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Updated advisory on requirements for visa and travel to India

Consulate General of India

Houston

14 June, 2020

Part - I           Updated advisory on requirements for visa and travel to India

In continuation of our earlier advisories regarding requirements for visa and travel to India in response to COVID19, the Government of India has decided to permit the following categories of foreign nationals, including Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cardholders, to enter India:

A.Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Cardholders

  1. Minor children who hold OCI cards & whose parents are Indian nationals.
  2. OCI cardholders who wish to come to India on account of family emergencies like critical medical conditions of immediate family members or death.
  3. Married couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other is an Indian national.
  4. Students who are OCI cardholders where at least one of their parents is an Indian citizen or an OCI cardholder.

Other foreign nationals

  1. Foreign nationals who are minor children where at least one of their parents is an Indian citizen or an OCI cardholder.
  2. Foreign nationals married to Indian citizens.
  3. Foreign nationals who are single parents of minor children holding Indian passports or OCI cards.
  4. Students who are foreign nationals where at least one of their parents is an Indian citizen or an OCI Cardholder.
  5. Dependent family members of foreign diplomats and official/service passport holding service staff accredited to foreign diplomatic Missions, consular offices or accredited International Organizations in India.

          Foreign nationals covered in sub-para B (i) to (v) above shall have to obtain a fresh visa of appropriate category from the Embassy of India, Washington DC or one of its Consulates in USA. Foreign nationals holding a valid long-term multiple entry visa of appropriate category issued by the Indian Embassy /Consulate shall have to get the visa re-validated from the Indian Embassy/Consulate concerned. Such foreign nationals will not be permitted to travel to India on the strength of any electronic visa obtained earlier. It is clarified that applicants with emergency visa issued since 13 March, 2020 by the Embassy of India, Washington DC or one of its Consulates in USA do not require re-validation of visa. 

Part - II        

Procedure for applying for visas for foreign nationals covered under

above advisory dated June 14, 2020

  1. Applicants residing in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Nebraska covered by the Consulate General of India, Houston may please fill the attached application form for visa.
  1. Completed application may be sent along with original passport, copy of passport, photograph, proof of address, self addressed prepaid envelope for returning passport, and a fee of US$100 + $3 (ICWF Fee) (separate payments) by  Cashier’s Cheque / Money Order favouring Consulate General of India, Houston.  The application may be sent to:-

Visa Section

Consulate General of India

4300 Scotland Street,

Houston TX 77007.

  1. Please note that only postal applications will be accepted. No walk-in applications will be accepted at the Consulate due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. For any related query, you can contact us by email: info.houston@mea.gov.in (enquiriescgi@swbell.net is now obsolete with effect from May 31, 2021).

15 June, 2020.

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