Apply for an Indian e-Visa online.
Select your nationality and purpose of visit to check eligibility and the applicable fee before you begin the application.
Prefer to apply with AI? Connect your agentHold an OCI card? You do not need a visa.
OCI cardholders do not apply for an e-Visa. Since 1 October 2025, every OCI cardholder must file the e-Arrival Card before landing. Atithi helps you prepare that, and everything else an OCI card needs, in one place.
- File your e-Arrival Card before you land
- Renew your OCI card after a new passport
- Add a family member born abroad
Start with a conversation.
Connect Codex, Claude, Gemini or another compatible agent to Atithi. Share your passport and itinerary if you choose, confirm the details it finds, and let it guide you through the remaining questions.
Choose your AI app.
A one-time setup in your AI app.
Approve your connection.
Verify your email here and choose one draft.
Answer, confirm, review.
Your agent helps prepare. You stay in control.
Select a visa category.
Select the category that matches the purpose of visit. The application opens preconfigured for it.
e-Tourist Visa
For recreation, sightseeing, or visits to family and friends.
30 days · 1 year · 5 years, multiple entry
e-Business Visa
For business meetings, trade, recruitment, or exhibitions.
365 days, multiple entry · each visit up to 180 days
e-Medical Visa
For treatment at a recognised hospital in India.
As printed on the ETA
e-Medical Attendant Visa
For up to two attendants accompanying a patient.
Tied to the patient's visa
e-Conference Visa
For conferences and seminars with Government clearance.
30 daysRequirements by visa category.
Select a category to see the documents it requires. The photograph and PDF specifications below apply to every category.
Choose the visa you are applying for.
Passport bio page
Required- Format
- Size
- 10 KB to 300 KB official · Atithi accepts up to 2 MB
The page with your personal particulars, from the same passport entered in the form.
Photograph
Required- Format
- JPEG
- Size
- 10 KB to 1 MB
- Dimensions
- Square, at least 350 x 350 px
Letter on letterhead
Listed- Format
- Size
- 10 KB to 300 KB official · Atithi accepts up to 2 MB
For a short-term course or voluntary work only.
Photograph
- Format
- JPEG
- Size
- 10 KB to 1 MB
- Dimensions
- Square, at least 350 x 350 px
- Framing
- Full face, front view, eyes open, without spectacles, head centred
- Background
- Plain light or white, no shadows or borders
- Note
- Do not photograph the picture in your passport.
Documents
- Format
- Size
- 10 KB to 300 KB official · Atithi accepts up to 2 MB
- Language
- English
Atithi frames your photograph and fits your documents to these limits for you.
Application process.
- 01
Apply online
Submit the application online with a digital photograph and the passport bio page.
- 02
Pay the e-Visa fee online
Pay the applicable fee by credit card, debit card, or payment wallet. The official fee is charged along with a bank processing charge.
- 03
Receive the ETA by email
The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) is sent to the registered email address on approval. Application status can be tracked here until then.
- 04
Travel to India
Present a printed copy of the ETA at the Immigration Check Post, where the e-Visa is stamped.
Existing applications
Sign in to check application status, download an approved e-Visa, or continue a saved application.
Check application status
View every step from submission to decision, and what is required next.
StartPrint e-Visa
Download the ETA once it is approved. A printed copy must be carried while travelling.
StartResume a saved application
Sign in with the email address used to start the application to continue where it was left off.
StartNo emergency or express fee exists.
“Government of India makes no provision of charging of any emergency fees or additional fees for grant of any emergency / express e-visa.”
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