The application for an e-Visa for India can be made on https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html.
An e-Visa is usually the easiest and cheapest way to get a visa for your trip to India.
Citizens of the following countries are eligible to apply for an e-visa:
Albania, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon 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, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, 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, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, 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, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City-Holy See, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Requirements for the application
- A passport that will still be valid for at least six months at the time of entering India.
- The passport must have at least two empty pages.
Documents needed for the application
- A scan of the data page of your passport as pdf, with a size between 10 and 300 KB.
- A photo fulfilling the following criteria:
- JPEG-format
- File size: between 10 KB and 1 MB.
- Width and height need to have the same measurements.
- The photo has to show the full face from the front, with open eyes and without glasses.
- The head has to be in the middle of the photograph and must be visible from the hair at the top to the chin at the bottom.
- The background has to be light/white.
- There mustn’t be any shadows on the face or in the background.
- The photo mustn’t have a frame.
A sample form showing the data that have to be submitted in the application process can be found at https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/images/SampleForm.pdf
Time frame for the application
- The application must be made at least 4 days before entering India.
- The application can be made a maximum of 60 days before entering India.
Payment
- Please check the fees for your e-tourist visa here, since they depend on your country of origin:
https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/images/Etourist_fee_final.pdf - Payment methods vary slightly from country to country, a credit or debit card mostly works.
- The update of your payment status on the website may take up to two hours!
Your visa application should be processed after about 72 hours. You can check your visa status online, but should also receive an e-mail once the application has been processed.
You need to carry a copy of the Electronic Travel Authorization you will receive after an e-tourist visa application for entering India. Please confirm before your journey that the visa status is shown as “granted” on the indianvisaonline-Website.
