Document Requirements

Depending on the type of India eVisa, applicants are required to provide different documents as below:

► India e-Tourist Visa:

1. Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details;

2. Recent Personal Photo;

3. Copy of letter from the institute/organization/hospital etc. concerned on its letter-head (if applying for attending short term courses);

4. Copy of letter from the organization concerned on its letter-head (if applying for attending voluntary work of short duration).

► India e-Business Visa:

1. Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details;

2. Recent Personal Photo;

3. Copy of Business Card;

4. Copy of Invitation Letter;

5. Any letter of invitation if applicable from Indian parties which wish you to conduct the business (optional).

   In case of applying for Indian e-Business Visa for delivering lectures under Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN), you need to provide below extra documents:

6. Invitation of the host institute to the foreign faculty;

7. Copy of the sanction order under GIAN issued by the National Coordinating Institute viz. IIT Kharagpur;

8. Copy of the synopsis of the courses to be taken up by the faculty.

The documents are required to follow the guidelines as below:

► Scanned Bio-Page of the Passport Requirements:

• Passport: should have at least 6 months validity from the date of arrival in India and 2 blank pages

• Clearly show your biographical data (name, country of birth, date of birth, passport number, expiration date, etc...)

• Format: PDF

• Size: 10 - 300 KB

► Personal Photo Requirements:

• Format: JPEG

• Size: 10 KB - 1 MB

• Without borders

• Must show your full face, opening eyes, front view with a plain white or off-white background

• NO SHADOW on the face or on the background

• Show the full center head from the top of hair to the bottom of the chin

• DO NOT take a photograph or scan the photo in your passport.

• Must be taken within the past 6 months, showing your current appearance

• Must be in COLOR

• Must be taken in normal street attire. Uniforms should NOT BE worn in photographs except religious attire that is worn daily

• Do not wear a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline

• If you normally wear prescription glasses, a hearing device, wig or similar articles, they should be worn for your picture

• Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless you need them for medical reasons. A medical certificate may be required.

Other scanned Document Requirements:

• Format: PDF
• Size: 10 KB - 300 KB
• Documents must be in English

Beside these documents, you also need a valid Credit/Debit Card (Visa/MasterCard) to complete the eVisa application.

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