{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"AF","name":"Afghanistan","slug":"afghanistan"},"destination":{"code":"IN","name":"India"},"status":"visa_required","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"india-afghanistan-ordinary-passport-advance-visa","title":"India: Afghan ordinary passports require an advance visa","summary":"India's central gateway routes Afghanistan nationals to a separate advance AFGHAN Visa service, whose published categories do not establish a standard e-Tourist visa.","status":"visa_required","conditions":["The special portal publishes business, student, medical, medical-attendant, entry, and UN-diplomat services; it does not publish a standard e-Tourist category.","Its online form/ETA workflow is a special advance visa process, not evidence of the general eVisa route.","Purpose-specific documentation, prior authorization, security screening, passport validity, biometrics, registration, protected-area, transit, crew, residence, work, and admissibility conditions remain outside this nationality-only classification."],"sourceIds":["india-visa-gateway","india-afghan-visa-portal"],"application":{"url":"https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/avisa/index.html","label":"India AFGHAN Visa service","steps":["Select the applicable published visa service and submit the online application.","Upload the passport bio page, national identity card, and purpose-specific documentation.","Wait for the visa/ETA decision before travelling."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"india-visa-gateway","title":"India Visa Online: Authorized Portal for Visa Application to India","url":"https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/","publisher":"Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","jurisdiction":"India","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"india-afghan-visa-portal","title":"India Visa Online: Visa for Afghanistan","url":"https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/avisa/index.html","publisher":"Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","jurisdiction":"India","kind":"official-portal","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}