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India's Bureau of Immigration says visa-free entry is available to citizens of Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives; for others a valid passport and a regular visa, e-Visa or OCI card are required. Citizens of the countries and territories on India's e-Visa list can apply online for an e-Tourist Visa of one month, one year or five years; the portal's fee table gives each nationality's fee, and its FAQ says indianvisaonline.gov.in is the only official website to apply.

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India's e-Visa instructions say the passport should have at least six months' validity at the time of applying for the e-Visa and at least two blank pages for stamping. The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive and at least 2 blank pages.

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    India's Bureau of Immigration says visa-free entry is available to citizens of Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives; for others a valid passport and a regular visa, e-Visa or OCI card are required. Citizens of the countries and territories on India's e-Visa list can apply online for an e-Tourist Visa of one month, one year or five years; the portal's fee table gives each nationality's fee, and its FAQ says indianvisaonline.gov.in is the only official website to apply.

  3. Passport validity

    India's e-Visa instructions say the passport should have at least six months' validity at the time of applying for the e-Visa and at least two blank pages for stamping. The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals their passport must have an expiry date at least 6 months after the date they arrive and at least 2 blank pages.

  4. Blank passport pages

    At least 2 blank passport pages.

  5. Return or onward ticket

    India's e-Visa instructions say the foreigner should have a return ticket or onward journey ticket, with sufficient money to spend during the stay in India.

  6. Proof of funds

    India's e-Visa instructions say the foreigner should have a return ticket or onward journey ticket, with sufficient money to spend during the stay in India. No official source we could read states an amount.

  7. Vaccinations

    India's Bureau of Immigration says anyone arriving from or transiting through a yellow fever endemic country by air or sea must hold a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate, and that foreigners or Indians (excluding infants below six months) arriving without one who have visited or transited such an area will be kept in quarantine for up to 6 days. It lists 30 notified endemic countries in Africa and 13 in South America.

  8. Vaccinations

    WHO's country list says India requires proof of oral polio vaccination, taken at least 4 weeks before departure, from resident national travellers from polio-endemic countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan) and from countries with poliovirus circulation following importation (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Syria).

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