There are some documents that travellers who want to visit India should provide to acquire an Indian visa. The requirements for an India visa may vary depending on the type of visa you are applying for and your nationality.
Some general guidelines, and common documents required for an Indian visa application may include:
- Visa Application Form: Completed and signed visa application form.
- Passport: Your original passport with at least six months’ validity beyond your intended stay in India and at least two blank pages for visa stamps.
- Passport-size Photos: Recent passport-size photographs adhering to specific requirements (size, background colour, etc.).
- Visa Fees: The required visa processing fees.
- Flight Itinerary: Proof of your intended travel dates, often in the form of a confirmed round-trip flight reservation.
- Accommodation Reservation: Proof of your accommodation arrangements in India, such as a hotel reservation.
- Proof of Funds: Evidence of sufficient funds to cover your stay in India. This could be in the form of bank statements, salary slips, or other financial documents.
- Travel Itinerary: An outline of your travel plans, including places you intend to visit.
- For business or employment visas, additional documents such as a letter of invitation from an Indian business entity, a letter from your employer, and details about the purpose of your visit may be required.
Specific details to be followed apart from general guidelines for a few countries:
- For people of Pakistani, Afghanistan, and Bangladeshi origin they have to give exact details of their purpose of visit, last month’s bank statement, where they are going to stay, and some additional information to get their visas. They will have to go through the process of interviewing as well to receive their visas.
- People from China and Sri Lanka have to fill out the additional information forms as well.
- People who have foreign nationality but have Indian origin will have to submit a copy of the ‘Surrender certificate’ and a copy of the ‘Cancelled passport’ to receive their visas.
These are some of the general documents required by different people.
