How to get Indian Visa

Indian Visa

The following passport information is required to book your trip for all participants: surname, first name, date and place of birth, nationality, number, date, place of issue and date of expiry of the passport.

FormalitiesUpdate 23/06/2015: simplified procedure for obtaining a visa 1 entry to India.Below, the site on which visa applications for India and visa fee payment is to be made, is as follows:

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.htmal

This quick and simplified procedure is for French nationals, some important information to remember :-

- Passport valid for 6 months after the return date and 2 blank and consecutive passport pages

- The visa will be issued for a maximum of 30 days from the date of arrival in India. For a stay exceeding 30 days, opt for the usual visa procedure (via VFS or Action - Visas)

- The traveler must be in possession of his plane ticket A / R- The traveler can make an ETA request between 1 month and 4 days before arrival in India.- Single entry visa only. For a double / multi-entry visa, opt for the usual visa application procedure (via VFS or Action - Visas)

- ETA is issued at most twice a year / traveler- Once the ETA is sent by email, print it and send it to the port of arrival in India.

- The 9 airports that accept ETA are: Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Trivandrum

- The cost of the e-visa is 60 USD to date.

Do not forget also to leave with the address of your first hotel (information which will be asked to you during the passage immigration on your arrival in India)

Customs limitations

The following are authorized for importation: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars and one liter of alcohol.

Non-sporting firearms and narcotics are prohibited, as are bullion and gold coins.

India limits the export of antiquities and prohibits the import and export of any object made of material from endangered animal species.