Important Public Notice: The Indian VISA Application Centre i.e VFS Global has now shifted to a new address: 5-14 South Road, Smethwick, Birmingham, B67 7BN

VISA SERVICES:

Regular Tourist Visa

Emergency Visa

e- Visa

Visa Applications of Persons of Pakistani Origin

POINTS TO NOTE

Please check https://services.vfsglobal.com/gbr/en/ind/additional-services for more details
Details on visa applications, including downloading of application forms, visa fees, jurisdiction, etc. are available at http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk.
Visa services have been outsourced to VFS. Procedure for submitting applications may be checked at http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk
Applicants are advised not to finalize their tickets before obtaining appropriate visa . The processing time for visa varies from application to application and is at the sole discretion of the High Commission of India and its Consulate in the UK, and some applications may take longer than others to get processed. Hence, confirm your travel plans only after obtaining the appropriate visa. (For details please refer to 'processing' time for different categories of visas at http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk. Applicants will be liable for any loss of ticket or hotel booking made in anticipation of obtaining a Visa.
Validity of visa starts from the date of issue and not from the date of travel.
For Nationals of Pakistan : Registration required within 24 hrs of arrival in India.
For Nationals of Afghanistan : Registration required within 14 days of arrival in India if the validity of the visa is more tham 30 days.
For nationals of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran, there should be a gap of 2 months from the date of last exit from India. For applicants not holding passports of above mentioned countries, there is no such restriction on visits on a tourist visa.
If the visit is planned for more than 180 days, registration with the local FRRO/FRO would be required within 14 days of arrival in India.
However, those applying for Tourist Visas, who after initial entry into India plan to visit another country and re-enter India before finally exiting, could be permitted more than one entry, as the case maybe, subject to their submission of a detailed itinerary and supporting documents i.e. confirmed Air tickets at the Consulate-General of India, Birmingham.
Applicants are advised to verify their particulars on the Visa at the time of collection of their passports.
Diplomatic/Official/UN passport holders may submit their applications to the Consulate General in Birmingham directly.
All postal visa applications, irrespective of jurisdiction, are to be sent at the following address : India Visa and Consular Application Center , The Vista Centre, First Floor - Part A, Block 50, Salisbury Road, Hounslow, TW4 6JQ .Applicant must select ''UK-London'' as mission, while completeing the application form online. Please check details at http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk before posting the visa application. Such applications will take a minimum of 2-3 weeks. This is excluding the period applications have been in the post.

The Consulate General of India, Birmingham serves 24 Counties mentioned below:

(i)	Cheshire
(ii)	Cleveland
(iii)	Cumbria
(iv)	Derbyshire
(v)	Durham
(vi)	Humberside
(vii)	Isle of Man
(viii)	Isle of Scilly
(ix)	Lancashire
(x)	Leicestershire
(xi)	Lincolnshire
(xii)	Manchester
(xiii)	Merseyside
(xiv)	Northumberland
(xv)	Nottinghamshire
(xvi)	Northampton
(xvii)	Shropshire
(xviii)	Staffordshire
(xix)	Tyne & Wear
(xx)	Warwickshire
(xxi)	West Midlands (Including Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhamptoon, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihul and Walsall)
(xxii)	Yorkshire (North)
(xxiii)	Yorkshire (South)
(xxiv)	Yorkshire (West)
(xxv)	North Wales Conway (Consular Services Only)

(For jurisdiction please also refer to VFS web-site http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk)

As a major step towards upgrading Visa services, collection of visa applications and their delivery has been outsourced to VF Services (UK) Limited (VFS). The firm has considerable experience in handling visa applications. At present it is handling visa applications for more than 21 countries which include the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, UAE, Thailand and Schengen nations. It has a modern IT driven on-line application and tracking system and provides value-added services. All visa applications under the jurisdiction of Consulate General of India, Birmingham are accepted through VF Services (UK) Ltd.

The applications may be submitted at one of the following address: