Nov 28, 2014, 3:38 am
Last edit by: JDiver
E-Visa / ETA and 30 Day Single Entry Visa on Arrival in India
India new Visa On Arrival
(Actually advance online e-Tourist Visa with actual visa issued on arrival)
https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html
The Indian e-Tourist Visa is available for holders of passports of following countries and territories:
Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Island, Chile, China, China (Hong Kong SAR), China (Macau SAR), Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'lvoire, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue Island, Norway, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Vatican City-Holy See, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Eligibility
Citizens of the above-listed countries using ordinary passports from such countries when the sole objective of visiting India is one or more of the following: recreation (of most but not all sorts); sight seeing (in most of India); casual visit to meet friends or relatives (in most of India); short duration medical treatment; or casual visits for most (but not all) business purposes.
The passport should have at least six months' validity on the date of arrival.
International Travellers should have return ticket or onward journey ticket,with sufficient money to spend during his/her stay in India.
The visa is valid for a single entry for a stay of 30 days (from the date of entry) and cannot be extended.
Be sure to fill out your information very accurately! If there's anything off, you may be required to board the next flight out operated by your airline of entry.
Travellers having Pakistani Passport or Pakistani origin may please apply for regular Visa at Indian Mission.
Not available to Diplomatic/Official Passport Holders.
E-TOURIST VISA APPLICATION PROCESS
Step 1
Apply online
Upload Photo and Passport Page
Step 2
Pay visa fee online
Using Credit / Debit card
Step 3
Receive ETA Online
ETA Will be sent to your e-mail
Step 4
Print ETA and carry it for and on the flight to India so you can present it on arrival at the immigration desks.
This being India, it is the real experience on arrival that is critical, especially since this is a brand new operation.
We need datapoints for
- How long it took you to get through immigration?
- Any issues (human, bureaucratic or technological?)
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Evisa & Visa on arrival for India
Feb 25, 2019, 6:16 am
#181
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1 Not a problem I've experienced
2 I wouldn't worry about this. Unless you've been to Pakistan.
3 Put the hotel
You might try using a different browser.
I applied again last week. No problems at all and the approval mail fell into my inbox within 24 hours.
OK, slight hiccup was they didn't attach the visa itself as a PDF, so i had to hunt it down on their website.
2 I wouldn't worry about this. Unless you've been to Pakistan.
3 Put the hotel
You might try using a different browser.
I applied again last week. No problems at all and the approval mail fell into my inbox within 24 hours.
OK, slight hiccup was they didn't attach the visa itself as a PDF, so i had to hunt it down on their website.
Nov 3, 2019, 3:32 pm
#184
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Confused between E-visa and Regular (stamped on passport) visa
The E-visa website: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html - states that a person (US Citizen) can get an E-visa for 1-month or 1-year or 5-years validity.
It seems the 1 or 5 year E-visa can have multiple entries with stays up to 180 days for US citizens.
If this is correct, why would anyone go through the process of getting a regular visa stamped on the passport at the Indian embassy?
Am i missing something?
It seems the 1 or 5 year E-visa can have multiple entries with stays up to 180 days for US citizens.
If this is correct, why would anyone go through the process of getting a regular visa stamped on the passport at the Indian embassy?
Am i missing something?
Nov 5, 2019, 6:28 am
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Sometime in 2017 the ETA scheme was expanded to include business travel and long term multiple entry visa.
Nov 9, 2019, 4:16 pm
#189
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There's no doubt that the process has simplified things for a great majority of travelers to India. However... The e-visa scheme only covers tourists, business travelers, and travel for medical treatment. For a wide range of other travel purposes and with various conditions, you'll still need to apply for the regular visa. E.g., if you're going to work or study in India, if you're a journalist or shooting a movie, if you want to enter India at any airport other than the couple of dozen airports that the e-visa permits, or if you want to enter by road, rail, or sea, if you're part of a cruise / group tour, if you're a citizen of one of many countries for whom the e-visa is not available, if you're a religious missionary, or if you're seeking visas for long stay and residence in India. You may be surprised to learn how many different kinds of travel happen to India; it is, after all, a vast country and people travel to it for hundreds of reasons. What we see on FlyerTalk might be a very small slice (in terms of variety) of these. In my opinion, it's great that they've simplified the process for the most common reasons for travel, and hopefully the consulates can focus on processing all the other travel visa requests in a more efficient way.
Nov 15, 2019, 5:16 am
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In the larger aiports they have adjusted the infrastructure and layout because the bulk of the visitors now come with eTAs. In DEL for example a completely new bank of 12(?) desks was put in which now deal with eTAs only.
Nov 15, 2019, 11:51 am
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It's way better now at DEL at least, but it's bad enough at times that I am willing to deal with the hassles of having passports submitted for physical Indian visas so as to minimize the gamble on arrival.
Nov 15, 2019, 12:47 pm
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That does not sound too convincing. I will be applying for a regular visa then.
Nov 15, 2019, 12:57 pm
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Most of the people with whom I go to India go to India often enough that it's not just one or two visits to India; any many a trip for some of us to India involve two or more entries into India as we may use India as a regional base for travels.
Nov 15, 2019, 3:05 pm
#195
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If you are only doing one or two visits to India, it may not be worth it to do the regular visa if you don't need to do it. Dealing with getting an Indian physical visa is also not a fun process for all.
Most of the people with whom I go to India go to India often enough that it's not just one or two visits to India; any many a trip for some of us to India involve two or more entries into India as we may use India as a regional base for travels.
Most of the people with whom I go to India go to India often enough that it's not just one or two visits to India; any many a trip for some of us to India involve two or more entries into India as we may use India as a regional base for travels.
