Long term 5 year entry visa is issued to a person of Indian origin. If you are born in the UK you need to send copies of your parent's Indian passports/ surrender certificate and a copy of your full birth certificate.
Under Indian law, Persons of Indian Origin, who have acquired foreign citizenship, are required to surrender their Indian passports at the nearest Indian High Commission or consulate immediately. Once you have started the process of surrendering Indian passports you will be issued with a surrender certificate which a copy has to be attached with your visa application for you to obtain a visa for India. For fees and processing times you need to get in touch with the nearest Indian High Commission or consulate in the UK.
Passport valid for at least 190 days with 2 blank pages (if your passport is less than 3 months old please also send your previous passport)
2 x 50mm x 50mm (larger than passport size) recent identical passport quality photographs on a white/off white background
Include pre-Paid Royal mail Special Delivery SAE with the correct address and postcode is required for the return of your documents securely or send by courier.
Fast Track Office
Nagpal House
1 Gunthorpe Street, London E1 7RG
Tel: 020 7377 1600
Send
documents to us at:
India Visa Head Office
36 VICTORIA AVENUE,
GRAYS, ESSEX,
RM16 2RP
FEES & PROCESSING TIME:
Long term 5 year entry visa £175 issued to people of Indian
origin only. Please make cheques payable to "India
Visa Embassy".
Fast-track
services 1-3 working days, Normal services 4-5 working
days. (**Please
call to confirm processing times)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
All columns of the application form must be correctly filled in BLOCK LETTERS and BLACK INK. Incomplete application forms will not be accepted. Suppression of facts or furnishing misleading/false information will result in denial of visa without assigning any reason. Please also check if you already hold a valid visa on the current passport before applying for a new visa, as the Visa fee once tendered is non-refundable and subject to change without notice. The Photographs submitted should be taken against a white/ off white background size
50mm x 50mm only. Applicants should make travel arrangements only after obtaining appropriate visa. And in some cases processing may take longer. Duration and the no. of entries permitted will be at the discretion of the high commission of India.