India travel advice

[kierton59]

Hi,

I am a British passport holder and I am travelling to India. I have read some conflicting information online and wanted to ask on this forum.

My trip is purely a tourist trip lasting less than 30 days. Is the e-tv (electronic travel visa) sufficient for me to travel? Or do I still need to submit passport/documents by booking an appointment through VFS?

E-tv visa link: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html

http://www.vfsglobal.com/India/UK/Tourist.html

The VFS site seems to say fill the application online and then print this with other documents and make an appointment at a visa centre.

E-tv site seems to say, apply online upload photo and passport photo page and we'll send the visa electronically. Print this visa and carry with you when you travel.

Just wondering if anyone has visited recently and could clarify this?

Thanks in advance

[rmukherjee]

I am a British passport holder and I am travelling to India. I have read some conflicting information online and wanted to ask on this forum.

My trip is purely a tourist trip lasting less than 30 days. Is the e-tv (electronic travel visa) sufficient for me to travel? Or do I still need to submit passport/documents by booking an appointment through VFS?

E-tv visa link: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html

http://www.vfsglobal.com/India/UK/Tourist.html

The VFS site seems to say fill the application online and then print this with other documents and make an appointment at a visa centre.

E-tv site seems to say, apply online upload photo and passport photo page and we'll send the visa electronically. Print this visa and carry with you when you travel.

e-Visa (also known as Tourist Visa on Arrival - TVOA) should work unless you're entering the country through something other than the 16 airports that support the TVOA visa (Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli, Trivandrum & Varanasi). There are a few other terms and conditions -- notably it's a single entry visa and you can use it twice a year -- but for most tourists it'll work well.

The principal advantage of the non-electronic visa is that it can be valid for multiple entries and up to 6 months. It's more expensive than the e-Visa though.

Note that for the e-Visa, the photo should be of equal width and height, and up to 1MB in size. This follows from the preferred size of passport photos in India, which is 2 inches x 2 inches.

[kierton59]

Hi,

Thank you for your fast response. Would you be able to clarify single entry? The flights I am looking at enter Delhi and then there is a connecting flight to Ahmedabad. During my stay I may be taking a couple of short internal flights across India. Will the electronic travel visa be ok for this?

Regards,