Slovak passport holders can apply for the Indian eVisa entirely online — no appointment at the Embassy of India in Bratislava, 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
Slovakia is a small outbound market but a keen one, with travel to India weighted heavily towards independent trips, trekking and long overland itineraries. Bratislava has limited long-haul service of its own, so most Slovak travellers depart from Vienna — an hour away by road — or connect through Istanbul or the Gulf.
Every Slovak citizen needs a visa granted before departure. There is no visa-free entry and no visa on arrival. For tourism, business and medical travel the eVisa handles it entirely online: an electronic authorisation issued by the Government of India, linked to your passport number, with no stamp and no consular appointment.
Slovak passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. Ninety days suits the slower itineraries this market plans, but it is a genuine ceiling — the eVisa cannot be extended once you are in India.
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. Slovak citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and your airline will verify it at your departure airport — often Vienna rather than Bratislava.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, trekking, sightseeing, visiting friends and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Business meetings, trade fairs, supplier audits and technical discussions require the business eVisa — relevant given Slovakia's large automotive manufacturing base and its Indian supplier links. 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 embassy in Bratislava.
Stay & validity
Slovak 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 long independent trips. 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, which rules out an overland crossing from Nepal — a common assumption on Himalayan routes.
If you need a continuous stay longer than 90 days, a regular tourist visa from the embassy in Bratislava is the right route rather than trying to stretch an eVisa.
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 Slovak passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Slovakia
Requirements
Everything Slovak 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. Slovak itineraries always involve a connection, and many begin with a road transfer to Vienna, so there is more that can go wrong late in the day than for a nonstop traveller. Ten days leaves comfortable room for a photo re-upload.
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
Bratislava has very limited long-haul service, so most Slovak travellers to India depart from Vienna — around an hour away by road, with nonstop Austrian Airlines service to Delhi — or connect through Istanbul or a Gulf hub.
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, which suits this cost-conscious market.
The Slovak summer holidays fall in the monsoon — poor for Rajasthan and the Golden Triangle, but the best months of the year for Ladakh, the Spiti Valley and Sikkim, which sit in the monsoon's rain shadow. Given the trekking interest here, a July or August trip is worth redirecting rather than dropping.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Slovak time depending on the season, so the time shift is mild.
Avoid these
Refusals are rare, and almost always technical rather than substantive. These are the problems that come up most often on applications from Slovakia — we check for every one of them before submitting.
Slovak female surnames usually take an -ová or -á ending — Novák becomes Nováková. Your passport shows one specific form, and the eVisa must match it exactly, as must your airline ticket. Entering the masculine root, or a husband's form, creates a mismatch that Indian immigration will query.
Your passport's machine-readable zone strips diacritics — Ľubica becomes LUBICA, Šťastný becomes STASTNY. Match the printed name line on the data page and keep your airline booking consistent with it.
Common on long Himalayan itineraries. The eVisa is accepted only at designated airports and authorised seaports, so any entry or re-entry must be by air. A land crossing needs a regular visa from the embassy in Bratislava, arranged before you leave.
Slovak citizens receive 90 days per visit, not the 180 days granted to American, British, Canadian and Japanese nationals. Since Slovak trips are often long and the eVisa cannot be extended, confirm this before booking.
Departing from Austria is straightforward for Slovak citizens, but if you are travelling with family members on other passports, check their transit and Schengen position separately. Your India eVisa says nothing about anyone's right to transit a third country.
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 embassy in Bratislava is not involved in eVisa applications, which are handled entirely online. It is the route for a regular tourist visa if you need a continuous stay beyond 90 days, and it handles employment, journalism, research and student visas plus OCI matters.
FAQs
The questions Slovak passport holders ask most often about applying for an Indian eVisa.
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.
Exactly as printed on your passport, character for character. Slovak female surnames usually carry an -ová or -á ending, and only the form on your own travel document is correct for the visa — not the masculine root and not a husband's version. Make sure your airline ticket matches too.
Vienna is usually the better option and is around an hour from Bratislava by road. Austrian Airlines flies nonstop Vienna–Delhi in about eight hours, against 11 to 16 hours with a connection from Bratislava. 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 Slovak 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. The eVisa is accepted only at India's designated eVisa airports and authorised seaports, so any entry or re-entry must be by air. A land crossing requires a regular visa from the embassy in Bratislava, arranged before you leave Slovakia.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Slovak citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and your airline will verify it at your departure airport.
October to March for the classic circuits, with February and March giving the best value. The Slovak 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 the embassy in Bratislava before you travel.
Your nationality is already set to Slovakia. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
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