Applying for a visa India

If you want to travel to India for a holiday or business trip, you need to apply for a visa India before departure. This will allow you to enter the country. This visa India is issued by the Indian government and is issued both digitally and in a regular format. In all cases, you can therefore assume that you need a visa for India before you leave.

Not sure whether your nationality – if different from Dutch or Belgian – requires a visa for India, or not sure whether you can apply for an e-visa India? Please contact us in advance. Our staff will be happy to advise you.

What type of visa India can I apply for?

India has various types of visas that you can apply for. For example, there is a digital e-visa India available, which you can apply for entirely online. However, the following conditions do apply:

An e-visa (the electronic visa India) may be applied for only 2 times per year
Your arrival in India may not be over land
In addition, the India visa is only valid upon arrival at the following airports: Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mengalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam.
Finally, the e-visa India is valid for 120 days from the time of issue, of which the stay should not exceed 60 days. An e-visa India is a double-entry visa, but both entries must take place within 60 days of entry.

Apply for a regular visa to India

Are you going to apply for a regular visa to India? Then this visa will be entered in your passport. This visa is valid for both tourists and business visitors and is valid for 5 years. Within this period, you may enter India several times.

It is possible to apply for a 1 year visa India, but you must indicate the reason why the visa India should be valid for only 1 year, instead of 5 years. Standard validity is in almost all cases 5 years, unless otherwise indicated in the supplied documents, such as guarantee letter or invitation letter.
Travellers aged between 12 and 70 are required to provide biometric data at the embassy in The Hague. You will therefore need to make an appointment for this. We will, of course, provide you with guidance in this regard and schedule the appointment for you in consultation with you. Would you like us to be there too? Then indicate that you wish to make use of our VIP-service. For a fee of EUR 100 excl. VAT per appointment, we will be present at your biometrics appointment and one of our visa experts will accompany you during your appointment. Of course it is nice to have someone accompany you to the appointment who knows how the procedure works and what you need to consider. Have you opted for this VIP service? Then we handle everything for you. You only have to show up at the appointment, we will do the rest for you!

Electronic visa India

First of all, you need to fill in the form on our website to apply for an e-visa India. In this form you enter all your data and place it in our system, together with a clear scan of your passport and passport photo. If you are travelling for business purposes, a copy of your business card should be included as well. After the electronic visa application for India has been submitted, we will be informed within 72 hours. Is your visa application for India approved? Then you can travel to India with the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA). Has your application been refused? Then you may try to apply for a regular visa. Where possible, Traveldocs will assist you in providing the necessary documents and will check whether they meet the conditions and requirements. We will also assist you in filling out the necessary data for your visa India. However, the assessment of your application is exclusively up to the Indian authorities.

Travel with a regular visa to India

Do you want to apply for a regular visa to India? Please fill in the online form and send us the necessary documents, together with your passport and passport photo (50x50mm), by registered mail or by courier. You will receive an overview and explanation by email, in which you can find which documents you need to apply for the regular visa India. You can also find these documents on our website. Once everything is received in good order, the following applies:

We will prepare a consular form for you based on the form you filled in. Once you have received it, please sign it and send it back to us with the additional documents;
Once we have received the signed consular form and documents, we will submit your visa application to the Visa Application Centre in The Hague;
From the next working day after submission, it is possible for you to visit the Embassy by appointment. As soon as we have the opportunity, we will schedule the time and date for you;
During this appointment, you will provide your fingerprints and an iris scan. You may also have to answer some questions about your trip;
From the next working day after your appointment, the processing time of 5 working days starts. After 5 working days we will finally receive your passport with the visa for India.

VIP service visa India

Do you want one of our visa experts to be present during your biometrics appointment? Then choose our VIP service! You can let us know by mail or when you deliver your documents. For EUR 100 excl. VAT, you will be accompanied by us during your appointment.

We will welcome you at the appointed time and help you on your way. This way you do not have to search or worry yourself unnecessarily. Our visa experts will take care of everything for you. All you have to do is hand over the fingerprints and/or face scan. Then you can go and we’ll take care of the rest at the embassy.

Other benefits VIP service visa India and help filling out the visa India

Besides offering guidance during your biometrics appointment, with the VIP service you also get help from us when filling in your visa form for India.

Processing time, visa validity and visa India costs

The visa India fees and processing time depend on the type of visa you choose.

The costs for the tourist e-visa for India are for the tourist visa 30 days valid € 49.95
The tourist e-visa with a validity of 1 year and multiple entry costs € 72.95
The cost of the business e-visa India with 1 year validity multiple-entry is € 106,95

This includes processing fees, consular fees, transaction fees and VAT.

If you would like to have your data and/or documents collected or delivered at your home address, you will pay additional shipping costs. You can also make use of an urgent procedure for which a surcharge will also be made. The amount of this surcharge depends on the desired delivery time and visa type.

Information about the surcharges and fees can be found on the page Rates.

Why apply for your visa India at Traveldocs?

At Traveldocs we guarantee professional, correct, fast and also very reliable service. This also applies to all your visa applications for India.

Our experienced experts check the application before it is submitted to the consulate of India. Only in this way are you 100% certain that your application is correct and safe.

Traveldocs makes the procedure easier for you, so no more complicated website procedures.

We will keep you informed about the status of your application via e-mail or telephone. Furthermore you can follow your request at all times via the Tracking function on our website.

Traveldocs is a Dutch company with years of experience and the right connections to handle your documents correctly. We work together with various tour operators, top clubs, large (international) companies and NGOs. Your documents are in safe hands with us at all times.

Are you planning to visit other countries besides India?

Take a look at the visa countries below, so that you can travel well-prepared and equipped with the right documents.

Apply for your visa to India now

Do you want to apply for a visa to India right away? Then go to the online application form now. Want to know more about the visa and the procedure first? Please read our FAQ India page, or contact us via our online contact form.

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