Last Updated on April 28, 2024 by Umer Malik
India is a place of centuries-old wisdom, majestic ocean, ruins of ancient cities, oriental spices, and colorful saris. This is a country that has given the world a great civilization, numbers, Ayurveda, chess, and badminton. Have you wanted to visit this place for a long time? Today you can do it without any problems! By going to the site Natvisa and after spending just a few minutes of your time, you can get electronic permission for Indian eVisa. Let’s take a closer look at what it is, what benefits it provides, and how it can be obtained.
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What is eVisa?
The electronic permit for travel to India from August 29, 2019, is a type of multi-visa. You can enter the country an unlimited number of times. The duration of one trip should not exceed 90 days. The validity of a double-entry visa is 30 days, and a multiple-entry permit is issued for 1 year and 5 years.
With an e-visa, you can enter India only by air through 28 international airports or by water through 5 seaports. You can’t cross the border by land with an electronic permit. Travelers with e-Visa are fingerprinted during border control. Then a stamp is put in the passport, allowing entry into the country.
The main advantage of e-Visa to India is time-saving. You will only need to send us a scan of your passport and your photo. Now you can search and buy last-minute travel packages to Goa and other states of India, as previously it was necessary to purchase and book them 2-3 weeks before departure to have time to apply for a regular visa. Now the procedure for obtaining an Indian visa takes a maximum of 2-3 days.
It is also worth noting that the cases of refusal to issue an electronic entry permit according to statistics are 3 times less than those of applicants applying for a long-term paper visa. Refusals in the vast majority of cases occur only when the application form is filled out inaccurately and documents are uploaded incorrectly: a photo and a scan of a foreign passport in pdf format.
Types of India eVisa processed by Natvisa
There are 3 types of e-Visa to India:
– tourist purposes,
– short-term medical treatment,
Please note! The type of visa you have selected depends on the type of visa you have selected.
The tourist type of visa includes such purposes as a trip for the purpose of excursions and leisure activities, a trip to meet with relatives or friends, participation in short-term yoga programs.
When applying for a business visa, you will need to choose a specific purpose of the visit: venture business, participation in trade relations, participation in business negotiations, recruitment and hiring of employees, participation in an event (exhibition, fair, etc.), lecture-performance, participation in a project as an expert.
To obtain an e-visa for medical treatment, a certificate from an Indian medical institution must be provided, which confirms that the applicant is a patient or intends to enter treatment.
Application For Indian eVisa Online
To apply for an electronic visa yourself on the website Natvisa in 2021, you need to:
– A foreign passport that is valid for 6 months or more at the time of application.
– One copy of a color photo (size 5×5). Its background should be white or light.
– A photocopy of the first page of the passport.
– Correctly fill out a 4-page questionnaire in English.
– Pay the visa fee.
– Check and get a confirmation of the permission to enter India on your e-mail.
– Print this confirmation and present it at the airport of arrival in the country.
– Submit your fingerprints at the airport and get a stamp on your passport that allows you to enter India.
– Officially, to cross the border of India, you must have a return ticket. Border guards, in rare cases, may ask to present it or show it on the mobile phone screen.
If a traveler chooses an electronic tourist visa for 1 year or 5 years, he gets the opportunity to come to India an unlimited number of times. During one trip, the period of stay in the country is not more than 90 days. An electronic permit for 30 days is a two-fold one.
Citizens of the following countries can get an e-visa: USA, Germany, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Greece, and 160 other countries.
You can apply for an electronic visa for 30 days no earlier than 1 month before arrival in the country and no later than 4 days. The maximum period for processing visa applications is 72 hours. Most often, the visa is approved within 1-2 days, but it can be done for 3-4 days, for example, during the New Year holidays, when there are a lot of applications from tourists.
Fee For Online Indian eVisa Processing
Despite the fact that an e-Visa for a trip to India is often issued within 1-2 days, payment is made at least 4 days in advance.
The cost of different types of electronic visa in 2021:
– Tourist $96,
– Business $ 160,
– Medical $ 149.
It is important to correctly fill in the passport and other necessary data in English, otherwise, there may be a refusal. In case of refusal to issue a visa, the consular fee is not refunded.
There are no benefits for pensioners and disabled people in 2021. To apply for a visa, you must pay the entire cost and the consular fee.
Delivery of visa document
After the successful approval of your application, Natvisa will send you your electronic version of the visa document to the e-mail address you specified on the website. After you get your eVisa, you need to print it out and take it with you on your trip.
At the airport, you will be given a valid Indian visa in your passport, valid for 30, 365 days, or 5 years (previously, you could only stay in the country for 60 days).
Do not forget to print out the electronic permission that you sent to the post office. Otherwise, there may be problems, you will have to look for where it can be done on the territory of the airport. Without a printout of the visa, you may not be able to board an airplane flying from your country.
Apart from that, if you are interested to know about 11 Countries where Indians can Travel without Visa then visit our Travel category.
