India Tourist e-Visa (eTV)for 🇮🇸 Icelandic citizens travelling to 🇮🇳 India

📋Required Documents6

• ✓
  Credit or debit card for online payment
• ✓
  Digital colour photograph (white background, 51×51mm, face occupying 70–80%)
• ✓
  Email address (e-Visa grant letter will be sent by email)
• ✓
  Hotel booking or accommodation proof for entire stay
• ✓
  Return or onward flight booking confirmation
• ✓
  Valid passport (minimum 6 months validity, minimum 2 blank pages)

ℹ️What to Expect

Apply for your India Tourist e-Visa (eTV) through the official online portal before departure. Complete the application form, upload all required documents in the specified formats, and pay the fee online. Processing takes approximately 3 days. Once approved, you will receive your eVisa by email — print a copy or save it digitally to present at the India border. The government fee is USD 25.00. Always verify current requirements at the official government portal before booking travel.

📎Supporting Documents (may strengthen your application)

• ○
  Bank statement or proof of sufficient funds

  Conditional — may be requested at port of entry

🌐Why Icelandic passport holders need a visa for India

Icelandic citizens are eligible to apply for an eVisa to enter India. This pre-travel online application is a streamlined alternative to a consular visa — Icelandic passport holders can complete the process from home without visiting an embassy. Approval is typically granted within a few business days.

⚠️Common Reasons India Tourist e-Visa (eTV) Applications Are Refused6

• !
  Poor-quality uploads — a passport bio-page scan with glare, a cropped or blurred machine-readable zone (MRZ), or a photograph with shadows, wrong dimensions or a non-plain background — failing the e-Visa system’s automated verification.
• !
  Any mismatch between the application and the passport — a single wrong character in the name order, passport number or date of birth, or using initials instead of the full given name/surname — triggers automated rejection.
• !
  An ineligible travel document — passport not valid for at least six months from arrival with two blank pages, or a Diplomatic / Official / Refugee / temporary travel document (the e-Visa is only for ordinary passports).
• !
  Purpose mismatch — applying for the e-Tourist visa for activities it does not permit (business, paid work, journalism, study, missionary/research work, or treatment that requires an e-Medical visa).
• !
  Pakistani nationality, or Pakistani origin through a parent, grandparent or spouse, or birth in present-day Pakistan — such applicants must apply for a regular sticker visa, not the e-Visa; likewise an undisclosed criminal record.
• !
  An existing valid Indian visa for the same dates, a prior overstay, or a previous deportation / blacklisting on the immigration record.

Refusal grounds are at the discretion of the deciding officer and can change. This list is informational — always verify current requirements at the official government portal.

🔗More India Visa Options

• India e-Business Visa →
• India e-Conference Visa →
• India e-Medical Visa →
• India Employment Visa (E Visa) →
• India Student Visa (S Visa) →