Liechtenstein 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 Liechtenstein citizens
Liechtenstein has no airport and no resident Indian mission. Zurich is the practical gateway, around 90 minutes by road, and it has nonstop service to Delhi and Mumbai. Consular matters the eVisa cannot cover are handled by an Indian mission in Switzerland under concurrent accreditation.
Overview
Liechtenstein has around forty thousand citizens and no airport, which makes its practical situation straightforward rather than difficult: Zurich is roughly ninety minutes away by road and has nonstop service to both Delhi and Mumbai. Access is therefore better than for most microstates.
Every Liechtenstein 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 — useful when the nearest Indian mission is in another country.
Liechtenstein passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. Travel is mostly leisure, with a business layer reflecting the country's financial services and precision manufacturing sectors.
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. Liechtenstein citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and it will be checked at Zurich or wherever you depart from.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, trekking, sightseeing, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Meetings, trade fairs, supplier audits and technical discussions require the business eVisa. Hospital treatment requires the medical eVisa. Employment, journalism, academic research and long-term study are outside the eVisa scheme and need a regular visa from the Indian mission accredited to Liechtenstein.
Residents of Liechtenstein who are not citizens apply on the nationality of their passport, with that country's fees, entitlements and stay limits.
Stay & validity
Liechtenstein 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.
Applying too early wastes validity; apply two to three weeks before departure rather than as soon as flights are booked.
One point relevant to the Alpine trekking interest here: the eVisa does not grant access to Protected or Restricted Areas. Parts of Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram need a separate permit arranged inside India, usually through a licensed operator.
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 Liechtenstein passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
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Requirements
Everything Liechtenstein 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 a week before departure, ideally two. If your trip involves a Protected Area Permit for Himalayan trekking, start that considerably earlier — permits are arranged inside India and take longer than the visa itself.
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
Liechtenstein has no airport. Zurich is the practical gateway at around ninety minutes by road, with nonstop service to Delhi and Mumbai — both designated eVisa ports. Total journey times run around 10 hours including the transfer.
Best time to go
October to March is India's dry season and the best window for the classic circuits. The Christmas and New Year weeks are the fare peak out of Zurich; February and March offer the same weather at better prices.
For Alpine travellers interested in the Himalaya, the calendar inverts: Ladakh, Zanskar and Spiti are only genuinely accessible from June to September, which is exactly when the Indian plains are unbearable. Those regions sit in the monsoon's rain shadow, so the European summer is the right time for them.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Liechtenstein time depending on the season.
Avoid these
Refusals are rare, and almost always technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Liechtenstein — we check for every one of them before submitting.
Relevant given the Alpine trekking culture here. An eVisa does not grant access to Protected or Restricted Areas. Parts of Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram need a separate permit arranged inside India, usually through a licensed operator, and it takes longer than the visa.
Your passport's machine-readable zone renders Müller as MUELLER and Weiß as WEISS, while the printed name line shows the umlaut form. Match the printed line and keep your airline booking consistent with it.
There is none in Liechtenstein. Consular matters the eVisa cannot cover are handled by an Indian mission in Switzerland under concurrent accreditation. Confirm coverage before travelling to a consulate.
Liechtenstein citizens receive 90 days per visit, not the 180 days granted to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals. The eVisa cannot be extended from inside India.
Eligibility follows citizenship, not residence. Liechtenstein has a large non-citizen resident and cross-border working population. Apply on the nationality of your passport.
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
There is no resident Indian mission in Liechtenstein. Consular matters are handled under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in Switzerland, most likely Bern, with a consulate in Geneva. None of this affects your eVisa, which is entirely online — but confirm coverage if you need a student, employment or research visa, or an OCI card.
FAQs
The questions Liechtenstein passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Zurich, around ninety minutes by road, which has nonstop service to Delhi and Mumbai with SWISS and Air India at about eight hours. Munich is a similar drive from parts of the country and also serves Delhi and Mumbai nonstop. Both Indian arrival points are designated eVisa airports, so nonstop travel is straightforward.
Up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa. The 30-day version allows 30 days with double entry; the one-year and five-year versions are multiple-entry with a 90-day cap per visit. The business eVisa permits up to 180 days per visit within a one-year window, and the medical eVisa 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Not on its own. The eVisa gets you into India, but Protected and Restricted Areas — including parts of Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram — require a separate Protected Area Permit or Restricted Area Permit. These are arranged inside India, usually through a licensed trekking operator, and take longer than the visa. Start early.
There is no resident mission. Consular matters are handled under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in Switzerland, most likely Bern, with a consulate in Geneva. That has no bearing on your eVisa, which is entirely online — but confirm coverage before travelling for a student, employment or research visa, or an OCI card.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Liechtenstein passport holders across all available options. You can compare 30-day, one-year and five-year prices side by side, and the amount shown is the full cost including our service fee.
June to September for the high Himalaya — Ladakh, Zanskar and Spiti sit in the monsoon's rain shadow and are at their best precisely when the rest of India is wet. That is the opposite of India's general tourist season. For the cultural circuits, October to March is far better.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Liechtenstein citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and it will be checked at Zurich or wherever you depart from.
No. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India. If you need longer, either split the trip across two entries on a multiple-entry visa — leaving India by air and returning — or apply for a regular visa through the Indian mission accredited to Liechtenstein.
Your nationality is already set to Liechtenstein. 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.
