Terms and conditions are as follows:

• The Passport should be of an ordinary kind. (Diplomatic & Official Passport holders are not authorized to avail TVoA facility)
• The Passport should be valid for at least 6 months and the Passport should contain a minimum of two blank pages.
• Return or round ticket is mandatory.
• The passenger should duly fill the application form provided by the Immigration Officer.
• The filled in form along with two photographs of the visitors should be submitted to the Immigration Officer.
• The foreigners should have to pay 60 $ (equivalent Indian currency) towards visa fee for availing TVoA facility.
• The TVoA will be granted for a period as requested by the foreigner for a maximum period of 30 days. However, the TVoA is granted based on return journey + two days.
• Only two visits on TVOA in a calendar year and a gap of 60 days in successive visit.

For further details, please visit

http://www.immihelp.com/nri/indiavisa/tourist-visa-on-arrival.html

Indian nationals travelling abroad require a valid Indian passport and travel authority for the destination country. The travel authority is normally in the form of Visa, which is obtained prior to the journey, except in the case of countries where "Visa on Arrival" is available.

Indians travelling abroad may also note that some countries insist for certain minimum period of passport validity for allowing entry.

For further details, please visit https://www.mea.gov.in/VFFIN.htm

Foreign Nationals coming to India are required to possess a genuine and valid national passport or any other internationally recognized travel document establishing his/her nationality and identity and bearing photograph of self.

Exemptions

Nepal and Bhutan nationals if entering India by land or air from the Nepal or Bhutan border respectively do not require a passport for entering into India. However, they are required to possess, authorized identity proof. Further, if they are entering India from a place other than their own country then possession of a passport is a must.

Foreigner's Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) in New Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta and the Chief Immigration Officer in Madras, handle visa renewals as well as permits for Restricted Areas, via Andaman Islands, Sikkim, Assam, Ladakh, Lahaul Spiti, etc.

New Delhi: 1st Floor, Hans Bhavan, Tilak Bridge, New Delhi - 110002. Telephone: (91 11) 3319489

Calcutta: 9/1, Gariahat Road, Calcutta - 700020. Telephone: (91 33) 443301, 2470549

Chennai: 9, Village Road, Nungabakkam, Madras - 600034. Telephone: (91 44) 8270549

Mumbai: 2nd Floor, 414 V.S. Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400001. Telephone: (91 22) 430133

Amritsar: 123-D, Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar - 143001. Telephone: (91 183 2214186)

For further details, please visit http://www.immigrationindia.nic.in/

The fees for getting Indian Visa vary from country to country. Please check with the Indian Embassy in the respective country for the applicable fee.

Powers of VISA conversions and extensions to foreigners residing in India, vests with the Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreigner's Division, Jaisalmer House, 26, Man Singh Road New Delhi. For this purpose, the foreigners can approach the Ministry of Home Affairs (Foreigners Division), Jaisalmer House, 26, Man Singh Road, New Delhi between 10 AM to 12 Noon on all working days (Monday to Friday). The change of VISA status from one category to another category is normally not allowed. It can be considered by the Ministry of Home Affairs, only in extraordinary circumstances.