Which travellers require a transit visa/permission and which officially documented exemptions are important?
The e-Transit Visa is an e-Visa available to nationals of countries listed on the official e-Visa website; e-Visa is not available to foreigners of Pakistani origin/with Pakistani passports, nor to diplomatic/official passport or laissez-passer/international travel document holders. A foreigner who does not leave the ship while it halts at an Indian port does not need a transit visa.
See recorded sources
Limits of the record
- Exemption text is from MHA Annex III (2020) for transit visas generally, not specific to e-Transit.
- Country list not reproduced.
- https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html
i. Nationals of countries listed on the e-Visa website https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/ are eligible to apply for e-Visa Services.
- https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html
v. Foreigners of Pakistani origin or having Pakistani Passport are not eligible for e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) was born in, or was permanently resident in Pakistan, are also not eligible for e-Visa. They may apply for regular Visa at Indian Mission.
- https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html
vi. Not available to Diplomatic/Official Passport Holders or Laissez-passer/ international travel document holders.
- https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/AnnexIIIDetailsofVisas_20082020.pdf
A transit visa is not required by a foreigner who does not leave the ship while it halts at an Indian port.