On this page below you will find all the information you need for your visa application

• Your passport.
• We need to have the passport physically, so no copy.
• Your passport must still be valid for at least 6½ months after the validity of the visa (ie one and a half year valid if it is an annual visa).
• The passport must have at least two blank facing visa pages.

• A copy of the passport of the applicant
• Note that you also need to provide the original passport as requested on this page

• The order form, click here to open
• Please fill in this form digitally, print it and sign it

• The application form. Click here to be linked to the website of the Indian Ministry.
• On the site, you must click on the orange tab that says ‘Regular Visa Application.’
• After completing the online application form, you must print it and sign it twice
• At the top right of the first form, you place your first signature
• At the bottom right of the second form, you put your second signature
• The signature is only valid with dark blue or black ink.
• You may only print the application form in black or blue colors

• Click here to print, fill in and sign
• Write down your first name and surname
• Birthplace
• Date of birth
• Full address (street name, house number, city, and country)
• phone number
• E-mail address
• State the date and place at the bottom of the page
• Please sign at the bottom right

• Two colored passport pictures. The photos have different size: 5 cm x 5 cm (1.97-inch x 1.97-inch)
• The correct distance for taking the photo is up to the curve of the shoulders
• The consulate does not accept the photo with bare shoulders
• Note that this photo must conform to the ‘passport photo’ standard, that is, look to the front, do not show teeth, in color, white background.
• Nine out of ten times, the consulate does not accept a photo from your printer.
• If you do this, make sure you use glossy paper and that there are no visible lines of the print.
• Please note, the photos must have a white background. The consulate does not accept light gray or light blue background.

• It should be possible to apply for a five year visa. You pay the consulate to judge over a 5-year visa, but in practice, we see that applicaticants receive a maximum of a multiple entries of one year, and sometimes only for six months or even three months. The money paid for the assessment (-/or application for the visa) will not be refunded. So our advice is to apply for a maximum of 1-year multiple entry visa so that you do not lose too much money.

You work at the police, you are a soldier or at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you need:

• An English-language employer’s statement
• The work employment statement must be printed on your company’s letter paper or with a authority stamp
• A manager or director must sign the work employment statement
• The name of the manager or director
• The job description of the manager or director

1.)

If you are Dutch, you do not need additional documents.

2.)

For the EU or Schengen country nationalities:

If nationality comes from an EU or Schengen country (not for a Dutch passport), you must show that you are registered in the Netherlands.
You have two options;

• Option 1: a copy of the front- and backside of your residence permit.
• Option 2: a copy of the extract from the population register (GBA).

3.)

Other nationalities from outside the EU or Schengen countries:

• You need a copy of your Dutch residence permit’s front- and back-side for all nationalities from outside the EU and Schengen countries.

For whom:

• Dutch nationals living abroad can no longer apply for a visa in the Netherlands, not even using a telex. You must use the Consulate of India in the country where you are registered.

The invitation from India

• An invitation from the company from India
• Click here for a sample letter
• The date of the meeting must be stated on the invitation letter

A copy of the Chamber of Commerce from India

• A copy of the Chamber of Commerce from India
• In India they know this as the ‘Certificate Of Incorporation’
• Click here for an example
• Send the example to India because they often do not know what you are talking about and often send the wrong document

Documents from the Netherlands:

• A statement and letter of guarantee from your company in the Netherlands
• Click here for a sample letter
• A copy of the Chamber of Commerce from the Netherlands
• The Chamber of Commerce may not be older than 6 months>