Monégasque 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 Monégasque citizens
Monégasque citizens number only around ten thousand, and the great majority of Monaco's residents hold other passports. Indian visa eligibility follows citizenship, not residence — if you live in Monaco on a French, Italian, British or other passport, apply as a citizen of that country. This is by far the most common error on this route.
Overview
Monaco has roughly ten thousand citizens against a resident population several times larger, which makes the citizenship-versus-residence distinction unusually important here. There is no airport and no resident Indian mission; Nice is the gateway, around thirty minutes away by road or seven by helicopter.
Every Monégasque 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.
Monégasque passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. Travel is predominantly leisure, with a financial-services business layer.
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. Monégasque citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and it will be checked at Nice or wherever you depart from.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, sightseeing, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Meetings, trade fairs and financial-services 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 the Indian mission accredited to Monaco.
The point cannot be stressed enough on this route: residents of Monaco who are not Monégasque citizens — the large majority — apply on the nationality of their passport, with that country's fees, entitlements and stay limits. A Monaco residence card is not relevant to the application.
Stay & validity
Monégasque 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.
The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India, so 90 days is a hard per-visit ceiling, and it is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports. Note that arriving by private yacht does not change this — the port must be a designated eVisa seaport.
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 Monégasque passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Monaco
Requirements
Everything Monégasque 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, so a rejected photograph can be replaced without paying twice for express handling.
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
Monaco has no airport. Nice is the gateway — around thirty minutes by road or seven by helicopter — and connects to India through Paris, Frankfurt, Istanbul or the Gulf. Total journey times run 12 to 17 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.
Monaco's own calendar peaks around the Grand Prix in late May and the summer season, which are both poor times for India — late May is the hottest part of the Indian year in the north, and the summer falls in the monsoon. October, November and February are the natural windows.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Monaco 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 Monaco — we check for every one of them before submitting.
By far the most consequential error on this route, and the reason it is flagged at the top of the page. Only around ten thousand people hold Monégasque citizenship, against a much larger resident population. Indian visa eligibility follows citizenship, not residence — if you hold a French, Italian, British, Russian or any other passport, apply as a national of that country with that country's fees and entitlements. A Monaco residence card is irrelevant.
Monégasque passports follow French conventions and may show both a birth name and a married or used name. Use the name exactly as it appears on the printed data page, matching the form the machine-readable zone reflects, and make sure your airline booking matches too.
Relevant here more than most places. The eVisa is accepted only at designated airports and authorised seaports — arriving by private vessel at a marina that is not an authorised eVisa seaport will not do. Confirm the specific port before planning a sea arrival, and note that private aviation into India requires separate clearances beyond the visa.
Monégasque 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.
There is none in Monaco. Consular matters the eVisa cannot cover are handled by an Indian mission in France under concurrent accreditation, most likely Paris.
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 Monaco. Consular matters are handled under concurrent accreditation by an Indian mission in France, most likely Paris. 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 Monégasque passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
Apply as a citizen of the country that issued your passport. Your Monaco residence card has no bearing on Indian visa eligibility, fees or stay limits. This is the single most common mistake on this route — only around ten thousand people hold Monégasque citizenship, against a much larger resident population, so most people reading this page will be applying on another nationality.
Nice, around thirty minutes by road or seven by helicopter, which connects to India via Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Istanbul. Paris Charles de Gaulle has nonstop service to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru and is reachable by a short domestic hop or by rail. Total journey time is 12 to 17 hours.
Only at a designated eVisa seaport. The eVisa is accepted at India's designated airports and authorised seaports only, so arriving at a marina that is not on that list will not work. Confirm the specific port before planning a sea arrival. Private aviation into India also requires separate clearances beyond the visa, which your operator should arrange.
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.
Use the name exactly as printed on the passport data page, matching the form the machine-readable zone reflects — normally the birth name. Monégasque passports follow French conventions here. Indian immigration compares your eVisa against your passport, so make sure your airline booking carries the same version.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Monégasque 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. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Monégasque citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and it will be checked at Nice 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 Monaco.
Your nationality is already set to Monaco. 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.
