Luxembourg 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
Luxembourg is small but internationally connected, and its India travel reflects that: leisure trips through Rajasthan and Kerala alongside a business flow driven by the country's financial-services sector, which has substantial Indian fund and investment relationships. Findel has no nonstop Indian service, so travellers connect through Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Munich, Istanbul or the Gulf.
Every Luxembourg 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.
Luxembourg passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. For financial-services staff making repeated short trips to Mumbai or Bengaluru, the multi-year business eVisa is the sensible instrument.
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. Luxembourg citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing involves a connection, the check often happens at Findel.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Meetings, trade fairs, due diligence visits and fund-administration business 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 an Indian mission.
Residents of Luxembourg who are not citizens — a very large share of the population, and a large cross-border commuting workforce besides — apply on the nationality of their passport, with that country's fees, entitlements and stay limits.
Stay & validity
Luxembourg 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.
The business eVisa allows up to 180 days per visit within a one-year multiple-entry window — double the tourist allowance. For repeat business travel the five-year multiple-entry version removes the application from your calendar entirely.
The eVisa is bound to a single passport number, so a Luxembourg passport renewal during a multi-year visa's term invalidates it. The medical eVisa gives 60 days from first entry with triple entry.
Pricing
Live government fees and service charges for Luxembourg passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Luxembourg
Requirements
Everything Luxembourg 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. For recurring business travel, a five-year multiple-entry business eVisa removes this pressure permanently.
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 Luxembourg and India. Every routing involves at least one connection, and Frankfurt is close enough by road and rail that many travellers depart from there instead — it has nonstop service to five Indian cities. Total journey times run 11 to 16 hours.
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; February and March offer the same weather at better prices.
The Luxembourg summer holidays fall in the monsoon — poor for Rajasthan but the best months for Ladakh and the Spiti Valley, and the traditional Ayurveda season in Kerala.
For business travel to Mumbai, note the monsoon from June to September brings very heavy rain and can disrupt flights, which matters for fixed meetings. Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The most common error on this route, and a large one in practice. A very high share of Luxembourg's population are non-citizens, and there is a substantial cross-border commuting workforce from France, Belgium and Germany besides. Indian visa eligibility follows citizenship, not residence — apply on the nationality of your passport with that country's fees and entitlements.
Practical but significant. Frankfurt is around three hours by road or rail and serves five Indian cities nonstop; Amsterdam serves four. Departing from either often saves several hours against connecting from Findel, and your eVisa is checked at your Indian arrival airport regardless of where you started.
Luxembourg names may follow French, German or Luxembourgish conventions, and the passport's machine-readable zone strips accents and umlauts. Match the printed name line on the data page and keep your airline booking consistent with it.
Due diligence visits, fund-administration meetings and client work are commercial activities requiring the business eVisa — which is also more generous at 180 days per visit against 90.
Luxembourg citizens receive 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, not the 180 days granted to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals. The eVisa cannot be extended from inside India.
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
Luxembourg is served under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in a neighbouring country, most likely Brussels. That has no bearing on your eVisa, which is entirely online — but confirm coverage if you need a student, employment or research visa, or an OCI card, before travelling to a consulate.
FAQs
The questions Luxembourg passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Apply as a citizen of the country that issued your passport. Luxembourg residence has no bearing on Indian visa eligibility, fees or stay limits. Given that a very high share of Luxembourg's population are non-citizens — plus a large cross-border commuting workforce — this is the most common confusion on this route.
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. Frankfurt is around three hours by road or rail and serves Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad nonstop at about nine hours, against 11 to 16 hours connecting from Findel. Amsterdam serves four Indian cities nonstop and is also within reach. Your eVisa is checked at your Indian arrival airport, so the departure point makes no difference to the visa.
The business eVisa. Due diligence visits, fund-administration meetings, client work and trade events are commercial activities the tourist eVisa does not cover. You will need an invitation letter from the Indian entity on its letterhead. It permits up to 180 days per visit within a one-year window — twice the tourist allowance — and a five-year multiple-entry version suits repeated short trips.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Luxembourg 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.
Luxembourg is served under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in a neighbouring country, most likely Brussels. 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.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Luxembourg citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing starts with a connection, your airline may check it at Findel.
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 Luxembourg. 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.
