship, parents and spouse name and be asked to upload passport scan copy. If you are not able to upload these or answer any questions subsequently, then you can contact us for support and assistance. In case you are visiting for business purposes, you may be also asked to provide reference of Indian organisation or company that is being visited.

India Visa application process on average takes few minutes to complete, if you are stuck at any point kindly seek assistance of our support team and contact us on this website using the contact us form.

Requirements and Guidance to complete Indian Visa Application Form

The visa application form for India requires answers to personal questions, passport details and character details. Once the payment has been made, then depending on the type of visa applied for, a link is sent by the email requiring you to upload passport scan copy. Passport scan copy can also be taken from your mobile phone and not necessarily from the scanner. Face photograph is also required.

If you are visiting for business purposes, then a visiting card or business card is required for an Indian Business Visa. In case of an India Medical Visa you will be requested to provide a copy or photo of letter from this hospital or clinic where your treatment is planned.

You do not need to upload the documents immediately, but only after the evaluation of your application. You are requested to go through the detailed requirements of the application form. If you have any problems in uploading, then you are able to email our help desk.

It is requested that you read through the guidance provided for your face photograph requirement and passport scan copy requirement for the Visa. Complete guidance for the entire application is available at complete visa requirements.

Airports where Indian Visa Online (eVisa India) is valid for use

eVisa India (electronic India Visa, which has the same privileges as Indian Visa) is valid only on the following designated Airports and Seaports for entering India. In other words, not all airports and seaports allow entry into India on eVisa India. As a passenger the onus is on you to make sure that your itinerary allows use of this electronic India Visa. If you are entering India form a land border, for instance, then this electronic India Visa (eVisa India) is not suitable for your journey.

Airports

The following 29 airports allow passengers to enter India on the electronic India Visa (eVisa India):

• Ahmedabad
• Amritsar
• Bagdogra
• Bengaluru
• Bhubaneshwar
• Calicut
• Chennai
• Chandigarh
• Cochin
• Coimbatore
• Delhi
• Gaya
• Goa
• Guwahati
• Hyderabad
• Jaipur
• Kannur
• Kolkata
• Kannur
• Lucknow
• Madurai
• Mangalore
• Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Port Blair
• Pune
• Tiruchirapalli
• Trivandrum
• Varanasi
• Vishakhapatnam

Seaports

For the benefit of cruise ship passengers, the Government of India has also provided the privilege of the following 5 major Indian seaports to be eligible for electronic India Visa (eVisa India) holders:

• Chennai
• Cochin
• Goa
• Mangalore
• Mumbai

Leaving India on eVisa

Documents Required for eVisa India applicants

You are required to upload only your face photograph and passport bio page picture if you are visiting for the purposes of recreation/tourism/short term course. If you are visiting the business, technical meeting then you are also required to upload your email signature or business card in addition to the previous 2 documents. Medical applicants are required to provide a letter from the hospital.

You can take photo from your phone and upload the documents. The link to upload documents is provided to you by an email from our system sent on the registered email id once the payment has been successfully made. You can read more about the documents required here.

If you are not able to upload documents related to your eVisa India (electronic India Visa) for any reason, you can also email them to us.

Payment

You can make payment in any of the 132 currencies and payment methods including Debit/Credit/Cheque/Paypal methods. Note that the receipt is sent to the email id provided at the time of making payment. Payment is charged in USD and converted into local currency for your electronic India Visa application (eVisa India).

If you are not able to make payment for Indian eVisa (electronic Visa India) then the most likely reason is the issue is, that this international transaction is being blocked by your bank/credit/debit card company. Kindly call the phone number at the back of your card, and try to make another attempt at making payment, this resolves the issue in vast majority of cases.

Is India eVisa a stamp on the passport?

Immigration officer will require only your PDF/Email printout and validate that the India eVisa has been issued to the same passport.

India eVisa is no longer a stamp on the passport like conventional India Visa but it is an electronic issued copy sent to the applicant by email.

In November 2014 , Indian Government started the India eVisa / Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) and wound up operational for residents of more than 164 qualified nations, including the individuals who are qualified for visa on landing. The rundown was additionally extended to 113 nations in August 2015 ETA is issued for the travel industry, visiting loved ones, brief medical restorative treatment and business visits. The plan was renamed to e-Tourist Visa (eTV) on 15 April 2015 . On 1 April 2017 the plan was renamed e-Visa with 3 subcategories: e-Tourist Visa, e-Business Visa and e-Medical Visa.

An application for e-Visa must be made in any event 4 schedule days ahead of time of the date of landing. Visitor eVisa is available for 30 days, 1 Year and 5 Years. 30 Days eVisa is allowed for 30 days and double entry. Continuous stay on 1 Year and 5 Years Visitor/Tourist eVisa is allowed for 90 days and multiple entries. Business eVisa is valid for 1 year and is allowed multiple entries.