India Visa Requirements: Every Document and Detail to Prepare

• Valid for at least 6 months from the day you arrive in India.
• At least 2 blank pages for the entry and exit stamps.
• The passport you will travel on. The e-Visa is linked to the passport number, so a renewed or replacement passport needs a new e-Visa.
• Eligibility follows the passport, not where you live. Check yours in India visa by nationality.

• Square, at least 350 × 350 pixels.
• Plain white background, face centred, eyes open, no glasses or head covering unless worn for religious reasons.
• JPEG file between 10 KB and 1 MB.
• A passport-style rectangular photo usually needs cropping to a square. Our free visa photo tool does this in the browser.

More detail and examples: India e-Visa photo requirements.

• The page with your photo and personal details, including the two machine-readable lines at the bottom.
• PDF between 10 KB and 300 KB.
• Readable, not cropped, no glare. A phone scan saved as PDF works if the file is under 300 KB.

Step-by-step help with sizes and errors: how to upload documents to the e-Visa website.

• Full name exactly as printed in the passport, including middle names.
• Place of birth, parents' names, and your address.
• Occupation and employer or school address. If unsure what to enter, see what to write in the occupation field.
• Expected date of arrival and the airport or seaport where you will land.
• An address in India (a hotel booking is fine) and a reference in your home country.
• Previous nationality, if you have held another one, and whether you were ever an Indian citizen.

Field-by-field help: how to fill in the India e-Visa form.

• e-Business: a business card, or an invitation letter from the Indian company, as a PDF. See the invitation letter guide.
• e-Medical: a letter from the Indian hospital on its letterhead, as a PDF. Up to 2 attendants apply for the e-Medical Attendant visa linked to the patient. See the e-Medical visa guide.
• e-Conference: the event invitation and the clearances listed on the government portal. See the e-Conference visa guide.
• Children: every child needs their own passport, photo and application. See India e-Visa for children.

• Apply at least 4 days before arrival. Most complete applications are decided in 24 to 72 hours, but this is not guaranteed.
• Government fees are charged in US dollars, plus a 3% bank charge: for most passports $10 or $25 for the 30-day e-Tourist visa (depending on the month you arrive), $40 for 1 year, $200 for 5 years, $120 for e-Business and $80 for e-Medical. Some passports pay more or less; check yours with the fee calculator.
• Fees are not refunded once an application is submitted, including when it is refused.

You can apply directly on the government portal (indianvisaonline.gov.in) and pay only the government fee, or apply with us and we check every item on this list before we submit.

• Photo with a grey or patterned background, or a rectangular photo stretched to a square.
• Passport scan over 300 KB, or a photo of the page saved as JPEG instead of PDF.
• Name order or spelling different from the passport.
• Choosing the 30-day visa for a trip that needs more time or a second entry later.
• Applying on an old passport and travelling on the new one.
• Arriving at an airport or seaport not approved for e-Visa entry.