Dominica 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 Dominica citizens
Two points before you apply. Dominica (the Commonwealth of Dominica) is a different country from the Dominican Republic, and the two are frequently confused in booking and visa systems — check which you have selected. And if you hold a Dominica passport through the citizenship-by-investment programme alongside another nationality, the eVisa is tied to one passport number and you must enter India on that document.
Overview
Two things need establishing before anything else. Dominica — properly the Commonwealth of Dominica — is a small English-speaking island in the Eastern Caribbean, and it is not the Dominican Republic, which is a larger Spanish-speaking country several hundred miles away. Booking, airline and visa systems list them adjacently and confuse them routinely.
Second, Dominica runs one of the region's longest-established citizenship-by-investment programmes, so a substantial share of passport holders live elsewhere and hold more than one nationality. For them the first question is which passport to travel on.
Every Dominica 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. Dominica passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa.
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. Fees, stay allowances and transit requirements all follow the passport you choose, not where you live.
Then choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing and visiting friends fall under the tourist eVisa. Business meetings and trade fairs 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
Dominica 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. British, American, Canadian and Japanese passports carry India's extended 180-day allowance; the Dominica passport carries the standard 90.
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 Dominica passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Dominica
Requirements
Everything Dominica 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 two weeks before departure. Dominica has no long-haul airport, so the journey starts with a regional hop to Antigua, Barbados or St Maarten — that adds a leg and a weather risk on top of everything else.
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
Dominica has no long-haul airport. Every journey begins with a regional flight to Antigua, Barbados, St Maarten or Guadeloupe, and from there London is the natural onward hub. Total journey times run 26 to 34 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 — Dominica is directly in the belt and was severely affected in 2017, so this is not a formality.
Dominica's dry season runs roughly February to May, which overlaps with the tail of India's good weather.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 9.5 hours ahead of Dominica time, so with 26-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 Dominica — we check for every one of them before submitting.
These are different countries with different ISO codes, languages and passports, and booking, airline and visa systems list them adjacently. Selecting the wrong one produces a visa that does not match your passport. Check what you have selected on both the visa application and your airline booking before submitting.
Dominica runs one of the region's longest-established citizenship-by-investment programmes. The eVisa is tied to a specific passport number and you must present that same document on arrival in India — applying on one and travelling on another means arriving with a mismatch.
Dominica has no long-haul airport, and the hop to Antigua, Barbados or St Maarten is on light aircraft that are weather-sensitive and schedule-limited. On top of a 26-to-34-hour journey, build in real margin — ideally an overnight at the regional hub.
It does not. Fees, stay allowances and transit requirements follow the passport you apply on, not where you live.
Dominica sits directly in the Atlantic hurricane belt and was severely affected in 2017. The season runs June to November and disrupts the light-aircraft regional legs as much as long-haul departures. December to May is materially safer.
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
Dominica 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 — and for an island this size that is exactly why the eVisa is the practical route. Confirm coverage if you need a student, employment or research visa.
FAQs
The questions Dominica passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
No — they are different countries, and this is worth checking carefully. Dominica is a small English-speaking island in the Eastern Caribbean; the Dominican Republic is a larger Spanish-speaking country several hundred miles away. They have different ISO codes and passports, and booking, airline and visa systems list them adjacently. Make sure you have selected the right one on both your visa application and your airline booking.
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. Compare entitlements too: British, American, Canadian and Japanese passports carry India's 180-day allowance against the Dominica passport's 90.
Every journey begins with a regional flight to Antigua, Barbados, St Maarten or Guadeloupe. From Antigua or Barbados, London gives access to seven Indian cities nonstop; from St Maarten, Amsterdam serves four. Both avoid US involvement. Total journey time is 26 to 34 hours — and the regional legs are light aircraft, so build in margin, ideally an overnight.
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.
No. Fees, stay allowances and transit requirements all follow the passport you apply on, not your country of residence. But do check what transit permissions your actual routing requires from wherever you are departing.
Significantly. Dominica sits directly in the Atlantic hurricane belt and was severely affected in 2017. The season runs June to November and disrupts the light-aircraft regional legs that start your journey as much as the long-haul flights. December to May is materially safer, and it is India's best season anyway.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Dominica passport holders across all available options. If you hold a second nationality the figures will differ, which is worth comparing before choosing which passport to apply on.
Dominica 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 — and for an island this size that is exactly why the eVisa is the practical route.
Your nationality is already set to Dominica. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
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