India Visa for South Korean Citizens: Visa on Arrival and e-Visa

South Korea is one of three countries whose nationals India offers a visa on arrival, alongside Japan and, for travellers who have held an Indian visa before, the UAE. The Republic of Korea is also on the e-Visa list. That leaves three routes:

• Visa on arrival at six airports, for visits of up to 60 days.
• e-Visa, applied for online before you travel and valid at every airport and seaport designated for e-Visa holders.
• Regular visa through the Embassy of India in Seoul, for anything the other two do not cover, such as employment or journalism, or a stay beyond their limits.

The visa on arrival is not open to anyone with a residence or occupation in India, to people of Pakistani origin, or to holders of diplomatic or official passports.

Before you fly. Check that you land at one of the six designated international airports: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata or Mumbai. Your passport needs at least six months' validity. Have a return or onward ticket and enough money for your stay, and fill in the visa-on-arrival application form. In the 72 hours before landing, submit the free e-Arrival Card, which the portal requires of every foreign national; it records your arrival and is not a visa.

At the airport. The fee is 2,000 Indian rupees, or the equivalent in foreign currency, per passenger including children, and it is paid before the visa is granted. The portal says the immigration officer may grant a double-entry visa on arrival valid for up to 60 days, for business, tourism, a conference or medical treatment.

Once you are in India. The visa on arrival cannot be extended, and it cannot be converted into another kind of visa. If your plans might run past 60 days, or you will land in Goa, Kochi, Jaipur or another airport outside the six, get an e-Visa before you leave Korea. Japanese passports have the same arrangement, set out in India visa for Japanese citizens.

The e-Tourist fee table on the official portal, dated 8 September 2026, lists the Republic of Korea at the standard rates, in US dollars, with a 3% bank charge on each payment:

The portal's second table lists the e-Business Visa at US$120 and the e-Medical Visa at US$80 for South Korean passports. Unlike the Japanese rates, these match what most nationalities pay. Fees are not refunded if a visa is refused, and no e-Visa can be extended or converted in India.

Apply only on indianvisaonline.gov.in, between 120 days and four days before you arrive. You will need a passport with six months' validity on the day you apply and two blank pages, a PDF scan of the photo page (10 KB to 300 KB) and a JPEG photo (10 KB to 1 MB) on a plain light or white background. Pay the fee and the 3% charge, wait for the email saying the visa is granted, and travel with a copy of the Electronic Travel Authorisation, a return or onward ticket and enough money for the stay. An e-Visa lets you land at any of the 37 airports the portal designates or at a designated seaport, though not at a land border, and leave through any immigration check post. Our India e-Visa guide sets out each step.

The Embassy of India in Seoul handles regular visas through its India Consular Application Centre (ICAC), which also deals with passports, OCI cards and other consular work. Fill in the regular visa form on indianvisaonline.gov.in first, then follow the Embassy's ICAC page for the current address and how to submit. For e-Visa and visa-on-arrival questions the Embassy sends travellers to indianvisaonline.gov.in. Our visa assistance page explains what we can check before you apply, and First time in India covers what to expect when you land.