Visa Information

General Information

Foreign nationals may obtain visas to enter India, if they hold foreign passports or travel documents valid for more than six months.

The official invitation letter will be provided by AOCR 2025 Secretariat upon request and also download the registration receipt, registration confirmation from the personal page dashboard on the AOCR 2025 website.

Invitation Letter for Visa Application Purposes

If you require an invitation letter for visa application purposes, kindly fill out the form: Invitation Letter Form.

Note:

• The invitation letter will be sent to your provided email address within 5 business days.
• The issuance of this invitation letter does not constitute a commitment on the part of the organizer to provide any form of financial support.

E-Visa

Login to the link to fill out the visa application form: E-Visa Application Form.

Click on 3. e-Conference Visa:

• Duration: Thirty days (30 days) from the date of arrival into India.
• Entries: Single
• Note: Organizers to upload all details & documentation on the MHA website (conference.mha.gov.in).

Eligibility

• International travelers whose sole objective for visiting India is recreation, sight-seeing, casual visit to meet friends and relatives, attending a short term yoga program, short term courses on local languages, music, dance, arts & crafts, cooking, medicine etc. which should not be a formal or structured course/program (courses not exceeding 6 months duration and not issued with a qualifying certificate/ diploma etc), 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), medical treatment including treatment under Indian systems of medicine, business purpose, as attendant to e-Medical visa holder, attending a conference/ seminar/ workshop organized by a Ministry or Department of the Government of India, State Governments or UT Administrations etc. & their subordinate/ attached organizations & PSUs and private conferences organized by private persons/companies/organizations.
• Applicant's passport should have at least six months validity at the time of making application for grant of e-Visa.
• International Travelers should have return ticket or onward journey ticket, with sufficient money to spend during his/her stay in India.
• International Travelers having Pakistani Passport or Pakistani origin may please apply for regular Visa at Indian Mission.
• Not available to Diplomatic/Official Passport Holders or Laissez-passer travel document holders.
• Not available to individuals endorsed on Parent's/Spouse's Passport i.e. each individual should have a separate passport.
• Not available to International Travel Document Holders other than Passport.

If you are a national of any of the following countries, you are eligible for eVisa:

General Instructions:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 the applicant can select the arrival date from 5th Sept to 2nd Jan.
4. Sample eVisa application form is available on the tab near the bottom of eVisa main page.
5. 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.
6. 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 the application will not be processed. To know the fee applicable on your Country/Territory please Click here (for e-Tourist Visa) and for other e-Visa Click here.
7. 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).
8. 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 the commencement of your journey. Applicants can track the status of their application online by clicking Visa Status.
9. Biometric details of the applicant will be mandatorily captured at Immigration on arrival in India.
10. 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 please visit here.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.

The documents required for completing the eVisa application is indicated against each type of eVisa. Please keep all these documents ready at hand before beginning to fill your eVisa application. All documents including Business cards, Invitation letters etc. must be in English language, failing which the application would be liable for rejection. The entire process may take 10 to 15 minutes to complete the application and make the payment.

Applicants must be fill eVisa application himself/herself and give correct information in each column and take responsibility for the correctness of information provided.

For e-Conference Visa

• Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details*
• Invitation from the organizer, which applicant may seek from this organiser.
• Political clearance from Ministry of External Affairs
• Event clearance from Ministry of Home Affairs

The digital photograph to be uploaded along with the Visa application should meet the following requirements:

• Format: JPEG
• Size:
• Minimum 10 KB
• Maximum 1 MB
• The height and width of the Photo must be equal.
• Photo should present full face, front view, eyes open and without spectacles
• Center head within frame and present full head from top of hair to bottom of chin
• Background should be plain light colored or white background.
• No shadows on the face or on the background.
• Without borders.

Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the Photograph and Details.

• Format: PDF
• Size: Minimum 10 KB, Maximum 300 KB

Other document for Business/Medical Purpose

• Format: PDF
• Size: Minimum 10 KB, Maximum 300 KB