e-Tourist Visa Scheme
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e-Tourist Visa can be granted to the following foreigners who are passport-holders of
any of the countries covered by the e-TV Scheme:
(i)
whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight seeing, casual visit to
meet friends or relatives, short duration medical treatment or casual business
visit etc. and no other purpose/activity;
(ii)
who do not have a residence or occupation in India;
(iii)
who hold a passport with a minimum validity of six months and a re-entry
permit, if that is required under the law of the country of nationality of the
applicant;
(iv)
who is a person of assured financial standing;
(v)
who is not a persona-non-grata to the Government of India;
(vi)
who is not considered an undesirable person;
Procedure for applying for e-TV
In order to avail of the facility of e-Tourist Visa, the foreign national concerned shall
mandatorily fill in the application online on the e-Tourist Visa website
https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html
The Visa applications are cleared in 72 hours and an e-TV authorization is sent to the
email ID provided by the applicant. The visitor is expected to travel to India with this
authorization and a passport with a minimum remaining validity of six months. In view
of the 72 hours taken for clearance, visitors are expected to apply for e-TV at least 45 days before the day of their journey to India.
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Entry Points
The e-Tourist Visa will be provided only at designated international airports namely,
Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Trivandrum, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi and Goa.
With effect from 15th August 2015, visitors holding e-Tourist Visas authorizations will
also be able to arrive at 7 more Indian airports (Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Gaya, Jaipur
Lucknow, Thiruchirapalli and Varanasi).
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Validity
An e-Tourist Visa will be valid for entry and stay in India within the period of its validity,
subject to the conditions specified. The Immigration officer may grant a single entry eTourist Visa valid up to 30 days to the passport-holders of the countries covered by
the e-TV Scheme.
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Conditions for e-Tourist Visa.
e-Tourist Visa can neither be extended nor converted to any other kind of visa during
the visa-holder’s stay in India.
(For background: Except in the following circumstances, by the FRRO/FRO
concerned.
(a)
e-Tourist Visa may be converted to ‘X’ (Entry) Visa if a foreigner who has come
to India on an e-Tourist Visa marries an Indian national during the validity of
his/her e-Tourist Visa
(b)
e-Tourist Visa of a foreigner who falls ill after his/her entry into India rendering
him/her unfit to travel and who requires specialized medical treatment may be
converted into a Medical visa if he/she is eligible for the grant of Medical Visa
and a medical certificate is obtained from a government/ICMR recognized
hospital. In such cases, e-Tourist Visa of the attendant accompanying the
foreigner (whose e-Tourist Visa is converted into Medical Visa) may also be
converted into Medical Attendant [Med X] visa co-terminus with the Medical
Visa of the foreigner.
Note: On conversion of an ‘e-Tourist Visa’ into ‘X’ visa/ Medical Visa/ ‘Med X’
Visa, the following endorsement shall be made on the Passport/ Residential
Permit ‘Employment/Business not permitted’.)
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Fee for e-Tourist Visa
A fee of US $60/- or equivalent amount in Indian rupees per passenger (including
children), is currently being charged from each foreigner for the grant of an e-Tourist
Visa.
7.
Repeat visits
e-Tourist Visa may be allowed for a maximum of two times in a calendar year to a
foreigner.
8.
Diplomatic/ Official passport holders
The e-Tourist Visa facility shall not be available to holders of Diplomatic/Official
passports.
e-Tourist Visa Facility is available for holders of passport of following
countries/territories
Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia,
Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman
Island,Chile, China, China- SAR Hongkong, China- SAR Macau, Colombia, Cook
Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor,
Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica,
Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Mongolia,
Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, 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, Russia, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint
Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Solomon Islands,
Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Turks &
Caicos Island, Tuvalu, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uruguay, Vanuatu,
Vatican City-Holy See, Venezuela, Vietnam.
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