India has reopened to holders of valid visas and eVisas who meet the COVID-19 entry requirements. Regular scheduled international flights have resumed after the suspension ended on March 27, 2022. Foreign tourists who meet all the current requirements can now travel to India with a valid eVisa.
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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 programme, 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 HERE. The applicant can apply 120 days in
advance prior to expected date of arrival in India.
Sub-categories of e-Visa
There are 6 sub-categories of e-Visa. Please refer here.
- e-Tourist Visa : For recreation, sightseeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, and attending a short term yoga programme,
- eBusiness Visa : For all activities permitted under normal Business Visa
- eConference Visa: For attending Conferences/Seminars or Workshops etc.
- 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.
- eMedicalAttendant Visa
- eEmergency X-Misc
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.
Repeat visits
e-Visa will be allowed for a maximum of two times in a calendar year to a foreigner.
E-VISA Application Process
- Apply online-Upload Photo and Passport Page
- Pay eVisa fee online-Using Credit / Debit card / Payment Wallet
- Receive ETA Online-Electronic Travel Authorisation/ETA Will be sent to your e-mail
- Fly To India and Print ETA and present at Immigration Check Post where eVisa will be stamped on passport.
