Anyone who is traveling to overseas countries requires an important document known as Visa, without it, no one will be allowed to enter the country. But some countries allow travelers from different countries without a visa like India allows citizens of Bhutan, Nepal, and the Maldives to enter India without a visa. Also, there are lots of websites and offline travel agents that offer visa services to travelers who wish to visit other countries.

Since its founding, Saransh India Tours, situated in Jaipur, Rajasthan, has offered customers excellent passport and visa services. Our team of knowledgeable passport and visa agents is well-versed in the many procedures required to get a passport or visa.

These representatives are competent to manage all of the documentation on behalf of their clients. To contact us, all you need to do is dial our numbers at any time of the day. With our help, submitting your passport and visa requirements will be simple. Throughout the process, our experts will work with you to see that all requirements are finished promptly.

VISA

Important points to note before you apply

1. When applying for an Indian visa, applicants are requested to disclose details of all passports (current/old) held by them. Failure to do so may result in rejection of their applications."
2. When applying for a visa, the passport should be valid for a minimum period of 6 months or more. The passport must have at least three blank pages and should not be mutilated / damaged / tampered in any manner.
3. Suppression of facts and information will not only result in delay/ or denial of visa applied for but may debar the applicant from applying under this system in future.
4. Visa processing fees are not refundable. Fee should be deposited only after ascertaining that all correct and relevant details are entered in the application form.
5. The acceptance of a visa application does not automatically guarantee grant of a visa.  The visa application may be modified or refused by the Embassy at its discretion. Decision of the Embassy of India, Paris on the matter shall be final.
6. The practice of appending manual signature and affixing stamp on visa stickers have been dispensed with and the visa stickers now carry ‘ghost’ imaging and other security features.
7. The duration and number of entries granted to the applicant will be solely at the discretion of Embassy. No claims and correspondences shall be entertained in this regard.
8. Visa is valid from the date of issue and not from the date of travel.
9. It is strongly advised that applicants do not make any travel arrangements before obtaining an Indian visa. The Embassy of India cannot, under any circumstance, be held responsible for visa not issued in time.

10. All visa applications are being accepted only through VF Services (UK) Ltd. M/s VF Services (UK) Ltd has application collection centres in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Details can be viewed at: http://www.vfsglobal.com/india/france/

11. All Visa applicants including those applying for multiple entry Tourist and Business Visas are advised to give their biometrics at the time of submission of their applications.

12. Applicants of all long term visas (2 to 5 years) will have to come to at the Embassy for a personal interview. The date and time of the interview will be conveyed to the applicant by the Embassy.

13. FEES: Your payment allows you to deposit a visa application. The latter can be accepted, refused or modified by the Embassy of India in its full right. Once fees have been paid, they cannot be refunded, even in a case of a visa refusal or cancelling an application.

The price of your visa is made up of fixed service charges and variable consular charges. The consular charges depend on the type of visa requested and on your nationality, profession or origin. Please consult the fees chart below in order to calculate the total amount to pay.

Visa Fee Chart

TOURIST VISA

This category of visa will be applicable to foreign nationals whose sole objective of visiting India is for recreation, sightseeing, casual visit to meet friends or relatives, attending a short term yoga programme, short duration medical treatment including treatment under Indian systems of medicine, short term courses on local languages, music, dance, arts & crafts, cooking, medicine etc. which should not be a formal or structured course/ programme (courses not exceeding 6 months duration and not issued with a qualifying certificate/ diploma etc.), and voluntary work of short duration (for a maximum period of one month, which do not involve any monetary payment or consideration of any kind in return). etc. and no other purpose/ activity.

Generally, the Embassy of India issues a visa valid for 6 months; however these are not given by default.  Applicants can be granted a lesser duration if a lesser duration is written on the application form and/if the consular services decide to do so. In such cases, visa fees remain unchanged. A longer duration 5 years, 2 years and 1 year visa is also available but each stay will not exceed 90 days Please note that the Tourist visa cannot be exchanged and cannot be extended in India.

Checklist for tourist visa

Applicants are requested to ensure details entered on the Visa application form must be exactly as in the Passport or else the visa application will be rejected.

Please note: the validity of a visa begins on the day it is issued by the Embassy of India and not on the date of departure.

EVISA

• Foreign nationals eligible for e-visa can apply at the official website indianvisaonline.gov.in. The instructions on eligibility, requirements, filling up of the e-Visa forms etc are mentioned in detail on the website. The webpage also provides sub-links (https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html with information related to “Instructions to Applicants” and “List of countries/nationalities who are eligible to avail e-Visa”.
• An important instruction on the website is the requirement for entry into India upon receipt of Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) is that the passport of the traveller should have validity of at least 6 months from the date of arrival in India and it should contain at least 2 blank pages for stamping by the immigrations officer.
• The applicant must travel on the passport which was used to apply for the e-Visa. However, entry will be allowed into India on a new passport even if ETA has been issued on an old passport, provided that the traveller must carry the old passport on which ETA was issued.
• e-Visa has 5 sub-categories viz. e-Tourist Visa(for 30 days/01 year/ 05 years), e-Business Visa, e-Medical Visa, e-Medical Attendant Visa and e-Conference Visa. A foreigner (other than those applying for e-Conference Visa) will be allowed to club activities permitted under these categories. Foreigners applying for e-Conference visa will be permitted to club the activities permitted under e-Tourist visa only (validity co-terminus with e-Conference Visa only i.e. 30 days). Only two e-Medical Attendant Visas will be granted against one e- Medical Visa.
• For e-Tourist and e-Business visa, Applicants of the eligible countries/territories may apply online minimum 4 days in advance of the date of arrival.
• For e-Medical, e-Medical Attendant and e-Conference visa, Applicants of the eligible countries/territories may apply online minimum 4 days in advance of the date of arrival with a window of 120 days. Example: If you are applying on 1st Sept then applicant can select arrival date from 5th Sept to 2nd Jan
• Sample eVisa application form is available on the tab near the bottom of eVisa main page.
• Recent front facing photograph with white background and photo page of Passport containing personal details like name, date of birth, nationality, expiry date etc are to be uploaded mandatorily by the applicant. Additionally one more document depending upon the e-Visa type would also be required to be uploaded. The application is liable to be rejected if the uploaded documents and photograph are not clear / as per specification.
• e-Visa fee is country/Territory specific. Bank transaction charges of 2.5% will be charged additionally on applicable e-Visa fees. The fee must be paid at least 4 days before the expected date of travel otherwise application will not be processed. To know the fee applicable on your Country/Territory please (for e-Tourist Visa) and for other e-Visa.
• e-Visa fee once submitted is non-refundable as the fee is for processing of the application and is not dependent on either Grant or Rejection of Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA).
• Applicant should carry a copy of Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) along with him/her at the time of travel. Please confirm that your ETA status is shown as 'GRANTED' on this website prior to commencement of your journey. Applicants can track the status of their application online by clicking VisaStatus
• Biometric details of the applicant will be mandatorily captured at Immigration on arrival in India.
• e-Visa is non-extendable, non-convertible & not valid for visiting Protected/Restricted and Cantonment Areas. If you intend to visit Protected/Restricted/Cantonment areas, you would require prior permission from the Civil Authority.
• The e-Visa fee payment status updation may take up to 2 hours due to technical reasons/network delays. Before re-applying, the applicants are requested to wait for 2 hours for payment status updating, after final submission of the application form and payment of the fee. In cases, where e-Visa fee has been deducted but status is not updated, the applicants are advised to verify their payment status by clicking on 'Verify Payment/Pay Visa Fee' tab or by clicking on the link Verify Payment.
• Nationals of Yellow Fever affected countries or travellers arriving from these countries must carry YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION CARD at the time of arrival in India, otherwise they may be quarantined for 6 days upon arrival in India. Please visit our Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare latest guidelines regarding yellow fever countries here.
• You must travel on the Passport which you have applied for eVisa. Entry will be allowed into India on the new passport even if ETA has been issued on the old passport, however in such cases a traveler must carry the old passport on which ETA was issued