India Visa for Singaporean Citizens: e-Visa Fees and How to Apply

India's visa on arrival is limited to nationals of Japan, South Korea and, on conditions, the UAE, so a Singapore passport needs its visa in hand before boarding. Singapore is on the e-Visa list, which makes the online e-Visa the usual route: no visit to the High Commission, and a decision by email.

What you will do in India decides which e-Visa you need:

• e-Tourist Visa: holidays and sightseeing, visiting friends or relatives, a short yoga programme, a short unstructured course of up to six months with no certificate, or up to a month of unpaid voluntary work.
• e-Business Visa: business purposes, valid for a year from grant with multiple entries and stays of up to 180 days per visit.
• e-Medical Visa: treatment in India.
• A regular visa from the High Commission of India in Singapore: anything the e-Visa does not cover. Employment, NGO work and journalism fall outside what the e-Visa allows, the portal says.

If you hold an Overseas Citizen of India card, you travel on that instead: see OCI cards and entry rules.

The e-Tourist fee table on the official portal, dated 8 September 2026, lists Singapore as follows, in US dollars. A 3% bank charge is added to every payment, and the fee is not refunded if the visa is refused.

The 1-year rate is where a Singapore passport differs from most: the same table charges most nationalities US$40. Outside April to June, a 1-year e-Tourist Visa therefore costs a Singaporean no more than a 30-day one. For other e-Visas, the portal's second table lists US$120 for the e-Business Visa and US$80 for the e-Medical Visa. None of these visas can be extended in India or converted into another kind. Japanese passports pay even less, as India visa for Japanese citizens shows.

1. Go only to indianvisaonline.gov.in. The Government of India authorises no agent to charge fees for e-Visas, express visas or the e-Arrival Card.
2. Apply at least four days before your arrival date; the portal accepts applications up to 120 days before travel.
3. Check your passport: six months' validity on the day you apply, and two blank pages.
4. Upload the passport's photo page as a PDF of 10 KB to 300 KB and a JPEG photo of 10 KB to 1 MB on a plain light or white background.
5. Pay the fee plus 3% and wait for the email telling you the visa is granted.
6. In the 72 hours before landing, submit the free e-Arrival Card, which every foreign national must complete.

Our India e-Visa guide explains the application in more detail, and our visa assistance page explains what we can check before you submit.

An e-Visa is valid for entry at the airports and seaports the portal designates, not at land borders. Its entry-points list names 37 airports, from Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad to Kochi, Goa, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore and Port Blair, and seaports for cruise passengers. You may leave through any immigration check post. Immigration records your biometric details on arrival.

For a regular visa, fill in the form on indianvisaonline.gov.in, then submit it with your passport and documents at the Indian mission, the High Commission of India in Singapore, or at the visa application centre it uses, as the portal's regular visa route describes. The High Commission's website gives the current place and hours. Once your visa is sorted, First time in India covers what to expect when you land.