How to get India Visa for British Citizens?

British citizens entering India are required to possess a regular visa/eVisa along with passport.

How to get India visa for British Citizens?

There are 2 ways to get India visa for British Citizens.

• Regular / Paper Visa Application

• e-Visa : International travellers whose sole objective for visiting India is recreation, sightseeing, casual visit to meet friends and relatives, attending a short term yoga programme, 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 no other purpose/activity, can apply for e-Visa.

  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.

How to get regular/paper India visa for British Citizens?

Access the Visa Application system online.

Click on "Regular / Paper Visa Application"

Selects the Indian Mission from where you intend to apply for the Visa from the tab Select Mission.

Fill the application online as per the forms standardized by the Ministry.

After filling the form and submitting it, the system shall automatically generate an Application Id.

Applicants are requested to keep this Application Id for further communications with the concerned Indian Mission.

System will automatically ask the Applicant for the following confirmation: Select 'Yes' if the applicant want to seek appointment and make payment online or 'No' if the applicant just want to print the submitted application form.

If the applicant response is 'No', then it is requested by the applicant to take the print out of the submitted online application form and approach the concerned Indian Mission for submission of the online form along with supporting documents.

If the response from applicant is 'Yes' then the system automatically takes the link to perform the following:

• Selection of Date and Time of appointment at the concerned Indian Mission

• Calculation of Visa fee, service charge, VAT etc. as applicable according to the Visa type

Make the payment using service providers payment system. In case the facility of Appointment Scheduling and e-Payment is not available for the concerned Indian mission, then applicant has to take the printout of the online application form and visit the concerned Indian Mission to submit the same along with supporting documents and make the payment.

The e-payment facility is not available for all the Indian Missions abroad. Wherever the said facility is not available, it is requested to kindly submit the application submission fees to either the out sourcing agency or to the Mission directly along with the supporting documents.

How to get e-visa for British Citizens?

Follow the below steps to apply for e-Visa for British Citizens.

• Visit e-visa portal.

• Click on "Apply here for e-visa".

• Enter the required details such as Passport type, Nationality, Date of Birth.

• Choose the type of Visa.

• Click on Continue.

• Enter the applicant details and passport details.

• Click on Save and Continue.

• Enter the present address, permanent address, family details, marital status etc.

• Enter the details of the Visa sought along with the previous visa and currently valid visa details. Mention the name of reference in India.

• Click on Save and Continue.

• Confirm the required details.

• Upload the photo. 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.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.

• Upload copy of passport page containing personal particulars. Scanned Bio Page of the passport showing the photograph and details should meet the following requirements.

  • Format -PDF

  • Size : Minimum 10 KB ,Maximum 300 KB

• Other document for Business/Medical Purpose should meet the following requirements.

  • Format -PDF

  • Size : Minimum 10 KB ,Maximum 300 KB

• Click on Confirm

• Verify the details provided by you.

• Make the required payment. 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. 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.

Note:

British Citizens seeking admission to India under the e-Visa (e-Visa) scheme are required to carry printout of the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) sent through email by Bureau of Immigration.

If your e-Visa application is approved, it establishes that you are admissible to enter India under the e-Visa scheme of the Government of India. Upon arrival in India, records would be examined by the Immigration Officer.

Biometric Details (Photograph & Fingerprints) of the applicant shall be mandatorily captured upon arrival into India. Non-compliance to do so would lead to denial of entry into India, A determination that you are not eligible for e-Visa does not preclude you from applying for a regular Visa in Indian Mission. All information provided by you, or on your behalf by a designated third party, must be true and correct.

An Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) may be revoked at any time and for any reasons whatsoever. You may be subject to legal action, if you make materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation in an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) application submitted by you. The transaction cannot be cancelled or amended once the fee has been paid.

Wrapping Up

Hope that you get an idea about applying Indian Visa for British Citizens. Kindly let us know if you have any queries.