At DEL, that's the norm if using an e-visa.

The e-visa line at DEL can also process passport users with Indian sticker (or stamp) visas.

That's typical of the Indian bureaucratic system; ask stupid questions. The question really should be...have you traveled to Pakistan or Afghanistan in the last 10 years?

They need one to upload a photocopy of the passport page with a file size of under 300 kb. This is unrealistic. The file size is approximately 1 MB. Can one send a black and white copy of the passport which will drastically reduce the file size to under 300KB? Thanks.

I applied yesterday, paid online ($75 for US Citizen) and today, I got the approval email. Interesting that the e-visa page was not attached to the email. In order to print it, I needed to go here: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/StatusEnquiry

Once on that page, it pulled up the status and there was a button to PRINT the status, which generated the e-visa .PDF with my information, photo and barcode.

if you have nitro or cute PDF or Adobe Acrobat (not just the reader) there is an option somewhere to reduce the file size (you lose a bit of quality but it's not significant ). I had to use it myself for the same reason.

Hi everyone

I just returned from Mumbai and was travelling for the first time on an eVisa (Tourist).

In the dedicated e-Visa-queue tere where about 8 people in front of me - for each of these the process took roughly 7 to 8 minutes. So I ended up waiting for 1 hour in the queue. Is this normal? I will consider applying for a standard VISA again next time

Thanks
Tom

That was certainly my experience when entering at Mumbai in September. The dedicated e-Visa line was significantly slower and each person and family required much more processing than other lines. I've been in India twice now n the past year and yes, I will apply for the standard multi-entry visa if I need to go again. Not sure what the e-Visa is really gaining.

Any further reports as to whether this is still normal for the eVisa queue in Mumbai? I am halfway tempted to apply for a regular 10 year visa just to avoid this long wait, but the process is so daunting that it seems like it will take 1 hr+ just to fill out the forms.
Another question: I plan to arrive with an eVisa. I will be travelling with an elderly person with an OCI card, who will be in wheelchair. Will the officers at the eVisa stations process his entry? Or will he have to somehow get to the OCI counter and then meet me after the immigration check?

I arrived late (on a December CX flight) and there were about four very-bored agents waiting for us.

Of course, this just could be due to the fact that not many aircraft arrive at that hour.

If one is overnighting within T3 at DEL and using a "lounge" hotel, would there be any need to present one's not-yet-used or processed e-visa as a "transit passenger" for a flight from the same terminal early the next morning to Nepal? Should one just worry about the e-visa and immigration process upon returning through DEL (coming back from Nepal) and actually exiting the airport to enter the country on the return or would you still have to clear immigration that "transit" (waiting for flight the next morning) night? I would prefer to avoid it if I could of course. Since one would have 2 entries permitted with an unused e-visa, one should be fine of course, but it would be a time saver if immigration could be avoided upon first entry into T3 with no need to exit that terminal...
I am unsure how immigration is handled at DEL and am not sure if you are "forced" through the arrivals immigration process even if not exiting the terminal?? Any advice is appreciated.

You are not forced into the immigration process. If the flight is within the next 5-6 hours you can use transit security and enter the international concourse. If its longer the airside transit hotel will arrange to meet you.

https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpres...ax/hoteldetail

I am not aware of any such facility airside. The PP arrivals facility is landside: https://www.plaza-network.com/locati...ty=New%20Delhi

The nap cabins in T3 international are in the international concourse very close to the depature gates, definitely not a quiet place, but on the airside. They will not get you thru security though.

The PP facilities are landside, visa required. They are usually all occupied and also not really nice.