Indian tourist visa can be granted to a non-Indian national who does not have a residence or occupation in India and whose sole objective of visiting India is for recreation, sightseeing, casual visit to meet friends and relatives.
Please check from Indian Visa Information to see if you will need a holiday visa to go to India or the up-to-date tourist visa requirements for India.
Along with the generally required documents for India visa, below, the Indian embassy may require some specific documents from the visa candidates depending on their employment status as well as several additional documents depending upon the type of Indian visa applied for.
The legal guardians of minors applying for an Indian visa, must submit some extra documents for the underage applicant and these may include child’s birth certificate, visa application form signed by both parents, family court order – in cases where only one parent has full custody over the child and certified copies of ID / passport of both parents.
If the child will be travelling alone, a notarized parental authorization signed by both legal guardians is generally required.
Please notice: In individual circumstances, you may be asked to produce additional documents. Indian embassy procedures and policies can and do, alter overnight. We take no responsibilty for any such changes or any transaction initiated directly between an applicant and the Indian embassy in Germany.
Steps to Applying for Indian visa To apply for an Indian visa follow the steps given below:
Please Note: Please consult Indian embassy in your country as visa regulations for India can and often change overnight. In individual cases, additional documents required for Indian visa. We accept no responsibility as we have no affiliation with the embassy of India or their visa section.
Going for a visa interview at the embassy? The visa officer at the Indian consulate will look over your application and ask you questions if they wish to clarify anything. It is best to answer these questions honestly.
Typical questions asked at the India visa interview include:
Common reasons why your Indian visa application got rejected include: