Antigua & Barbuda passport holders can apply for the Indian eVisa entirely online — no consular appointment, no courier, no passport handed over. Approval typically arrives by email in 24 to 72 hours.
90 days
Maximum stay per visit
24–72 hrs
Typical processing time
Up to 5 years
Longest validity offered
Not eligible
Visa on Arrival
100% online
No embassy visit
Important for Antigua & Barbuda citizens
If you hold an Antigua & Barbuda passport through the citizenship-by-investment programme and also hold another nationality, read the section below before applying. The eVisa is tied to one passport number and you must enter India on that document — mixing them means arriving with a visa that does not match your passport. Fees and entitlements follow the passport you apply on, not where you live.
Overview
Antigua & Barbuda's travellers to India fall into two quite different groups, and they need different advice. Antiguan-born citizens travelling from the island face a routing problem — V.C. Bird International connects to London, Miami and New York, and only the London option avoids a US transit visa. Citizenship-by-investment passport holders, who often live in China, the Gulf, Russia or Nigeria, face a document problem instead: which passport to apply on and travel with.
Every Antigua & Barbuda citizen needs a visa granted before departure. There is no visa-free entry and no visa on arrival. The eVisa is an electronic authorisation issued by the Government of India, linked to your passport number, with no stamp and no appointment.
Antigua & Barbuda passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available.
At a glance
Eligibility
Yes. India extends visa-free entry only to Nepal and Bhutan, and Visa on Arrival only to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Commonwealth membership makes no difference — an approved visa is required before boarding.
If you hold more than one nationality, decide which passport you will travel on before applying. The eVisa is issued against a specific passport number and you must present that same document on arrival in India. Fees, stay allowances and any transit requirements all follow the passport you choose, not your country of residence.
Then choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing and visiting friends fall under the tourist eVisa. Business meetings, trade fairs and supplier visits require the business eVisa. Hospital treatment requires the medical eVisa. Employment, journalism, academic research and long-term study need a regular visa from an Indian mission.
Stay & validity
Antigua & Barbuda citizens are permitted up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows double entry, with its 30 days counted from your arrival date. The one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry, and their validity begins on the date the Indian government grants the application.
If you hold a second nationality, compare the entitlements before choosing. Some passports carry India's extended 180-day allowance — British, American, Canadian and Japanese — while the Antiguan passport carries the standard 90 days. For a long trip that difference can decide which document to use.
The eVisa is bound to a single passport number, so you must enter India on the document the visa was issued against. A passport renewal during a multi-year visa's term also invalidates it.
The business eVisa allows up to 180 days per visit within a one-year multiple-entry window. The medical eVisa gives 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Pricing
Live government fees and service charges for Antigua & Barbuda passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Antigua & Barbuda
Requirements
Everything Antigua & Barbuda passport holders need before starting an application. The first five items apply to every applicant; the rest are specific to your nationality or visa type.
Passport bio-data page — a clear colour scan or photo showing your photograph, full name, date of birth, passport number and expiry date
Recent passport-style photograph — square format, plain white background, full face visible, no shadows and no headwear other than for religious reasons
A valid credit or debit card to pay the government fee and service charge
Your return or onward ticket details, or at minimum your intended departure date
The address where you will be staying for your first night in India
Simple process
Four steps, entirely online, with our team checking every field before anything reaches the Indian authorities.
Enter your passport details exactly as printed, choose your visa type and duration, and upload your photo and passport data page.
Our team checks your photo dimensions, passport scan clarity, name spelling and date formats before anything is submitted.
Your application goes to the Government of India on your behalf, and we keep you posted at every status change.
Print it or keep it on your phone, and we explain exactly how to present it at your port of entry in India.
Standard processing takes 48 to 72 hours and express handling 24 to 48 hours. Both are business-day estimates, and Indian public holidays — numerous and often state-specific — extend them.
Apply at least ten days before departure — or two weeks if your routing needs a US transit visa, which takes far longer than the eVisa. If you hold multiple passports, settle that question first of all.
Separate from your eVisa, every foreign national entering India must complete the digital e-Arrival Card before boarding. It replaces the old paper disembarkation form and is required on every single visit, whatever visa you hold.
Getting there
V.C. Bird International connects to London, Miami and New York, and Antigua is also a regional hub for the smaller Eastern Caribbean islands. Only the London option avoids a US transit visa. Total journey times run 22 to 30 hours.
Best time to go
October to March is India's dry season and the best window for the classic circuits. It also avoids the Atlantic hurricane season, which runs June to November and can disrupt Caribbean departures.
Antigua's high season runs December to April, overlapping with India's best weather. If you work in tourism, October, November and May are the practical alternatives, with October and November the stronger for India.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 9.5 hours ahead of Antiguan time, so with 22-plus hours in transit plan a genuine rest day on arrival.
Avoid these
Refusals are rare, and almost always technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Antigua & Barbuda — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The defining issue for citizenship-by-investment holders, and it is a hard failure rather than a nuisance. The eVisa is tied to a specific passport number and you must present that same document on arrival in India. Applying on the Antiguan passport and travelling on another — or the reverse — means arriving with a visa that does not match your passport. Decide before applying and stay consistent across visa, ticket and boarding.
If you hold a second passport, compare entitlements first. British, American, Canadian and Japanese passports carry India's extended 180-day allowance; the Antiguan passport carries 90. For an extended trip that difference may decide which document to use — and the fees differ too.
It does not. Fees, stay allowances and transit requirements follow the passport you apply on, not where you live. A CBI holder resident in Dubai or Shanghai applying on an Antiguan passport gets Antiguan terms.
Antigua connects to London as well as Miami and New York, and only the London option avoids a US transit visa. It is also faster and gives access to seven Indian cities nonstop.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs June to November. On a 25-hour, two-connection itinerary a disrupted departure cascades badly. Travel between December and May if you can.
Photo rejected on technical grounds
By far the most common cause of delay. The photograph must be square, on a plain white background, with your full face visible and no shadow behind your head. Cropped selfies and phone photos taken against a cream wall are routinely bounced back.
Passport scan unreadable
Glare across the machine-readable zone, a cut-off corner, or a scan where the passport number is blurred will stall the application. Photograph the page flat, in daylight, with no flash.
Applying too close to departure
The eVisa must be granted before you fly, and airlines check it at the gate. Applications submitted the night before a flight leave no room for a document re-upload.
Conditions
These conditions are set by the Government of India and do not vary by nationality. They are worth reading before you book, because two of them — the port-of-entry rule and the restricted-areas rule — catch out a lot of otherwise well-planned trips.
Validity is measured from your date of arrival in India, not from the date you apply. You also need at least two blank pages for immigration stamps.
The India eVisa is accepted at India's designated eVisa airports and authorised seaports. It cannot be used to cross a land border, so overland arrivals from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh or Pakistan need a different visa.
Every person travelling needs their own eVisa and their own passport, including infants and children. Children cannot be added to a parent's application.
An eVisa does not grant access to Protected Areas, Restricted Areas or Cantonment Areas. Parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim, Ladakh, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep require a Protected Area Permit or Restricted Area Permit in addition to your visa.
You cannot extend an eVisa from inside India or convert it into another visa category. If your plans change, you must leave and apply again.
Diplomatic, official and service passports are not eligible for the eVisa route, and neither are international travel documents or refugee travel documents.
Consular services
Antigua & Barbuda is served under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in the region rather than by a resident post. That has no bearing on your eVisa, which is entirely online. Confirm coverage if you need a student, employment or research visa, or an OCI card.
FAQs
The questions Antigua & Barbuda passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Decide before you apply and use that one document consistently. The eVisa is tied to a specific passport number and you must present the same passport on arrival in India — applying on one and travelling on the other means arriving with a visa that does not match. Compare entitlements too: British, American, Canadian and Japanese passports carry India's 180-day allowance against the Antiguan passport's 90.
No. Fees, stay allowances and transit requirements all follow the passport you apply on, not your country of residence. If you hold an Antiguan passport and live in Dubai, Shanghai or Lagos, you apply on Antiguan terms — but you should also check what transit permissions your actual routing requires from wherever you are departing.
Up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows 30 days with double entry. The business eVisa permits up to 180 days per visit within a one-year multiple-entry window, and the medical eVisa 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Yes. Antigua connects to London Heathrow and Gatwick, and Heathrow has nonstop service to seven Indian cities. That routing is faster than the US options and avoids the transit visa entirely. Miami and New York connections require a US visa or ESTA even airside.
No. Antigua & Barbuda and India are both Commonwealth members, but that confers no visa advantage. An approved Indian visa is required before boarding, exactly as for any other nationality.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Antigua & Barbuda passport holders across all available options. If you hold a second nationality the figures will differ, which is worth comparing before you choose which passport to apply on.
Antigua & Barbuda is served under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in the region rather than by a resident post. That has no bearing on your eVisa, which is entirely online. Confirm coverage if you need a student, employment or research visa, or an OCI card.
It can. The Atlantic hurricane season runs June to November, and on a 25-hour itinerary a disrupted Caribbean departure cascades badly. If you are travelling for fixed dates, build in real margin or travel between December and May.
Your nationality is already set to Antigua & Barbuda. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
Other nationalities
Stay limits, fees and requirements differ by passport. Here are the guides for other nationalities.
