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A Detailed Guide to the Fees for an Indian Visa

With the growing interest in moving abroad for better work opportunities, the importance of visas has increased. Individuals can hardly move across borders without getting a visa. Therefore, foreigners planning to visit India for study, work, or other purposes need to have a comprehensive idea about Indian visas.

Are you curious to know all about the required fees for an Indian visa? Keep reading this article for more.

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What Is the Service Fee for an Indian Visa?

When it comes to the Indian visa charges, one should consider three visa categories. A normal e-visa takes three business days to process, while an urgent e-visa can be processed within 24 hours. Finally, a super urgent e-visa takes only five hours to process. Therefore, before making any payment for the Indian visa processing fee, check the table below.

Normal Visa	Urgent Visa	Super Urgent Visa
₹ 5,500 approximately (1 applicant)	Additional ₹ 6,300 approximately	Additional ₹ 7,900 approximately
₹ 5,300 approximately (2 applicants)
₹ 5,200 approximately (3-5 applicants)
₹ 4,500 approximately (6-9 applicants)
₹ 4,400 approximately (10+ applicants)

What Is the Government Fee for an Indian Visa?

Apart from the service fees, applicants also need to pay e-visa government fees. However, the Indian visa charges of the government are different from one country to another. For example, while for some it is exempted, some has to pay ₹ 2,000, ₹ 4,000 or ₹ 6,000 approximately. Know about which category you fall into under the following subheadings.

What Are the Different Government Fee Categories for Different Countries?

Fee Exemption

While paying the Indian visa fees, applicants from the following nationalities are not required to pay any government fees. Instead, they can only pay the processing and service fees.

Cook Islands	Mauritius	South Africa
Argentina	Marshall Islands	Tuvalu
Palau	Fiji	Papua New Guinea
Nauru	Samoa	Vanuatu
Micronesia	Seychelles	Kiribati
Niue Island	Jamaica	Uruguay
Solomon Islands

Government Fee of ₹ 2,000

The government of India charges government e-visa fees of $25 from people of the following nationalities.

Singapore	Sri Lanka
Japan

Government Fee of ₹ 4,000

The government might charge Indian e-visa fees of $50 from people applying from the following countries.

Albania	Cape Verde	Gabon
Latvia	Lesotho	Liberia
Norway	Oman	Swaziland
Palestine	Switzerland	Sweden
Liechtenstein	Panama	Taiwan
Cayman Island	Chile	Gambia
Angola	Andorra	Georgia
Anguilla	China	Germany
Antigua & Barbuda	Colombia	Ghana
Lithuania	China-Macau	Tajikistan
Paraguay	Peru	Tanzania
Armenia	Luxembourg	Greece
Austria	Poland	Guatemala
Costa Rica	Guinea	Croatia
Malawi	Turks And Caicos	Trinidad And Tobago
Azerbaijan	Malaysia	Portugal
Romania	Cuba	Macedonia
Malta	Uganda	United Arab Emirates
Bahamas	Guyana	Mali
Bolivia	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Iceland
Djibouti	Vietnam	Czech Republic
Monaco	Honduras	Belgium
Mexico	Denmark	Uzbekistan
Rwanda	Hungary	Moldova
Belize	Saint Lucia	Dominican Republic
Venezuela	Ireland	Senegal
Botswana	Zimbabwe	Dominica
Montenegro	Indonesia	San Marino
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Mongolia	Israel
Zambia	Brazil	Ecuador
East Timor	Italy	El Salvador
Brunei	Cote D'Ivoire	Eritrea
Bulgaria	Jordan	Estonia
Burundi	Kenya	Cambodia
Finland	Republic of Korea	Canada
Cameroon	Myanmar	Serbia
Montserrat	France	Netherlands
Namibia	Sierra Leone	Slovakia
New Zealand	Slovenia	Nicaragua
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Spain	New Zealand
Niger Republic	Nicaragua	Suriname

Government Fee of ₹ 6,000

The government of India charges an Indian visa application fee of $75 from the applicants of the following nationalities.

Russian	UK
Ukraine	Mozambique
USA

Individuals must have proper knowledge of fee payment for an Indian visa since they must pay this amount while applying for an Indian visa. The fees they pay with the application form include both the visa service fee and the Indian Government fee. The service fee that you pay is for processing your application. On the other hand, the e-visa government fee is for the Indian Immigration Department.

Thus, as this article observed, there are different fees for an Indian visa. If you are an applicant trying to obtain an Indian visa for work or other purposes, you need to know these different fees ranges. The government can reject your visa application if you fail to submit the applicable fees.

Frequently Asked Questions

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How long does it take for the Indian government to process regular visas?

Unlike e-visas, a regular visa takes a longer processing time. Usually, it takes about 2-3 weeks. However, the government can process a regular tourist visa faster in about a week.

How long can I stay in India on a visa?

Indian business and tourist e-visas are usually valid for about a year. After that, however, the owners of the visas can apply for an extension. The immigration experts approve the extension request only if they can show proper evidence proving their reasons to stay.

Can a traveller check their status of ESTA?

Yes, a citizen can check their status of ESTA on the official portal of CBP or U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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