hh International travelers who want to travel India must read our article. Recently the government has added a few categories into the Tourist Visa and other types of visa. If you wish to apply for an Indian visa online then you can do it via the Indian government website which allows anyone from the eligible countries to fill out the form.
The short term Indian visa known as etv visa India from the USA is the cheapest, quickest and easiest way to get an Indian visa for US citizens and this type of visa is good for the trips of up to 60 days. The e-visa often referred as ‘visa on arrival’ but you need to apply online before traveling.
The long term visas can be availed by the most nationalities, they can apply for the 6 or 12-month Indian visa. However, the citizens of the US are lucky in this regard as they can apply for a 5 or 10-year visa with multiple trips allowed. Both of these long term visa options come with multiple entries which can be helpful if you need to travel frequently to India. But you must know that in all these visas you cannot stay longer than 180 days in a single time. And you cannot use these visas for employment as these visas are strictly for the purpose of sightseeing and recreation.
Types of Visa offers by Indian Govt to Visit India
Apart from a tourist visa, India does offer othere-visas for different activities and here is a list of them.
- IndiaE-Business visa
- IndiaE-Conference visa
- IndiaE-Medical visa
- IndiaE-medical attendant visa
Documents required for an Indian visa
- Scanned photo of the bio page of passport showing full details and photographs.
- Digital photograph in the JPEG format and the size must be between 10 KB and 1 MB. The height and width of the photo must be same and the photo must be recent, eyes open and without spectacles.
Documents required for the Minors, children, and infants to Apply Indian visa
Every US citizen needs a visa for visiting India and minors, children and infants are no exception. The minors and children’s are treated the same way as an adult. But infants need to apply for Overseas Citizen of India card. The OCI card allows for multiple entries and if you’re planning a trip with your baby then we suggest that you immediately apply for the OCI card as the processing time is around 3 to 6 weeks.
Steps to apply for an online Indian visa
- First, you need to go to the official government website for visa application. Where you need to fill out the Indian visa form and then submit all your details by clicking on the ‘Apply here for e-visa’. For documents needed, please refer above in the documents section.
- You’ll need to provide all the related document mentioned above. You’ll need to upload your passport and colored photo in the same format and resolution as mentioned in the documents.
- Then you need to pay the fee of the tourist visa and then you can submit your visa application.
- You can check the status of your application in the coming days.
- You can also choose to use the services of other private visa providers where you just need to provide your details and they’ll take care of the rest. You don’t need to look regularly for the status and all of the visa, the ETA will be mailed to you once your visa is approved.
- You’ll need to take a print out of the ETA before entering into India.


Kailas temple in Ellora caves complex, Maharashtra state in India 


How much Indian e visa cost to me if , I applying from USA?

Indian visa fees is around $100 USD for US citizens and there are banks charges. If you use the services of different service providers then you might need to pay a few dollars as the fee of their services. But, you’ll be free from the hassle of applying and going through the website which does not work well all-time.
Before applying for the Indian visa you need to prepare yourself with all the documents to be a hassle-free transaction. The process is very simple and you just fill out all the details and upload your photographs and documents to get your Visa.


