Do you want to travel to India in the near future and do not have a visa yet? Submit an urgent application right away. Urgent applications for the Indian visa are on average granted within 24 hours. Standard applications on average take 7 days.

Who can make use of the urgent procedure?

The urgent procedure consists of a faster check of the application form information and the documents that need to be submitted. This brings down the average delivery time of 7 days for a standard application, to a mere 24 hours. This possibility is only available for the e-visa India for tourism, business travel or medical travel.

Submit an urgent application right away

The urgent application procedure for the Indian visa can be submitted through the standard online application form on this website. If you want your application to be processed with urgency, you can check the box for the option “Urgent delivery” in this form. You can start a visa application right away by clicking the button here below to open the application form.

What does an urgent India visa cost?

For urgent Indian visa application, an additional fee of £17.50 is charged. This fee is added to the normal visa cost of £59.95 per person. The cost can be paid swiftly and online by Visa credit card, MasterCard, American Express, or using Google Pay, Apple Pay or PayPal.

What is the difference between a normal and an urgent application?

Firstly, all applications for the Indian visa (urgent or not) are checked manually for frequently made mistakes by one of e-Visa.co.uk's visa specialists. This way, for instance, the provided digital passport photo and passport copy are checked to make sure these meet the requirements. All of the passport information is also checked for accuracy on the basis of this copy. If any errors or mistakes are detected, these are corrected immediately. When there is doubt about the form information or uploaded documents, you will be contacted to verify this information. This is done both by e-mail and either by phone or SMS text message.

With standard applications, this check is carried out within a few days. The procedure for an urgent application means checking of your document information takes place as soon as the passport photo and passport copy have been uploaded. Even outside of office hours, on weekends, or on holidays.

As soon as the visa specialist can conclude the application form was filled in correctly, and that all of the documentation provided is in order, the application is forwarded to an employee of the immigration service (in India). From this moment on, no influence can be exercised to expedite the processing speed.

Is the delivery time guaranteed?

Urgent delivery, on average, takes place within 24 hours from the moment that the form was completed, payment has been made, and the passport photo and (separate) passport copy have been provided. The immigration service, however, provides no guarantees on the delivery time. In rare cases it can occur that even an Indian visa application with urgent delivery suffers a delay. This is the case, for example, if the application form lists a location for the first overnight stay following arrival, that is known by the immigration service to be problematic for travellers who have stayed there previously not following certain (visa-related) rules.

What else do I need to keep in mind?

Before you apply for an urgent Indian visa, it’s advised to have a close read of the following pages and/or to check the frequently asked questions section should you still have any further questions afterwards:

• The page about the visa requirements
• The page about the validity duration of the visa
• The page with the section on the frequently asked questions for the Indian visa