Various types of visas are issued depending upon the purpose like:

(a) Tourist visa for visiting places in India, meeting relatives/friends, pilgrimage and recreation;

(b) Student visa for those intending to pursue school / college level education (Letter from the school authorities is required to be attached);

(c) Business visa for businessmen & entrepreneurs to attend meetings, to establish joint ventures, for investment purposes, etc. (Letter from inviting authorities and Letter from the local sponsoring company to be enclosed);

(d) Employment visa for those who undertake employment in registered firms and companies duly approved by concerned Ministries in India (Letter of employment, contractual terms and copy of the registration of the company required to be produced); and

(e) Transit visa is restricted to maximum of 72 hours (Onward journey ticket to be produced).

The applications for visa should be accompanied by three passport size photographs of the applicant and the same can be submitted in person or through travel agents or any authorized person at the India Visa Centres in Kuala Lumpur, Joho Bahru and Penang. We do not insist on personal visits to the India Visa Centres for Visa Services. For those holding Malaysian passports it may take 2-3 working days to issue visas and for those holding passports of other countries it may take 5-6 working days to issue visas. However, in certain categories of cases, the issue of visa is subject to receipt of specific clearances from the concerned authorities and therefore in such cases no time limit can be specified.  The fees for various types of visas as on 01.07.08 which are subject to variation from time to time, are enumerated as under: -

(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 4 for transit visa and RM 30 for all other types of visa will be charged.
     
(viii) Russian and Romanian nationals:  Service charges of RM 152 and RM 25 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 836 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 2 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.19 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:

*For applications by post, an additional amount of RM.2.00 will be charged.