Indian Visa for Australians: Fees, Documents and How to Apply

Yes. Australian citizens need a visa for every trip to India. For holidays, business and medical treatment the e-Visa is the simplest route: apply online at least 4 days before you land, get the approval by email, and show it with your passport on arrival. There is no visit to the High Commission and you keep your passport.

These are the Government of India fees for an Australian passport. A 3% bank charge is added to each:

• 30-day e-Tourist: $10 for arrivals April–June, $25 for arrivals July–March
• 1-year e-Tourist: $40
• 5-year e-Tourist: $200
• e-Business: $215
• e-Medical: $80

You can pay only the government fee by applying on the Government of India e-Visa portal. With our document check included, the total starts at $97 for 30 days, $129 for 1 year and $279 for 5 years. Check your exact total with the fee calculator.

• 30-day e-Tourist: one trip of up to a month, with two entries allowed in that time
• 1-year e-Tourist: multiple entries for 12 months, up to 90 days per visit
• 5-year e-Tourist: multiple entries for 5 years, up to 90 days per visit. At $200 it suits people who visit family in India regularly.
• e-Business: meetings and trade visits, with an invitation or business card from the Indian company
• e-Medical: treatment at a recognised Indian hospital, with the hospital's letter

• Your Australian passport, valid for at least 6 months from arrival, with at least 2 blank pages
• A scan of the passport bio page as a PDF between 10 KB and 300 KB
• A recent photo: square JPEG, plain white background, 10 KB–1 MB, at least 350 × 350 px. Our free photo tool resizes it.
• For e-Business, a business card or invitation; for e-Medical, the hospital letter

See the document upload guide if an upload is rejected.

Most complete applications are approved within 24 to 72 hours. Because of the time difference, an application submitted on an Australian evening is often reviewed during the Indian working day. Apply at least 4 days before arrival. More detail in India e-Visa processing times.

When we check Australian applications, these are the details we look at first:

• Place of birth: the town or city as printed in the passport
• Names: exactly as printed, with middle names in the given-name field
• Photo: a passport photo taken for Australia is often not square and gets rejected; crop it to 1:1
• Arrival date: the 30-day visa counts from the date of arrival, so a wrong date shortens your stay
• Dual nationals: apply on the passport you will actually travel on