Online Indian E Visa Guide

Do you think E-Visa for India is easy???

Answers is no, India is one of most popular destination for holiday lovers and Indian Diasporas. Millions of visitors travel India every year to meet families, friends and relatives. Indian government has launched e tourist visa from 2015 for citizen of the 164 countries instead of 150 countries allowed earlier. The main aim of the scheme was to promote tourism in India and improve travel experience for visitors. This is fast way to secure online visa for India tourists compare to tradition way to visit Indian high commission and applying there.

E tourist visa scheme was launched with the aim to make life easy for people who like to visit India for holidays, sigh seeing, meeting family and relatives, attend wedding, religious ceremonies, short business visits, medical treatment and attend conference or business events.

India e-visa categories have been divided in five sub categories:
e-tourist visa

e-medical visa

e-business visa

e- medical attendant visa

e-Conference visa

This medical attendant visa category has been added recently and this enables two e medical attendants to attend with any patient.

Who can apply Indian E-Visa?

A great emphasis has been given to cover great range of passport holders of these 164 countries to gain faster e visas online. Please find list of countries whose passport holder are eligible for these: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameron Union Republic, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Island, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d’lvoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger Republic, Niue Island, Norway, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Island, Tuvalu, UAE, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Very important note for the applicants whose parents or grandparents were lived or born in Pakistan will not be eligible for India e visa regardless of your passports. In this case applicant will be able to get normal visa by applying with Indian high commission.

What is the process to obtain e visa?

Applicant can apply directly with Indian government website or use our premium application submission services. Our agents will fill out your online visa application, submit required documents such as passport copy, digital photo and pay visa fee online.
E visa cannot be applied less than 4 days and no more than 120 days before travel date.

Once we have completed your e-visa application, you will receive ETA response of your application within 72 hours by email. When we complete your e visa application then we also provide you and application id to check your online visa status. You will be able to check your Granted visa status in your online account with Indian government website.

How much online visa cost?

 Indian e-visa fee depends on your citizenship. India offer free e-visa to citizens of many countries depends on bilateral relationship with each country.
Updated New India E Visa Fee

It’s important to note that in addition to the visa fee, a bank charge of 2.5% of the fee must be paid.

How long E Visa is Valid For?

The validity of e-tourist is depend on type of e visa you have. E visa range from 1 month, 1 year and 5 year from the date of of issue. e-business visa is one year from the date of grant of ETA. Multiple entries are allowed on e-tourist visa and e-business visa. Rules are different in case of e-Medical and e-Medical Attendant visas, validity will be 60 days from the date of first arrival in India and all these visas cannot be extended or converted. Important to note that Triple entry will be permitted on e-Medical and e-Medical Attendant visas. Indian e-visa rules are more strict in case of e-Conference visa, validity will be 30 days from the date of arrival in India.Only single entry is permitted on e-Conference visa.

Which entry points accept these E-visas?

There are 28 airports in India those allows entries on these e-visas. Please find the list of Indian airports: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bangalore, Calicut, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kochi, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Varanasi, and Vishakhapatnam.

E-visas are also accepted 5 seaports in India including Kochi, Goa, Mangalore, Mumbai and Chennai.

What documents required for E visa?

For online e visa application applicant need to provide copy of passport, digital photo and prescribed government fees. This is the official list of documents required for Indian e visa and we are using Indian government website text as reference to provide absolutely correct information.

The documents required for e-Visa are :

For e-Tourist Visa

•  Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details

For e-Medical Visa

•  Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details

• Copy of Letter from the Hospital concerned in India on its letterhead

For e-Medical Attendant Visa

•  Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details

For e-Business Visa

•  Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details

• Copy of Business Card

For e-Business Visa visiting “To deliver lecture/s under Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN)”

•  Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details

• Invitation of the host institute to the foreign faculty
• Copy of the sanction order under GIAN issued by the National Coordinating Institute viz. IIT Kharagpur
• Copy of the synopsis of the courses to be taken up by the faculty

For e-Conference Visa

• Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details
• Invitation from organizer
• Political clearance from MEA
• Event clearance from MHA (optional)

How long it will take to get E-visa?

Once we have submitted your visa application please allow 48 hours to get ETA email from Indian government. This ETA email confirm applicant’s visa status such as GRANTED. Some time this e visa process can take up to 72 hours and this also depends on applicants documents and information provided. Applicant should submit all the required correct documents to speed up the visa process.