The 'Visa on Arrival' facility is only available for holders of passport of the following countries: Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameron Union Republic, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Island, Chile, China, China- SAR Hongkong, China- SAR Macau, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cote d'lvoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, 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, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger Republic, Niue Island, Norway, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal , Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Island, Tuvalu, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City-Holy See, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

If your current passport is issued by a country which is not listed above please do not fill out the form on this page. You can instead use the option of the visa issued by the High Commission in London and you will be required to submit documents. Please go to the 'tourist visa' section for more information.

Notes

- Applicants of the eligible countries may apply online a minimum of 4 days in advance of the date of arrival and a maximum of 60 days. Example : If you are applying on 1st Jan then you can select arrival date from 5th Jan to 4th March
- The visa on arrival entitles you to stay up to 1year in India
- International travellers whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation , sight seeing , casual visit to meet friends or relatives, short duration medical treatment or a casual business visit. Passport should have at least six months validity from the date of arrival in India. The passport should have at least two blank pages to apply the visa and stamp it by the Immigration Officer.
-  This option is not available to diplomatic/official passport holders
- This is not available to individuals endorsed on their parent's/spouse's passport i.e. each individual should have a separate passport.
- Not available to the holders of the 'International Travel Document'.
- The fee once submitted is non refundable.
- Applicant should carry a copy of the visa on arrival authorisation along with him/her at the time of travel.
- Biometric details of the applicant will be captured on a mandatory basis by Immigration on arrival in India.
- The validity of visa will be 60 days from the date of arrival in India.
- Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is valid for entry through 24 designated Airports (i.e. Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chennai, Chandigarh,Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum & Varanasi) and 3 designated seaports (i.e. Cochin, Goa, Mangalore). However, the foreigner can take exit from any of the authorized Immigration Check Posts (ICPs) in India.
- The 'Tourist Visa On Arrival' is allowed for a maximum of two visits in a calendar year.
- The 'Tourist Visa On Arrival' once issued on arrival is only double entry, non-extendable , non-convertible & not valid for visiting protected/restricted and cantonment areas
- Nationals of yellow fever affected countries must carry the yellow fever vaccination card at the time of arrival in India. Otherwise they may be quarantined for 6 days upon arrival in India.
- You need to attach a scanned first page of the passport in PDF, format size min 10 KB, max 300 Kb and A digital passport photo in JPEG format, min 10 KB max 1MB.