Lithuanian 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
Overview
Lithuanian travel to India is independent and value-driven — longer trips, overland transport within India, and a strong appetite for the Himalaya alongside Rajasthan and Kerala. Vilnius has no nonstop Indian service, so travellers connect through Riga, Warsaw, Istanbul or the Gulf, and many drive to Warsaw for LOT's nonstop Delhi flight.
Every Lithuanian 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.
Lithuanian passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. As with Latvia, the naming section is worth reading first — Lithuanian surname endings encode information that most systems do not expect.
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. Lithuanian citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing involves a connection, the check often happens at Vilnius.
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 — increasingly relevant as Lithuania's laser, biotech and fintech sectors build Indian relationships. 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 an Indian mission.
Stay & validity
Lithuanian 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.
Two conditions matter for the long independent trips this market plans. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India, so 90 days is a genuine ceiling per visit. And it is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports, which rules out an overland re-entry from Nepal.
The grant-date rule is the usual waste: booking a cheap fare eight months out and applying the same week throws away most of a one-year eVisa. Apply two to three weeks before departure.
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 Lithuanian passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Lithuania
Requirements
Everything Lithuanian 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. Lithuanian itineraries always involve a connection, sometimes across separate low-cost tickets or a road transfer to Warsaw, so a late visa problem is more awkward to fix than for a nonstop traveller.
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
There is no nonstop service between Lithuania and India. Every routing involves at least one connection, and some travellers drive to Warsaw for LOT's nonstop Delhi service. Total journey times run 10 to 16 hours. Your eVisa is checked at your Indian arrival airport rather than in transit.
Best time to go
November to March is the natural Lithuanian window — India's dry season, and the strongest contrast with a Baltic winter. Christmas and New Year are the fare peak; January and February offer the same conditions at better prices, which suits this cost-conscious market.
The Lithuanian summer holidays fall in the monsoon, which rules out Rajasthan and the Golden Triangle but makes July and August the best months of the year for Ladakh, the Spiti Valley and Sikkim — a good fit for the Himalayan interest here.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 2.5 to 3.5 hours ahead of Lithuanian 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 Lithuania — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The defining Lithuanian-specific problem. Lithuanian surnames are gendered and traditionally also encode marital status — a male name might end -as or -is, a married woman's -ienė, and an unmarried woman's -aitė, -ytė or -utė. Your passport shows one specific form, and the eVisa must match it exactly. Do not use a husband's or father's root form, and do not update the ending to reflect a change in circumstances unless the passport itself has changed.
Your passport's machine-readable zone strips diacritics — Šarūnas becomes SARUNAS, Žemaitė becomes ZEMAITE. Match the printed name line and keep your airline booking consistent with it.
Common on long budget Himalayan itineraries. The eVisa is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports, so any entry or re-entry must be by air. Fly Kathmandu to Delhi rather than crossing at Sunauli.
Lithuanian citizens receive 90 days per visit, not the 180 days granted to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals. Since Lithuanian trips are often long and the eVisa cannot be extended, confirm this before booking.
On one-year and five-year visas, validity runs from the grant date rather than arrival. Booking a bargain fare far ahead and applying the same week throws away most of the visa.
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
The Indian mission serving Lithuania is not involved in eVisa applications, which are handled entirely online. It covers what the eVisa cannot: employment, journalism, research and long-term student visas, OCI cards, and consular services for Indian nationals in Lithuania. Coverage for the Baltic states has been reorganised in recent years, so confirm which mission serves you if you need consular help.
FAQs
The questions Lithuanian passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Exactly the form printed on your passport, character for character. Lithuanian surnames are gendered and traditionally encode marital status too — -as or -is for men, -ienė for a married woman, -aitė, -ytė or -utė for an unmarried woman. Only the version on your own current passport is correct for the visa. Do not use a husband's or father's root form, and make sure your airline ticket matches.
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.
Worth pricing both. Warsaw is within driving distance and has nonstop LOT service to Delhi at around seven hours, against 10 to 16 hours with a connection from Vilnius. Your eVisa is checked at your Indian arrival airport, so the departure point makes no difference to the visa itself.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Lithuanian 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.
No, and this catches out long Himalayan itineraries. The eVisa is accepted only at India's designated eVisa airports and authorised seaports, so any re-entry must be by air. A land crossing needs a regular visa from an Indian mission, arranged before you leave Lithuania.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Lithuanian citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing starts with a connection, your airline may check it at Vilnius.
November to March for the classic circuits, with January and February giving the best value. The Lithuanian summer holidays fall in the monsoon, which rules out Rajasthan — but July and August are the best months of the year for Ladakh, Spiti and Sikkim.
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 an Indian mission before you travel.
Your nationality is already set to Lithuania. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
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