Persons traveling to India for tourist or business purposes, or for medical treatment, are required to apply for a visa before departure. The Indian visa is a digital travel permit, also known as Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). Persons that do not possess this authorization are denied entry during check-in or boarding of their flight to India. Because applying can be done online, through a digital application form (explanation) it is also referred to as an electronic visa, or e-visa. The terms visa and e-visa are used interchangeable, because they have the same meaning.

There are different types of visas for India. First, there are the three electronic variants, one for tourists (eTourist visa), one for business travellers (eBusiness visa) and one for travellers with a medical travel purpose (eMedical visa). Additionally, there is a physical visa in the form of a sticker which is applied to the passport of the traveller by a consular employee.

Because the electronic visa (also called e-visa) is cheaper, easier and faster to apply for, it is recommended for all travellers that can make use of it. If you can make use of the online Indian visa depends on whether you meet the requirements for the e-visa India.

If you have the nationality of a European country, such as the United Kingdom, and wish to travel to India for a holiday, a business trip or for medical reasons, you are required to apply for an Indian visa. The visa requirements also holds for children and babies.

Right after you have completed the payment for your visa application,you will receive a confirmation by e-mail. This e-mail contains a link to your personal status page on e-Visa.ie. Here you check what the status of your (group) application is.

Was your visa not issued within the expected term? The status page will tell you when you should contact us about this, and how to do it.

The immigration service processes all applications individually. So not per group, but per person. even if you filled in multiple travellers in a single application form. Occasionally, there can be quite a bit of difference between the moments of approval between the various visas from a single group application. This can be the case if one or several people are subjected to a manual extended background check. If an application for a traveller takes more time than those of the other travellers in the group, this does not mean that the visa application for this traveller has a higher chance of being rejected.

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Are you going to India as a tourist, then you need to apply for an ‘e-Tourist Indian visa’. If you are going to India for business, then you need to apply for an ‘e-Business Indian visa’. If you are going to India for medical reasons, then you need to apply for an ‘e-Medical Indian visa’. These visas can be applied for online, through the same online application form.

Are you living or studying in India, or working for an Indian employer? Then you need to apply for a physical visa. Read more about the phyiscal visa.

Check the up-to-date list of arrival locations in India where the electronic Indian visa is accepted, on the page with the visa requirements for India

The India tourist e-visa for which you can apply through this website, has a validity period of 30 days, as well as a maximum duration of stay of 30 days. This means that you are only allowed to arrive in India within 30 days from the moment your visa application is approved. On the visa you can also find the last day you are allowed to enter India, under ‘date of expiry’. After arrival, you are always allowed to stay in India for 30 days, even if you do not arrive until the 30th day after the visa application approval.

To make sure your visa has not yet expired before your trip, your application will not be processed until 3 weeks before departure. If you submit your application more in advance, your application will be put on hold until 3 weeks before the date of arrival as indicated on the application form, Because of this, you can apply for the visa a long in advance as you wish. It also allows you to decide to travel a bit earlier or later, after submitting your visa application.

Example: you apply for your visa on the 1st of February and indicate in the application form that you expect to arrive in India on the 18th of July. Your application will then be put on hold, and automatically processed around the 28th of June. Your application is then expected to be approved on the 1st of July. You are then allowed to arrive in India between the 1st and 30th of July. If you already arrive on the 1st, you are allowed to stay there until July 30th. If you only arrive on the 30th of July, you can stay until the 28th of August

For more information, please read the page about the validity period of the India visa.

Did you apply for a visa with a validity period of 30 days? The India tourist visa with a validity of 30 days can be used twice, but only if the last departure is within 30 days of the first arrival date.

Did you apply for a 1-year visa? THe 1-year tourist visa is a so-called ‘multiple-entryʼ visa. This means that this visa can be used for multiple trips. All travel with this visa (arrival and departure) must take place within the validity period of the visa. The last departure from India should therefore not take place more than 365 days adter the issuance of the visa. The exact expiry date is indicated on the visa.

Yes, you always need a visa if you want to enter India. However, you can’t travel into India by car, bus or train with an e-visa; for this, you need to apply for a special sticker visa. If you arrive by boat or by cruiseship in Chennai (Madras), Chochin, Mormugao (at Goa), New Mangalore (at Mangalore) or Mumbai, then you can make use of the online e-visa. If you are arriving by water or at another location by water, you need to apply for a physical visa beforehand.

Yes, it is mandatory for travellers of all ages to possess their own visa; this includes children and babies.

If you are going to work in India as part of a business trip, you can make of a Indian business visa. If, however, you want to enter into employment with an Indian organisation, you need to apply for a physical visa for this specific purpose.

This cannot be done with an online e-visa India, but can be done with a physical visa, which can be applied for at the Indian embassy.

Try and apply for the visa as soon as you have established a place to stay in India. This location needs to be filled in in the application form. If the travel dates change after the application, this is not a problem. This visa can be applied for months before departure. In emergency situations it is possible to arrange for for a visa within 24 hours via an urgent application ut no guarantees can be offered regarding delivery times. It is therefore wise to submit the application on time.

Submitting an Indian visa application happens in three steps: first you fill in the Indian visa application form (explanation). Next, you pay for the cost with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or PayPal. Finally, you receive the e-visa within four workdays by e-mail.

A visa for India costs € 59,95 per person. This is the total amount, so including all consular costs, service costs, VAT, and transaction costs. Read more about the Indian visa fees.

Yes, if you possess the required information and documents (passport and passport photo) of the traveller, you can submit an application for him or her through this website.

Yes. The regular delivery time of 7 days is then shortened to an average of 24 hours, including in the weekend and during the holidays. Take note: delivery times are an average and can never be guaranteed. More information can be found on the page regarding the urgency procedure for the Indian visa.

If you intend to leave the transit area at the airport during your transit in India, you always need a visa. You can also use the online tourist visa for a transit. There is also a specific transit visa that is suitable for transit in India of up to three days. However, this transit visa requires you to visit a consulate or high commission twice. Once to hand over your passport and once again to pick it up again with the visa in place. Therefore, most travellers prefer to use the tourist visa, which can easily be applied for online.
You can apply for the tourist visa here

If you do not intend to leave the transit area at the airport during your transit in India, you do not necessarily need a visa. However, keep in mind that sometimes connecting travellers have to check in their luggage for the next flight themselves. In that case, the transit area must be left and a visa is therefore required. In addition, you should keep in mind that some airlines check whether each traveller has a visa at boarding and do not make any exceptions for travellers who only travel to India for a transit. Therefore, check with your airline well before departure whether you can board without a visa if you are only travelling to India for a transit.

- A passport, which is valid for 6 more months from the moment you arrive in India, and contains at least two empty pages
- A scan or clear photo of your passport
- A scan or clear photo of your business card (only for business trips)
- A recent passport photo
- A staying address in India

Yes. It is possible to submit a visa application for multiple people at once. You will then pay for all the visas at once. Combining multiple travellers in a single visa application saves you time, as you don’t need to fill in all information over and over for reach subsequent travellers, and only a single payment needs to be made.

Yes, although the delivery time of 7 days (or 24 hours when urgent) only starts from the moment that all documents have been received in good order. Don’t put it off for too long.

You can pay for your visa with Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or PayPal.

The passport should be valid for at least six months after your arrival in India and should contain at least two blank pages. The e-visa can only be applied for with a regular passport, not an emergency passport, alien travel document, diplomatic passport or Laissez-passer.

Your passport photo needs to have been taken recently, be in colour, and be of good quality. This means that the photo is sharp and that the face of the traveller is clearly in frame. It is not necessary to use an official passport photo taken by a photographer. A selfie or other non-professional photo suffices, provided your face is completely, clearly, neutrally, and sharply in frame. The photo must also be in colour, and during uploading must be cropped in a manner that the head is clearly visible, and no other persons or object are in view.

Virtually all applied for visas for India are in fact approved. No guarantees can be provided for this, however; the Indian immigration service at all times maintains the right to reject applications without reason. Even after receiving the visa, the Indian immigration maintains the right to deny travellers access to the country; for example, when they expect that the traveller is not entering the country with good intentions or is carrying forbidden objects.

If you application is rejected by the immigration service, you will be refunded the entire purchase cost. This leniency arrangement only applies once for each traveller.

Yes, in the unlikely event that your application is rejected, you will be refunded the entire purchase cost. However, this this does not apply if a visa application was previously rejected for this same person.

No, as soon as you have made the payment and provided all of the documents, your application will be processed. From that moment onward, it is no longer possible to cancel the application. Not even if you do not plan to make use of it.

No, as soon as you have made the payment and provided all of the documents, your application will be processed. From that moment, it is no longer possible to make any changes to the form, regardless of the reason. Did you make a mistake in the application form? Contact the support center to ask what you can best do.

When you are traveling to India from a country where yellow fever occurs (only in Africa and South-America), you are required to be vaccinated against yellow fever at the moment that you travel into India. You need to be able to prove this through your inoculation passport, also known as the ‘yellow book’. Aside from this potentially mandatory vaccination it can be wise to get a number of other vaccinations before traveling to India. Your doctor can tell you more about this.

The regular delivery time for the e-visa India is 7 days. Do you need the visa earlier? Read more on the page concerning the urgency procedure of 24 hours.

No. The Indian immigration service always maintains the right to deny travellers access to the country. For example, when it is expected that the traveller is entering the country with the wrong intentions, or is carrying forbidden objects. Even if they possess a visa.

Yes. Print the visa and keep it with your passport throughout the entire trip.

We handle your personal information with great care; we understand that you are providing us with very confidential information during a visa application. This website uses SSL to make sure that all information is sent secured and encrypted from your device to our system. More information about our privacy policy can be found here.

Certainly. Most questions that are asked at the visa support center are also on this page. That’s why we urge you to first read this page closely. If you are curious as to the status of your application, you can check it here. Do you have another question? Contact the support center.