Slovenian passport holders can apply for the Indian eVisa entirely online — no consulate 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
Slovenia is a small country with an outsized mountaineering and trekking culture, and that shows in its travel to India: the Himalaya features far more prominently than in most European markets, alongside the usual Rajasthan and Kerala itineraries. Ljubljana has no long-haul service to India, so travellers connect through Istanbul, Frankfurt, Munich or the Gulf, or drive to Venice, Vienna or Zagreb.
Every Slovenian 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.
Slovenian passport holders receive up to 90 days per visit on the tourist eVisa, and the five-year multiple-entry version is available. For a trekking trip 90 days is generous; the constraint that matters more is the permit regime for restricted Himalayan areas, which the eVisa does not cover.
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. Slovenian citizens must hold an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing involves a connection, the check often happens at your first departure airport.
Choose the category by purpose. Tourism, trekking, mountaineering, sightseeing and wellness travel fall under the tourist eVisa. Business 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 an Indian mission.
One point specific to mountaineering: a genuine expedition to a named peak is not simply tourism. Peak permits are issued separately by the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, and expedition members may need a visa category arranged in advance through an Indian mission. If your trip is an organised climb rather than a trek, check the position before applying for a tourist eVisa.
Stay & validity
Slovenian 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 starts on the date the Indian government grants the application.
For trekking travellers the more important limitation is not the 90 days but the permit regime. The eVisa does not grant access to Protected or Restricted Areas — parts of Ladakh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram all require a Protected Area Permit or Restricted Area Permit in addition to your visa, arranged inside India and usually through a licensed operator.
The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India, and it is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports — so no land crossing from Nepal.
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 Slovenian passport holders, shown all-in — nothing further is charged later.
Your nationality is pre-selected as Slovenia
Requirements
Everything Slovenian 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. If your trip involves a Protected Area Permit or a mountaineering peak permit, start those far earlier — they are arranged inside India, involve more parties, and take considerably 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
There is no nonstop service between Slovenia and India. Ljubljana connects through Istanbul, Frankfurt, Munich or a Gulf hub, and some travellers drive to Venice, Vienna or Zagreb for better fares. Total journey times run 11 to 17 hours.
Best time to go
October to March is India's dry season and the best window for the classic cultural circuits — Rajasthan, Kerala, Goa and the Golden Triangle. The Christmas and New Year weeks are the fare peak.
For the Slovenian trekking and mountaineering market the calendar inverts. The high Himalaya — Ladakh, Zanskar, Spiti — is only genuinely accessible from June to September, which is exactly when the plains are unbearable and the monsoon covers most of the country. Those regions sit in the rain shadow, so the Slovenian summer is the right time for them. Garhwal and Kumaon have shorter pre- and post-monsoon windows in May and again from September to October.
Avoid the northern plains in May and June, when temperatures exceed 45°C. India is 3.5 to 4.5 hours ahead of Slovenian 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 Slovenia — we check for every one of them before submitting.
The most consequential error for this market. 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. Start it well before you travel.
A trek is tourism; an organised climb of a named peak is not necessarily. Peak permits come from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, and expedition members may need a visa arranged through an Indian mission rather than a tourist eVisa. If you are climbing rather than walking, verify your position before applying.
Your passport's machine-readable zone strips diacritics — Črnigoj becomes CRNIGOJ, Šuštar becomes SUSTAR. Match the printed name line on the data page and keep your airline booking consistent with it.
Slovenian 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.
Very common when a Himalayan trip spans both countries. The eVisa is valid only at designated airports and authorised seaports, so entry and re-entry must be by air. A land crossing needs a regular visa arranged before you leave.
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 Slovenia 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 the mountaineering and expedition categories that fall outside the eVisa scheme.
FAQs
The questions Slovenian 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.
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.
Possibly not. A trekking holiday is tourism and the tourist eVisa covers it, but an organised climb of a named peak involves a separate peak permit from the Indian Mountaineering Foundation, and expedition members may need a visa arranged through an Indian mission instead. Check your specific expedition's requirements with your operator well before you apply.
Fees are set by nationality and duration, so the pricing panel on this page loads live figures for Slovenian 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. Ljubljana connects through Istanbul, Frankfurt, Munich or a Gulf hub, with total journey times of 11 to 17 hours. Many Slovenian travellers drive to Vienna — which has nonstop Austrian Airlines service to Delhi — or to Venice or Zagreb for better fares.
June to September for the high Himalaya, since Ladakh, Zanskar and Spiti sit in the monsoon's rain shadow and are at their best precisely when the rest of India is wet. Garhwal and Kumaon have shorter windows in May and from September to October. For the cultural circuits, October to March is far better.
No. Indian Visa on Arrival is limited to Japanese, South Korean and Emirati nationals. Slovenian citizens need an approved visa before boarding, and because every routing involves a connection, your airline may check it at your first departure airport.
No. The eVisa cannot be extended or converted from inside India. If you need longer than 90 days per visit, 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 Slovenia. Complete the form in under ten minutes, and our team will check every detail before it reaches the Indian authorities.
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