EMBASSY OF INDIA
PARIS
CONSULAR SERVICES

1. When applying for an Indian visa, applicants are requested to disclose details of all passports (current/old) held by them. Failure to do so may result in rejection of their applications."
2. When applying for a visa, the passport should be valid for a minimum period of 6 months or more. The passport must have at least three blank pages and should not be mutilated / damaged / tampered in any manner.
3. Suppression of facts and information will not only result in delay/ or denial of visa applied for but may debar the applicant from applying under this system in future.
4. Visa processing fees are not refundable. Fee should be deposited only after ascertaining that all correct and relevant details are entered in the application form.
5. The acceptance of a visa application does not automatically guarantee grant of a visa.  The visa application may be modified or refused by the Embassy at its discretion. Decision of the Embassy of India, Paris on the matter shall be final.
6. The practice of appending manual signature and affixing stamp on visa stickers have been dispensed with and the visa stickers now carry ‘ghost’ imaging and other security features.
7. The duration and number of entries granted to the applicant will be solely at the discretion of Embassy. No claims and correspondences shall be entertained in this regard.
8. Visa is valid from the date of issue and not from the date of travel.
9. It is strongly advised that applicants do not make any travel arrangements before obtaining an Indian visa. The Embassy of India cannot, under any circumstance, be held responsible for visa not issued in time.
10. All visa applications are being accepted only through VF Services (UK) Ltd. M/s VF Services (UK) Ltd has application collection centres in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg and Bordeaux. Details can be viewed at: https://services.vfsglobal.com/fra/en/ind/
11. All Visa applicants including those applying for multiple entry Tourist and Business Visas are advised to give their biometrics at the time of submission of their applications.
12. Applicants of all long term visas (2 to 5 years) will have to come to at the Embassy for a personal interview. The date and time of the interview will be conveyed to the applicant by the Embassy.
13. FEES and REFUND: Your payment allows you to deposit a visa application. The latter can be accepted, refused or modified by the Embassy of India in its full right. Once fees have been paid, they cannot be refunded, even in a case of a visa refusal or cancelling an application. However, in case of excess or multiple payments, the excess payment will be refunded. One has to apply to the the nodal officer (Mr. Sankar Nandi, email : cons[dot]paris[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in) for the refund of excess payment within three months of such excess / multiple payment with proof.

This category of visa will be applicable to foreign nationals who wish to visit India to/for:-

• establish an industrial/business venture or to explore possibilities to set up an industrial/business venture, other than Proprietorship Firms and Partnership Firms, in India.
• purchase/sell industrial products or commercial products or consumer durables.
• technical meetings/discussions, attending Board meetings or general     

meetings for providing business services support.

• recruitment of manpower.
• Foreign nationals who are partners in the business and/or functioning as Directors of the company.
• consultations regarding exhibitions or for participation in exhibitions, trade fairs, business fairs etc.
• transact business with suppliers/potential suppliers at locations in India, to evaluate or monitor quality, give specifications, place orders, negotiate further supplies etc., relating to goods or services procured from India.
• Foreign experts/specialists on a visit of short duration in connection with an ongoing project with the objective of monitoring the progress of the work, conducting meetings with Indian customers and/or to provide technical guidance.
• pre-sales or post-sales activity not amounting to actual execution of any contract or project.
• Foreign trainees of multinational companies/corporate houses coming for in-house training in the regional hubs of the concerned company located in India.
• Foreign nationals coming as tour conductors and travel agents and /or conducting business tours of foreigners or business relating to it, etc.
• Foreign academicians/ experts coming under GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Networks).
• Crew members of scheduled/ non-scheduled flights operated by scheduled airlines, non-scheduled and chartered flights operated by non-scheduled airlines and special flights.
• Foreign nationals intending to visit India to participate in cultural events/ activities with remuneration.
• Foreign nationals who are engaged in commercial sports events in India on contract

This category of visa will be applicable to foreign nationals:-

• who are professional journalists, photographers, documentary film producers or Directors (other than of commercial films), representatives of a radio and/or television organization, travel writers/ travel promotion photographers etc;
• who are Journalists visiting India for any other purpose, such as attending a Conference, tourism, meeting relatives etc.

Visa Category – Film Visa (Multiple Entry with 1 year Validity)Film Visa will be issued to cast and crew members of international productions and official coproductions shooting a Feature Film, TV / Web commercial show / series and TV /Web Reality show / series. The permission for shooting these categories of production is granted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoI&B), Government of India. The proposals are accepted and process by the Film Facilitation Office (FFO). The application is to be submitted online on www.ffo.gov.in. The detailed step by step guide is available on the website.For further assistance please write to ffo@nfdcindia.com.

After the shooting permission has been granted by the MoI&B, the cast and crew members of the approved project are required to apply for Film Visa.

Step 1 - Apply online on www.indianvisaonline.gov.in.
Step 2 – Submit the required documents to VFS, Clichy

• Online visa application form duly filled in (https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/ 
• Passport with validity of not less than six months and must have at least three blank pages.
• Note verbale from Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Embassy / Diplomatic Organisation.
• Two passport size photos (2X2 inch)

Applicants are requested to ensure details entered on the Visa application form must be exactly as in the Passport or else the visa application will be rejected.

• S-1: For higher education (including in South Asian University and Nalanda University), provisional student visa, for short term courses and those coming under Student Exchange Programme.
• S-2: For school education
• S-3: For studies in Yoga, Vedic culture and Indian systems of Music and Dance and Buddhist studies
• S-4: For Theological studies and for Missionary students
• S-5: For Research scholar, visiting Research faculty, research scholar on bilateral exchange programme, members of Botanical, Scientific, Anthropological etc expeditions
• S-6: For those coming for internship in India (including those coming under French VIE programme).
• S-1X/S-3X/S-5X: For dependents of those coming under S-1 and S-3 and S-5 visas.

Applicants intending to pursue internship in India are required to meet the following conditions:

• The Internship Visa will be granted at any time during the course of study; or immediately after completion of graduation/ post-graduation (masters level) but the commencement of the internship should not be more than two years.
• Visa will be granted only on the basis of a letter from the Indian Company/Educational Institution/NGO, Foreign Missions/Posts in India and foreign government organizations concerned sponsoring the applicant for the internship programme and clearly indicating the period of internship.
• In case of internship in a Company, the applicant being sponsored for internship should draw a minimum remuneration of Rs.3.60 Lakhs per annum. There will be no minimum salary limit in case of internship in Educational Institutions, NGOs, Foreign Missions/Posts in India and foreign government organizations.
• Earnings from internship of the applicant with Indian companies/Educational Institutions/NGOs will be subject to the Indian Income Tax regulations.
• Under no circumstances, the intern will be allowed to take up employment in India immediately after completion of the internship programme.

• Issuance of intern visa will be subject to internal evaluation.
• Issuance of intern visa to applicants intending to pursue internship in an NGO and applicants holding passports of other than French may take more than 2 months from the time of submission of the visa application.

1. A person of Indian origin (X-1).
2. Spouse and children of a person of Indian nationality or origin (X-1).
3. Applicants coming to join Auroville Foundation / Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry / Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata / similar approved organizations, temples and foreign Buddhist monks coming to join Buddhist Monasteries/other Buddhist organizations for charity work (X-2).
4. Foreigners owning property in India (X-Misc).

Checklist for Entry Visa

• Non-French passport holders who have not been resident in France for more than 24 months (proof required)
• Minors
• Business partners or directors managing a company set up in their name and/or majority share holders in a company.