Visa Downloads




Visa Forms Download Area

These forms are available for download in two formats - Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) and Microsoft Word. To view and print the PDF files you should have Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3.0 or later installed on your computer. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it free of charge directly from Adobe's website - www.adobe.com. To view and print the forms in Word (*.DOC) format you should have Microsoft Word 97 or later version running on your computer. PDF files will usually be quicker to download. To obtain the forms in their original format please do not change their formatting before printing.

Please click on the form you require:

  • General visa form in PDF  
  • General visa form in Word format 


    Please use this form to make a visa application unless you are a national of Pakistan or Bangladesh

  • Additional form for Sri Lankan nationals/applicants not resident in the UK in PDF
  • Additional form for Sri Lankan nationals/applicants not resident in the UK in Word format

  • Settlement visa form in PDF
  • Settlement visa form in Word Format
    Applicants seeking a long-term visa for settlement in India should complete this form in addition to the General visa form

  • Visa form for nationals of Pakistan in PDF
  • Visa form for nationals of Pakistan in Word format
    Please use this form if you hold a Pakistani passport and wish to apply for an Indian visa

  • Visa form for nationals of Bangladesh in PDF
  • Visa form for nationals of Bangladesh in Word Format
    Please use this form if you hold a Bangladeshi passport and wish to apply for an Indian visa

  • Transfer of visa form in PDF
  • Transfer of visa form in Word Format

    Where the validity of passports expires before the duration of long-term (five-year) visas, it is possible to have the unexpired portion of the visas transferred to the new passports. Please use this form to make the transfer applications.

  • Application for visit to Restricted Areas in PDF
  • Application for visit to Restricted Areas in Word Format
    Applicants wishing to visit restricted areas in India must complete this form in addition to the appropriate visa application form. (For details on restricted areas please contact the High Commission.)


    To download the Research Visa Click Here