- The most common visa for visitors is a tourist visa. You can also apply for business, employment, journalist, medical, student, transit and conference visas among others.
- The most affordable visa is the tourist visa. As of 2009, fees start at £30 for six-month validity. Business visa fees start at £105, while employment visas start at £285 for six-month validity.
- Visas are valid from the date that they are granted. A six-month visa is valid for six months from that date that it is stamped in your passport, not for six months from the day you enter India. One-year tourist visas are valid for one year, but you can only stay in the country for 180 days during that one-year period.
- You can apply for most Indian visas from within the United Kingdom, excluding diplomatic visas, online. For a simple tourist visa, you will need a passport valid for at least 190 days, two blank visa pages, the visa fee, two passport-sized photos and a completed application form.
- Photos for an Indian visa granted in the U.K. must be 3.5 cm wide by 4.5 cm high.
