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Visa
Categories
Choose your visa category from the list below, in accordance with your purpose of travel or in certain cases, your profession. You should complete your application according to the list of documents required for the category you wish to apply for. Please note that additional forms or documents could be required according to your nationality, origin, the mode of submission you have chosen or the age of the applicant. You may find these documents, along with sample letters, on the page Additional Forms.
Kindly print the check list which corresponds with the visa category you wish
to apply for and attach it with your application. It must be filled in and
signed.
Please Note: the validity of a visa begins on the day it is issued by
the Embassy of India and not on the date of departure.
Tourist Visa
This visa will allow you to travel to India for holidays, visit monuments, meet
friends, attend a wedding…
Print list of documents required for a Tourist Visa
Business Visa
The list of missions possible with a Business Visa is detailed on the checklist.
Please note that to work in
India
and live there as an expatriate, you should apply for an Employment visa.
Print list of documents required for a Business Visa
Entry Visa
This visa allows you to travel to India for a longer period. Due to this fact, Entry visas are restricted to applicants with the following cases: a person of Indian origin; spouse and children of a person of Indian nationality or origin; dependents of a person holding an Employment visa; applicants wishing to settle down in Auroville; applicants wishing to join an ashram or follow a course in yoga, meditation or Vedic culture; applicants travelling to India for acclaimed mountaineering expeditions.
Print list of documents required for an Entry Visa
Student Visa
This visa allows you to travel to India to study at a university or technological institute, take part in an academic exchange programme, do an internship in a company, follow a course in a language school, dance school or music school. Please note that to enrol in yoga, meditation or vedic culture courses, an Entry visa would be required.
Print list of documents required for a Student Visa
Employment Visa
This visa allows you to travel to India to work for an Indian company, to
become an expatriate in an international company or organisation…
Please note that immediate family members of a person travelling to India with
an Employment visa should apply for an Entry visa.
Print list of documents required for an Employment Visa
Transit Visa
This visa allows you to travel to
India
for a very short period in which you can change flights at an airport. You are
also able to leave the transit zone of the airport.
Print list of documents required for a Transit Visa
Journalist Visa
This visa allows people working in specific fields of activity to travel to
India
on a professional basis or to travel to
India
for personal or tourist purposes.
Print list of documents required for a Journalist Visa
Conference Visa
This visa allows you to travel to India to attend a conference (mathematics conference, medical conference…)
Please note that to attend a business conference in your field of activity or a
conference arranged by a company or to attend a business fair, you must apply
for a Business visa.
Print
list of documents required for a Conference Visa
Research Visa
This visa allows research professors or scholars to conduct research work in India.
Print list of documents required for a Research Visa
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