FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
The following are the eligibility conditions for availing eVisa services
- Foreigners whose sole objective for visiting India is
- Recreation and sightseeing
- Casual visit to meet friends and relatives
- Attending short term yoga programme or short term courses on local languages, music, dance, arts & crafts, cooking, medicine etc. which should not be a formal or structured course/programme (courses not exceeding 6 months duration and not issuing a qualifying certificate/diploma etc. to the participants)
- Voluntary work of short duration (for a maximum period of one month, which do not involve any moneTAry payment or consideration of any kind in return)
- Medical treatment, including treatment under Indian systems of medicine
- As attendant to e-Medical visa holder
- Business purpose
- Attending a conference/ seminar/ workshop.
- Passport should have at least six months validity at the time of making application for grant of eVisa and a re-entry permit, if that is required under the law of the country of nationality of the applicant. The passport should have at least two blank pages for stamping by the Immigration Officer.
- The foreigner should have return ticket or onward journey ticket, with sufficient money to spend during his/her stay in India.
- Foreigners of Pakistani origin or having Pakistani Passport are not eligible for eVisa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) was born in, or was permanently resident in Pakistan, are also not eligible for eVisa. They may apply for regular Visa at Indian Mission.
- Not available to Diplomatic/Official Passport Holders or Laissez-passer/ international travel document holders.
- Not available to individuals endorsed on Parent's/Spouse's Passport i.e. each individual should have a separate passport.
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No, there is no fee other than the processing fee for eVisa application and it is non-refundable. Please visit our website to know the fee applicable for your country as it is country-specific.
- For Tourist Visa (01 year / 05 years), Business Visa, Medical, Medical Attendant and Conference visa, applicants of the eligible countries/territories may apply online minimum 4 days in advance of the date of arrival. Such application can be made 120 days in advance from proposed date of travel.
- For Tourist Visa (30 days) , applicants of the eligible countries/territories may apply online minimum 4 days in advance of the date of arrival. Such application can be made 30 days in advance from proposed date of travel.
Yes. Immediately after you submit your eVisa application and make the payment, you will receive a confirmation of submission of your application on the email id provided by you while filling up your application form.
Your eVisa application may take 72 hours or more for processing. You will be intimated about your Visa status (Granted or Rejected) on your email id provided by you in the eVisa application.
Yes, you may check the status of your eVisa application by visiting our website: Check Visa Status
The validity of eVisa would be according to the eVisa service you have requested in the application form as
- For Tourist Visa (01 year / 05 years), the validity would be 365 days / 05 years from the date of grant of eTA with Multiple entries and continuous stay during each visit which shall not exceed 90 days except nationals of USA, UK, Canada and Japan. In case of nationals of USA, UK, Canada and Japan, continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 180 days.
- For Tourist Visa (30 days), the validity would be 30 days from the date of your first arrival in India. Double entries will be granted within the eVisa validity period stamped on your Passport. Your first arrival must be between the date of issue and expiry of eTA.
- For Business Visa, the validity would be 365 days from the date of grant of eTA with Multiple entries and continuous stay during each visit which shall not exceed 180 days and no registration would be required if stay is for a period of less than 180 days. However, if the intention is to stay for more than 180 days, then the foreigner shall get himself/herself registered with the FRRO/FRO concerned (https://indianfrro.gov.in) within two weeks after the expiry of 180 days of his/her arrival in India.
- For Conference Visa, the validity would be 30 days from the date of arrival in India with Single entry.
- For Medical Visa, the validity would be 60 days from the date of first arrival in India and triple entry will be allowed within the eVisa validity period stamped on your Passport.
- For Medical Attendant Visa, the validity would be 60 days from the date of first arrival in India and triple entry will be allowed within the eVisa validity period stamped on your Passport.
You may arrive at 28 designated Airports i.e. Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Calicut, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur,Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Port Blair, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Varanasi & Visakhapatnam, and 5 designated seaports (i.e. Cochin, Goa, Mangalore, Chennai and Mumbai seaports). You may depart from any of the Indian Immigration Check Posts (ICPs).
Yes, ensure that your child's passport is valid at-least for next 06 (six) months from the date of arrival in India.
You have to upload the business card along with the deTAils of Indian Firm/Company (which you intend to associate yourself with) for business activities.
Business card means 'a card provided to you by the company you are working for' OR you can also upload 'an invitation letter from the company in India including company's information, address and phone number in India'.
You may be allowed entry into India on the new passport even if eTA has been issued on the old passport with the condition that you must carry the new Passport and old passport on which eTA was issued.
No, You can only enter through the designated airports/seaports which are listed on the eVisa website.
The Visa on Arrival facility is only for the nationals of Japan, South Korea and UAE (only for such UAE nationals who had earlier obtained eVisa or regular/paper visa for India). For the nationals of all other countries eligible for eVisa, the eVisa application have to be filled online and the applicant must wait till the confirmation/Grant of eTA for travelling to India.
eVisa processing fee once submitted is non-refundable as the fee is for processing of the application and is not dependent on either grant or Rejection of the Application.
Entry by cruise ship is allowed with the eTA through 5 designated seaports namely Mumbai, Chennai, Cochin, Goa and Mangalore seaports.
'Visible identification mark' generally means moles, birthmarks, permanent scars etc. which are visible and can be shown if askd for by the Indian Immigration Authority.
All the foreigners arriving in India within 6 days of departure from any yellow fever endemic country are required to possess (in original) a valid yellow fever certificate of vaccination. List of Yellow fever vaccination countries. check here
eVisa is not allowed for NGO activities and journalism purposes. However, Voluntary work of short duration (for a maximum period of one month, which do not involve any moneTAry payment or consideration of any kind in return) are allowed.