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Visa Enquiry

DETAILS OF VISA GRANTED BY INDIA
1) e-VISA
  • Eligibility

e-Visa is granted to a foreigner whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight seeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, attending a short term yoga program, medical treatment including treatment under Indian systems of medicine and business purpose and no other purpose/ activity. This facility shall not be available if the person or either of his / her parents or grand parents (paternal or maternal) was born in, or was permanently resident in Pakistan. e-Visa facility shall not be available to holders of Diplomatic/Official passports, UNLP (UN Passport) holders and international travel document holders e.g. INTERPOL officials. List of countries whose nationals are presently eligible for e-visa is given in Appendix I.

  • Procedure for applying for e-Visa

The foreign national may fill in the application online on the website https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html .The applicant can apply 120 days in prior to expected date of arrival in India.

  • Sub-categories of e-Visa

There are three sub-categories of e-Visa i.e. (a) e-Tourist Visa : For recreation, sightseeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, and attending a short term yoga program, (b)eBusiness Visa : For all activities permitted under normal Business Visa and (c) e-Medical Visa : For medical treatment, including treatment under Indian systems of medicine. A foreign national will also be permitted to club these activities provided he/she had clearly indicated the same in the application form along with requisite documents.

  • Entry points

Persons holding e-Visa are allowed to enter into India only through the designated international airports namely, (1) Delhi (2) Mumbai (3) Chennai (4) Kolkata (5) Trivandrum (6) Bangalore (7) Hyderabad (8) Cochin (9) Goa (10) Ahmedabad (11) Amritsar (12) Gaya (13) Jaipur (14) Lucknow (15) Trichy (16) Varanasi (17) Calicut (18) Mangalore (19) Pune (20) Nagpur (21) Coimbatore (22) Bagdogra (23) Guwahati , (24) Chandigarh and (25) Visakhapatnam. Further, e-visa facility is also provided for entry at 5 major Indian seaports i.e. (1) Mumbai (2) Cochin (3) Mormugao (4) Chennai and (5) New Mangalore for cruise tourists. Persons holding e-Visa can depart from any of the authorized Immigration Check Posts in India.

  • Validity

e-visa will be granted for a period up to 60 days with double entry on e-Tourist Visa and eBusiness Visa and triple entry on e-Medical Visa. In the case of e-Medical Visa, extension may be granted up to 6 months on case to case basis on merits of each case by the FRRO/ FRO concerned.

  • Conditions for e-Visa

e-Visa shall be non-extendable except in the case of e-Medical Visa as mentioned in para 5 above. e-visa is also non-convertible except in specific cases. Regarding conversion of e-visa to other categories of visa, please see the general policy guidelines relating to Indian visa on this website.

  • Fee for e-Visa

Fee for e-Visa for nationals of various countries will be fixed by the Government from time to time.

  • Repeat visits

e-Visa will be allowed for a maximum of two times in a calendar year to a foreigner.

2) VISA ON ARRIVAL
  • Eligibility

Visa-on-Arrival is granted to a Japanese national who is visiting India for business, tourism, conference and medical purposes. This facility shall not be available to the citizens of Japan if the person or either of his / her parents or grandparents (paternal or maternal) was born in, or was permanently resident in Pakistan. This facility shall not be available to holders of Diplomatic/Official passports and UN Passport holders having Japanese nationality.

  • Procedure for applying for Visa-on-Arrival

Japanese nationals would be required to fill an application form and approach the “Visa Counter” at the designated airport on arrival. After checking the eligibility criteria and payment of fee, the Immigration officer would then stamp Visa-on-Arrival on the passport.

  • Entry points

Visa-on-Arrival is provided to Japanese nationals only at 6 designated international airports namely, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

  • Validity

The Immigration officer may grant a double entry Visa-on-Arrival valid up to 60 days to the citizens of Japan.

  • Conditions for Visa-on-Arrival

Visa-on-Arrival shall be non-extendable and non-convertible to any other type of visa except in specific cases. Regarding conversion of Visa-on-Arrival to other categories of visa, please see the general policy guidelines relating to Indian visa on this website.

  • Fee for Visa-on-Arrival

A fee of Rs 2000/- or equivalent in foreign currency per passenger (including children), will be charged from each Japanese national. 3

3) TRANSIT VISA
  • Eligibility and other conditions

A transit visa is granted to a foreigner for the sole purpose of enabling him/ her to travel through India to a destination outside India. A person who desires to make two entries into India in transit in the course of the same journey can be granted a transit visa valid for two entries and for stay in transit for a period not exceeding 3 days for each journey.

  • Validity

A transit visa will ordinarily be valid for a single journey and for entry within 15 days from the date of issue. If the journey is not performed within this period, a fresh transit visa will be required. A transit visa is only valid for direct transit, which cannot be more than 3 days for each visit. This period is not extendable except in case of extreme emergency like strike, traffic disruption, inclement weather, illness, etc.

  • Persons in direct transit through India

A transit visa is not required by a foreigner passing through, in direct transit by air, and travelling onward through India, provided he/she does not leave the specified precincts of the airport. A transit visa is not required by a foreigner who does not leave the ship while it halts at an Indian port.

4) TOURIST VISA
  • Eligibility

A Tourist visa is granted to a foreigner whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight

seeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, attending a short term yoga program, short duration medical treatment including treatment under Indian systems of medicine etc. and no other purpose/ activity. [Short term yoga program means a yoga program not exceeding 6 months duration and not issued with a qualifying certificate/ diploma etc.]

  • Validity

Validity of a tourist visa will be as specified below:

(i) Multiple entry Tourist Visa may be granted for a period of 10 years to the nationals of USA, Canada and Japan with a stipulation that “continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 180 days and registration not required”.

(ii) In respect of nationals of other countries (except for nationals of 33 countries mentioned below), Multiple entry Tourist Visa may be granted for a period of 5 years as a default option. Grant of 5-year Tourist Visa will be with the stipulation “Continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 90 days and registration not required”. However, in the case of nationals of UK, continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 180 days.

(iii) In respect of nationals of 30 countries i.e. Iran, Egypt, Libya, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Tunisia, Kuwait, Yemen, Algeria, Bahrain, Turkey, Morocco, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, 4 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), Lebanon, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Uganda, Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Belarus, Somalia, South Sudan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka, duration of visa will be decided by the concerned Indian Missions/ Posts subject to a maximum of 5 years with the stipulation “continuous stay during each visit shall not exceed 90 days and registration not required”.

(iv) In respect of nationals of Bangladesh and China, provisions as available in the bilateral agreements/ policy guidelines, as issued from time to time, will be applicable.

(v) Tourist visa is not available to Pakistan nationals.

(vi) In the case of foreign nationals of Pakistan origin, Tourist Visa will be granted for a period of 3 months with single entry.

  • Conditions of Tourist Visa

Tourist Visa shall be non-extendable and non-convertible to any other type of visa except in specific cases. Regarding conversion of Tourist Visa to other categories of visa, please see the general policy guidelines relating to Indian visa on this website.

  • Repeat visits

There shall be a gap of at least 2 (two) months between two visits to India on a Tourist Visa in respect of nationals of Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Sudan, foreigners of Pakistan origin and Stateless persons. In case any foreign national falling in this category and who has not been issued a 5-year Tourist Visa at the discretion of the Mission is required to visit India again within a period of 2 months after his/her last departure due to any exigent situation, such foreign national may be granted a fresh Tourist Visa. The applicant should furnish an undertaking on the

following lines:-

(a) That the purpose of his/her visit is because of an emergent situation.

(b) That he/she is not engaged in Business activities, nor in Employment or pursuing studies/research etc. in India.

  • Group Tourist Visa

Foreign tourists travelling in groups of not less than four members, under the auspices of a recognized travel agency can be granted Group Tourist visa for group tourism in India. The Group Tourist Visa will be granted only on the online mode under the IVFRT. In order to avail of this facility, the travel agency concerned shall mandatorily fill in the applications online on website www.indianvisaonline.gov.in. The Mission/ Post concerned will issue Group Tourist

Visa (T- 2) after necessary checks.

List of countries whose nationals are eligible for e- Visa facility:

1.Andorra 2. Angola   3. Anguilla    4. Antigua & Barbuda   5. Albania   6. Austria   7. Argentina   8. Armenia    9. Aruba 10. Australia   11. Azerbaijan   12. Bahamas 13. Barbados   14. Belgium  15. Belize  16. Bolivia  17. Bosnia & Herzegovina 18. Botswana  19. Brazil   20. Brunei  21. Bulgaria  22. Burundi  23. Cambodia   24. Cameron Union Republic   25. Canada  26. Cape Verde  27. Cayman Island  28. Chile   29. China  30. China- SAR Hongkong  31. China- SAR Macau  32. Colombia  33. Comoros  34. Cook Islands  35. Costa Rica   36. Cote d’lvoire  37. Croatia  38. Cuba   39. Cyprus  40. Czech Republic 41. Denmark  42. Djibouti  43. Dominica  44. Dominican Republic  45. East Timor 46. Ecuador  47. El Salvador      48. Estonia  49. Eritrea  50. Fiji  51. Finland  52. France  53. Gabon  54. Gambia  55. Georgia  56. Germany  57. Ghana  58. Greece  59. Grenada  60. Guatemala    61. Guinea  62. Guyana  63. Haiti  64. Honduras  65. Hungary  66. Iceland  67. Indonesia  68. Ireland  69. Israel  70. Italy  71. Jamaica  72. Japan  73. Jordan  74. Kenya  75. Kiribati  76. Laos  77. Latvia 78. Lesotho  79. Liberia  80. Liechtenstein   81. Lithuania  82. Luxembourg 83. Macedonia  84. Madagascar  85. Malaysia   86. Malawi  87. Mali  88. Malta  89. Marshall Islands   90. Mauritius   91. Mexico  92. Micronesia   93. Moldova  94. Monaco   95. Mongolia  96. Montenegro  97. Montserrat  98. Mozambique  99. Myanmar  100. Namibia  101. Nauru  102. Netherlands  103. New Zealand  104. Nicaragua  105. Niger Republic  106. Niue Island  107. Norway  108. Oman 109. Palau  110. Palestine  111. Panama  112. Papua New Guinea  113. Paraguay  114. Peru  115. Philippines  116. Poland 117. Portugal   118. Republic of Korea 119. Romania 120. Russia 121. Rwanda 122. Saint Christopher and Nevis 123. Saint Lucia 124. Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 125. San Marino 126. Samoa 127. Senegal 128. Serbia 129. Seychelles 130. Sierra Leone 131. Singapore 132. Slovenia 133. Slovakia 134. Solomon Islands 135. South Africa 136. Spain 137. Sri Lanka 138. Suriname 139. Swaziland 140. Switzerland 141. Sweden 142. Taiwan 143. Tanzania 144. Tajikistan 145. Thailand 146. Tonga 147. Trinidad & Tobago 148. Turks & Caicos Island 149. Tuvalu 150. UAE 151. Ukraine 152. United Kingdom(UK) 153. United States of America (USA) 154. Uruguay 155. Uzbekistan 156. Vanuatu 157. Vatican City-Holy See 158. Venezuela 159. Vietnam  160 Zambia  161. Zimbabwe  162. Uganda  163 Kazakhstan