Originally Posted by
sfvoyage
I have a follow-up question regarding the single-entry 30-day visa.
I will be visiting one Indian port (Mumbai) on just one day during a cruise, which starts 12 days prior to my India visit. I will also be leaving home 10 days prior to the start of the cruise. Therefore, I won't have much buffer in case of issues with the online application process, even though I will apply exactly 30 days prior to leaving home.
Is it possible to use an earlier date of visit (e. g. a week before my actual visit to Mumbai on the cruise ship) so that I can apply online a week earlier (to give me a bigger buffer in case anything goes wrong during the application process)? Since the visa is valid for 30 days, I am thinking there should be no issue with that. After all, people's travel plans can and do change all the time.
Any insight or advice about this idea?
(all these are explained in the official evisa website FAQ, I am only paraphrasing)
the only rules are
- you enter india via selected airports or seaports within the 30 days validity period of evisa's ETA
- once entered on date N, the true 30 days stay clock begins
- you must exit on date M, which is N+29. otherwise you will be considered overstaying
- the earliest one can apply for a 30 day evisa's ETA is 30 days before intended entry. the latest is 4 days before
- the expected processing time for an evisa ETA application is 1-3 days.
you can do whatever you want based on the above constraints
the above do not apply for other kinds of evisa duration. why india makes it so complicated I have no idea.