Diva India Travel has extensive experience in processing the India e-Visa for tourists. We need a minimum of 6 working days, a scanned copy of the passport in color pdf format of maximum 300 kb, a photo with a white background and the necessary information to fill out the application form.
Write to us at india@divaindia.in
Entering India by air or land is relatively straightforward, with standard immigration and customs procedures. A previously frustrating law that excepted re-entry into India within two months of the previous departure date has been scrapped (except for citizens of some Asian countries), allowing most travelers to combine their India tour with secondary travel to neighboring countries.
To enter India you need a valid passport and a return ticket, and a visa. Please note that your passport must be valid for at least 180 days after your entry into India, and must have at least two blank pages. If your passport is lost or stolen, contact your country's representative immediately. Keep digital photos or photocopies of your plane ticket and passport ID and visa pages in case of emergency.
Required for most visitors; India e-Visa (valid 30 days) available for more than 150 nationalities. Longer trips require a standard six-month tourist visa.
Apart from citizens of Nepal, Bhutn, and the Maldives, who do not need visas for India unless they arrive from mainland China, and citizens of Japan and South Korea, who can obtain a visa on arrival, everyone needs to apply for a visa before arriving in India. However, more than 150 nationalities can obtain the wonderfully free 60-day e-Visa.
There is also a six-month tourist visa, which is valid from the date of issue, not the date of arrival in India.
Citizens of more than 150 countries can apply for an India e-Visa (www.indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa).
You must apply a minimum of five days and a maximum of 30 days before your arrival in India.
The visa will be valid from the date of arrival in India.
It is a double-entry visa that lasts for 30 days from your first date of entry.
To apply, upload a photograph, as well as a copy of your passport; have at least 180 days of validity on your passport and at least two blank pages.
If your application is approved, you will receive an email attachment within 72 hours (although usually much sooner), which you will need to print and take with you to the airport. You will then have the e-Visa stamped in your passport upon arrival in India.
Please note that the e-Visa must be applied for before arriving.
E-Visas are only valid for entry through 26 designated airports: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bengaluru (Bangalore), Chennai, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi (Cochin), Kolkata, Kozhikode (Calicut), Lucknow, Madurai, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Trichy (Tiruchirappalli), Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Varanasi and Visapamm.
They are also valid for arrival at five designated seaports: Kochi, Goa, Mangaluru, Mumbai, and Chennai.
However, E-Visa holders can leave India from any authorized immigration checkpoint.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Visas are available at Indian missions around the world, although in many countries applications are processed by a separate private company.
Student and business visas have strict conditions (check with your Indian embassy for more information).
A standard 180-day tourist visa allows multiple entry for most nationalities.
The 30-day e-Visa is usually a double-entry visa.
Five- and 10-year tourist visas are only available to U.S. citizens under a bilateral agreement; however, you can still only stay in the country for up to 180 days continuously.
Currently you are required to submit two digital photographs with your visa application (jpeg format 10kb300kb), although only one for the e-Visa.
A travel ticket onwards is a requirement for some visas, but this does not always apply (check in advance).
Visas are priced in the local currency and may have an additional service fee.
Extended visas are possible for those of Indian origin (excluding those from Pakistan and Bangladesh) who hold a non-Indian passport and live abroad.
If you need to register your visa (for stays of more than 180 days), or need a visa extension (only granted in exceptional cases) or a replacement for a lost passport (required before you can leave the country), then you must apply online at https://indianfrro.gov.in/eservices/home.jsp.
If you need to see someone in person about your visa issue, then you should do so at the Regional Foreigners Registration Office in Delhi.
Check with the Indian embassy in your home country for any special conditions that may exist for your nationality.
RE-ENTRY REQUIREMENTS in INDIA
The previous rule of not re-entering the same visa for two months after leaving India no longer applies to foreigners (except nationals of Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan and Bangladesh, foreigners of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin and aptrides). E-Visas can now be used for double entry into India.
India is extremely strict with visa extensions. At the time of writing, the government was granting extensions only in circumstances such as medical emergencies or passport theft just before the applicant planned to leave the country (at the end of his visa).
If you need to extend your visa due to such a requirement, you must first apply online at e-FRRO (https://indianfrro.gov.in/eservices/home.jsp), which also deals with lost/stolen passport replacements (required before you can leave the country). If you need to see someone in person, or are called for an interview, the place to go is the Regional Foreigners Registration Office in Delhi. There are also some regional FRROs, but these are even less likely to grant an extension.
Assuming you meet the strict criteria, the FRRO is authorized to issue a 14-day extension (free for nationals of most countries; ask about the application). You should bring a passport photo (take more, just in case), your passport (or emergency travel document, if your passport is missing), and a letter from the hospital where you are being treated if it is a medical emergency. Keep in mind that this system is designed to get you out of the country quickly with the correct official stamps, not to give you two extra weeks of travel and leisure.
Access to certain parts of India, particularly the disputed border areas, is controlled by a permit system that applies mainly to foreigners, but also to Indian citizens in some areas.
Permits are required to visit Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and certain parts of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Uttarakhand that are located near the disputed border with China/Tbet. A permit is also required to travel to the Lakshadweep Islands and some parts of the Andaman Islands.
In Odisha, permission is no longer required to visit the tribal regions, and there is nothing to stop tourists from taking a bus or taxi to visit the regional markets, but some villages are off-limits for visitors (due to potential Maoist activity), so seek local advice before leaving.
Obtaining a permit is usually a formality, but travel agencies must apply on your behalf for certain areas, including many hiking trails that pass close to national borders.
Write to us at india@divaindia.in for more information and/or to apply for the India e-Visa.
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