With effect from 1 August 2007, High Commission of India has outsourced visa applications. Accordingly visa applications should be submitted at three Indian Visa Centres approved by the High Commission. [Please note that High Commission of India does not accept visa applications at its premises, except those requesting for grant of gratis visas on official and diplomatic passports.

Supporting Documents:

(i) Tourist Visa: Tourist Visa is granted to a Foreigner who does not have a residence or occupation in India and whose sole objective of visiting India is recreation, sight-seeing, casual visit to meet friends and relatives.  No other activity is permissible on a Tourist Visa.  The Tourist Visa is non-extendable and non convertible.

There should be a gap of at least two months between two visits to India on Tourist Visa.  For more information on latest guidelines on Tourist visa, click on the link http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/FAQ-TVisa311209.pdf

Supporting documents: Two Passport size photographs with a white background, application form duly filled, original passport. 

(ii) Business Visa: The Business Visa is granted to a foreign national who wants to visit India to establish an industrial/business venture or to explore possibilities to set up industrial/business venture, wants to purchase/sell industrial products in India.  The applicant should be a person of assured financial standing and has the expertise in the field of the intended business.  It is not granted for petty trading.  For more information on Business visa click on the link http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/work_visa_faq.pdf

The Business Visa must be issued from the country of origin, or from the country of domicile of the foreigner, provided the period of permanent residence of that applicant in that particular country is for more than two years. Documents required for Business Visa: Local company letter and company registration, Invitation letter from India and the company registration along with forms, two photos, original Passport.

(iii) Student Visa: Bonafide letter from school/college, two photographs, application forms and original passport.

(iv) Entry Visa: Entry Visa is granted to person’s spouses and dependent family members of a foreign national coming to India on long term visas like Employment and Research etc.  It is also granted to Persons of Indian Origin, his/her spouse and dependent children subject to production of proof of the PIO status, marriage certificate(in respect of spouse) and birth certificate(in respect of children). Spouses of an OCI/PIO card holders and dependent children can also apply for Entry Visa subject to production of necessary proof.

Supporting documents: For those married to Indian nationals, Original Indian Passport of Spouse along with a photocopy, marriage certificate and photocopy. For children of either parent being an Indian passport holder, children’s birth certificate, one of the parents Indian passport original and photocopy.

(v) Employment Visa: The Employment visa is granted to foreigners desiring to come to India for the purpose of employment.  The applicant should be a skilled and qualified professional or person who is being engaged or appointed by a company, orgainisation, industry or undertaking, etc. in India on contract or employment basis at a senior level, skilled position such as technical expert, senior executive, or in a managerial position. For more information on Employment visa click on the link http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/work_visa_faq.pdf

The Employment Visa must be issued from the country of origin, or from the country of domicile of the foreigner, provided the period of permanent residence of that applicant in that particular country is for more than two years. Employment contract for the company in which they will be working, Indian company registration, academic certificate, two passport size photographs, application forms.

(vi) Transfer of Visa: The old Passport and the current passport

Transit Visa: To produce confirmed air ticket for onward journey.

(vii) Conference Visa: Letter of invitation from the organizer of the conference.

For non-Malaysians, Visa processing time will be five to seven working days, excluding day of submission.

Revision of Visa Fess

(However in respect of Business visa, there will be different charges for 16 specified countries at the rates indicated in Table-I  and in respect of 17 different countries, Employment Visa charges will be as indicated at Table-II, on reciprocal basis )

(v)  Gratis Visa will be issued gratis to the nationals of Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Korea, Jamaica, Maldives, Mauritius, South Africa and Uruguay.

(vi)  Visa fees for Sri Lankan nationals are as given below:

(vii) Japanese nationals:  Fee of  RM 20 for transit visa and RM 46 for all other types of visa will be charged.
     
(viii) Russian and Romanian nationals:  Service charges of RM 168 and RM 41 will be charged from Russian and Romanian nationals respectively for all types of Indian visa.

(ix) US nationals: Visa fee for five year and 10 year validity Business visa will be RM 852 in addition to Visa application fee of RM 76 which is applicable to all types of visas.

Telex and postage charges

(x) When the applicant requests for return of passport by post to the applicant after fixing visa, a postal charge of RM 3 will be charged from the applicant.

(xi) Telex/fax charges of RM 40 will be charged from a non- resident (foreign) applicant for obtaining a clearance from the Indian Mission in the native country of t applicant.

Transfer of Visa

(xii) When an Indian visa fixed on an old passport is required to be transferred to a new one, a service fee of RM.35 will be charged.  This fee is not applicable to nationals of Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, DPR Korea, Jamaica, Maldives, Mauritius, South Africa, Uruguay, Nepal, Bhutan and Pakistan.

Table-I

BUSINESS VISA FEES FOR NATIONALS OF FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:

Table-II

EMPLOYMENT VISA FEE FOR FOLLOWING FOREIGN NATIONALS:

NOTE

Any person seeking a visa to India for the purpose of entering into a surrogacy arrangement must ascertain beforehand whether the law of that country permits surrogacy and will provide appropriate travel documents to the child for accompanying the surrogate parents. Entering into surrogacy arrangement under any other visa not sought for surrogacy is punishable under the Indian law.