India Visa for Dutch Citizens: e-Visa, Fees and the Embassy in The Hague

India grants a visa on arrival only to nationals of Japan, South Korea and, on conditions, the UAE. A Dutch passport needs its visa before the flight, and the Netherlands is on the e-Visa list, so most trips need nothing more than an online application.

The e-Tourist Visa covers recreation and sightseeing, a casual visit to friends or relatives, a short yoga programme, short unstructured courses of up to six months with no certificate, and up to a month of unpaid voluntary work. There are separate e-Business and e-Medical Visas. The portal states that no e-Visa may be used for employment, NGO activities or journalism; those need a regular visa from the Embassy.

The e-Tourist fee table on the official portal, dated 8 September 2026, lists the Netherlands at these rates in US dollars; the bank adds 3% to each payment, and nothing is refunded if the visa is refused.

The portal's other table lists the e-Business Visa at US$120 and the e-Medical Visa at US$80 for Dutch passports. These are the same rates Germany pays; France pays more for the e-Business Visa. No e-Visa can be extended in India or converted into another visa.

The Embassy warns that a number of fake visa websites are in circulation and that no other website belongs to the Government of India for e-Visa applicants: the only one is indianvisaonline.gov.in.

• Timing: at least four days before you arrive in India, and no earlier than 120 days before you travel.
• Passport: six months' validity on the day you apply, and two blank pages for stamps.
• Uploads: a PDF of your passport's photo page (10 KB to 300 KB) and a JPEG photo (10 KB to 1 MB) against a plain light or white background.
• Payment and result: pay the fee plus 3%; the portal emails you once the visa is granted or refused.
• For the journey: a copy of the Electronic Travel Authorisation, a return or onward ticket and enough money for your stay.

The step-by-step version is in our India e-Visa guide.

The Embassy of India in The Hague names no visa application centre: you apply to the Embassy itself.

1. Fill in the regular visa form on indianvisaonline.gov.in, print it, sign it and attach photographs.
2. Print the Embassy's checklist for your visa type, tick the documents you enclose and put it on top.
3. Book an appointment through the Embassy's appointment system.
4. Buy a prepaid DHL Express airway bill for the return of your documents within the Netherlands, with an A4 self-addressed envelope.
5. Hand everything in at the Embassy of India, Oranjestraat 12, 2514 JB The Hague.

The usual processing time is six to eight working days, and the Embassy asks applicants not to chase it during that period. Your passport comes back by the prepaid courier only. The visa fee is not returned if the visa is refused. Our visa assistance page explains what we can check before you apply.

An e-Visa holder must enter through one of the airports or seaports the portal designates, not over a land border. Its list of 37 airports takes in the main gateways, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad, as well as Kochi, both Goa airports, Jaipur, Amritsar and Varanasi. Immigration records your biometric details on arrival. Before landing, submit the free e-Arrival Card online or through the official Indian Visa Su-Swagatam app, in the 72 hours before you arrive; every foreign national must, and it is not a visa.