Indian eVisa for Slovak citizens
Slovak citizens who plan to visit for some matters related to exploring the beautiful places of India or visiting the hospital for medical treatment or for attending business activities, they can easily enter India by applying for the Indian eVisa, which is an electronic visa. This eVisa facility was initiated by the government of India, the application process is completely online and takes only 3-4 working days to be processed.
What Indian eVisa should Slovak Citizens Apply for?
Citizens of Slovakia applying for the Indian eVisa must choose the type of eVisa on the application form, based on the reason for their visit to India. Whether you are visiting the country for meeting your friends and relatives, or exploring the natural and historical places of India or attending international conferences and business meetings, the immigration department of India has categorized it to make the application process easy, here know about them in brief:
Indian E-Tourist Visa
The e-Tourist visa is offered to Slovak citizens for activities related to tourism purposes, offering a validity period one-year, granting unlimited-entries, each stay limited to 3-months.
So, what are the types of activities that travelers with the eTourist visa can use?
List of some of the activities that travelers visiting India for tourism activities can use the eTourist visa for:
- India has some of the most astonishing architectural buildings, beautiful peaceful as well as party beaches to visit, exotic wildlife and ample adventure activities to engage like hiking, trekking, river rafting, etc.
- Meeting close friends and relatives in India.
- Attending yoga and meditation are popular places in India, known globally like Rishikesh, McLeod Ganj, and Kerala.
Based on the number of days you are planning to stay in India for tourism activities, you can choose the duration of your eTourist visa, which can be further classified into the following types:
Subcategories of Indian eTourist Visa based on the stay required
There are some travelers who plans to visit India again and again for exploring the different places in India or meeting their friends and relatives, so the Indian eTourist visa is further sub-categorized as:
30 days e-Tourist Visa: Offering travelers with 30 days validity period and two-entries, with a stay of 29-days, as the eVisa expires one-day before.
1-years e-Tourist Visa: Offering travelers with one-year validity period and unlimited-entries, with each visit limited to a stay of 6-months.
5-years e-Tourist Visa: Offering travelers with 5-years validity period and unlimited -entries, each visit is limited to a stay of 6-months.
Indian E-Business Visa
Slovakia passport holders who plan to visit India for business activities are permitted to apply for the Indian eBusiness visa which offers one-year validity period and two-entries and stay limited to 6 months, which the traveler can either use 180 days all at once, or split his stay into two-parts.
Indian E-Medica Visa
Slovak citizens can apply for the Indian eMedical Visa for medical reasons like getting treatment, consulting a doctor, for surgery or curing a serious disease, etc. But to apply for this eMedical visa, aside from the common documents required for applying Indian eVisa, the traveler has to present other documents like letter from the hospital in a letterhead, mentioning the treatment details of the patient and his name and the sign of the authorized doctor, and start date and end date of the treatment.
The eMedical Visa permits 2 months validity period and 3-entries, during this duration allotted. and the second and third entry are granted after 60-days of first entry into the country for the treatment.
Indian E-Medical Attendant Visa
The eMedical Attendant visa is for travelers who are escorting the patients with eMedical visa for getting treatment in India. Only two-persons can apply for the eMedical Attendant visa, for each eMedical Visa and they should be an immediate family member of the patient. The validity granted is 2-months and 3-entries.
Indian E-Conference Visa
Slovakia passport holders who plan to visit India for attending international conferences are permitted to apply for the Indian eConference visa which offers a 30-day validity period and single-entry. Besides the regular documents, you need to submit documents related to the international conference like a letterhead with your name, inviting you for the international conference to be held in India, clearance letter from the ministries, etc.
Obligatory Documents Slovak Citizens need to furnish to fill the Indian eVisa
Slovak Citizens who are planning to fill the Indian eVisa form, before filling the form, it is important to check what documents are required and gather them in advance:
- Valid Slovakia passport (biographical page having the personal info should be scanned and uploaded).
- Passport photo (a recent photo to be scanned and uploaded following required format)
- Some blank pages in the passport for stamps on the passport on arriving in India.
- Return-ticket (as sometimes the immigration officials requests to show)
- Email address
- Proof that funds are available
- Vaccination Certificate for yellow fever, the recent one, in case staying or traveling from yellow-fever endemic countries.
Also, additional important documents related to the purpose of his visit to the country, only genuine documents are accepted, misleading documents might lead to rejection.
Slovak Citizens who are Applying for the Indian eVisa, what are the details that they require to fill?
Slovak Citizens who are planning to fill the Indian eVisa form, but have some queries as to how to fill the form or want to know what are the details you need to fill before applying for the Indian eVisa, check the steps here:
Step 1: Slovak citizens planning to apply for the Indian eVisa, visit the website, click on the eVisa form, choose the type of eVisa needed.
Step 2: The applicant has to fill in important details like personal info, nationality, date of birth, place of birth, mobile number, email address, permanent residence address.
Step 3: Enter the details correctly, the passport number, issuing country, and passport issuing date and expiry date.
Step 4: Fill in other information like religion, gender, any identification or scar mark, qualification, marital status, and profession.
Step 5: Health related questions, proving that you are fine and do not have any health issues, and character related questions like if you have been convicted of any crime in the past, legal issues, etc.
Step 6: Basic questions related to your travel itinerary, your port of entry and exit from India, stay, return date, journey date, visited any foreign countries in the past, etc.
Step 7: The completed application form needs to be reviewed to cross check if any errors or anything left out, after that go to the payment option to pay the eVisa fees.
Step 8: Wait for the approval of your application form which will be reviewed and depends on the verification process.
Time-Taken for the Indian eVisa Application Form to be Processed
Slovak Citizens applying for the Indian eVisa should know that the processing time for the Indian eVisa is 3-4 working days, and sometimes it may take longer due to the following reasons:
- Incomplete Indian eVisa application form filled
- Incorrect and inaccurate information provided
- Falsified documents
- Also, due to small errors like not uploading the scanned documents in the required format, clicked photos are not in the white background or lack of neutral expression, etc.
Submitting the application form completely and error free with genuine documents is important to avoid any delays or rejections.
After receiving the approved Indian eVisa, what are the next steps you need to follow on-arrival in India?
Slovakia passport holders after receiving the approved the Indian eVisa should be ready with the following documents to present at the airport on arriving in India:
- Slovak travelers must have the Passenger Arrival Card
- Approved Indian eVisa, have the printed copy and save a digitally copy as well
- Valid Slovakia passport
- Documents in support of the visa-type applied, which is mandatory to have
- Yellow Fever Vaccination Card (those coming from yellow fever affected countries, those without the latest card will have to undertake 6 days quarantine period)
The above mentioned documents will be verified by the immigration officials, after that your fingerprints and face photo will be taken, finally your passport will be stamped with a visa and you are ready to enter mainland India.
Finally exited from the Airport, what to do next?
If you are here for tourism purposes, India is filled with some of the wonderful places to visit and has ample activities for you to engross in.
Those who are visiting for tourism purpose will be overwhelmed to explore the natural wonders of India like waterfalls, tea gardens, beautiful hill stations, beaches and historical places like the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Forts and Palaces in Rajasthan, Temples of South India, rainforests of Northeast, caves, etc.
For some relaxation, travelers can opt for yoga and meditation in some of the popular places in India which are famous globally like Rishikesh, McLeod Ganj and Kerala.
Check your eligibility for Online Indian Visa and apply at least a week before your scheduled trip to India. Citizens of many countries including Austrian citizens, Portuguese citizens, Korean citizens, Omani citizens and Romanian citizens are eligible for India e-Visa.