India Visa Requirements

Documents required for the Indian visa

  • Passport must have validity of at least six months from the date of arrival in India with two blank pages for stamping.
  • You are required to upload a passport bio page copy in PDF format during application.
  • You are required to upload a copy of a letter from hospital (for the medical e-visa) in PDF format during application.
  • You are required to upload a copy of a business card (for the business e-visa) in PDF format during application.
  • You are required to upload one recent (within 6 months) passport size photograph (2×2) taken on a white background (face front, no spectacles, no shadows on face or background) in JPG format during application.
  • You are required to upload a copy of previous Indian visa in PDF format during application.
  • Applicants who are endorsed on parents or spouse passport will not be able to apply.

Who needs the visa to enter India?

Citizens of 169 countries are eligible for the eVisa to enter India. Foreign travelers who wish to visit India for tourism, business purposes or short-term medical treatment can apply online for their electronic Indian visa.

The following countries are eligible to apply for a Indian visa online:

Albania Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia
Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada
Cape Verde Cayman Island Chile China Hong Kong Macau Colombia Comoros Cook Islands
Costa Rica Cote d'lvoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica
Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia fiji Finland
France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala
Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran Ireland
Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea kenya Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar
Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova
Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Macedonia 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 Qatar Romania
Russia Rwanda St Christopher and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia 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 UK Uruguay
USA Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe

The following passport holders are not eligible for a Indian visa online:

  • Pakistan passport holders or applicant with Pakistani origin.
  • Diplomatic passport, Official passport, Laissez-passer travel document and International Travel document holders (temporary passport holders).
  • Applicants who are endorsed on parent’s or spouse’s passport.

© 2020 India Visa Center