Archive · 29 Sep 2026
India Launches E-Visa Transfer Facility For New Passports
India has created an online way to move some e-Visas to a new passport.
It is mainly for foreign travellers whose old passport was lost, stolen or not returned.
The service covers valid one-year and five-year e-Visas or ETAs.
It reportedly does not cover 30-day or three-month e-Visas.
Indian citizens and OCI cardholders cannot use it.
Applicants must enter information from their new passport and upload documents.
The online system checks whether the traveller qualifies.
People who still have their old passport can usually travel with both passports instead.
The article says the processing time and fees had not been clearly published.
The facility is for foreign nationals with valid one-year or five-year Indian e-Visas or ETAs.
Thirty-day and three-month e-Visas are reportedly excluded from the transfer option.
Applicants must provide a reason, new passport details, a photograph and the passport biographical page.
Requests can be submitted through the official Indian Visa Online portal, which checks eligibility and authorisation status.
Travellers who still have their old passport may continue carrying both passports if the visa details match immigration records.
- Who
- Foreign nationals holding valid one-year or five-year Indian e-Visas or ETAs; Indian citizens and OCI cardholders are excluded.
- What
- India has launched an online facility to transfer eligible e-Visas or ETAs to new passports.
- Where
- Through the official Indian Visa Online portal.
- Why
- To help travellers whose old passports are lost, stolen or unavailable because the document was not returned.
- Eligible authorisations
- Valid one-year or five-year Indian e-Visas or ETAs
- Excluded authorisations
- Thirty-day and three-month e-Visas are reportedly not covered
- Eligible users
- Foreign nationals
- Excluded users
- Indian citizens and Overseas Citizen of India cardholders
- Required documents
- New passport details, a recent photograph and a copy of the biographical page
- Transfer reasons
- Loss, theft or non-return of the old passport
- Processing details
- Processing time and applicable fees were not clearly published at the time of reporting