travel to india ( using refugee travel document)

[kavi15]

Hi,
I plan to go india using my refugee travel document. i already got my refugee travel document( blue).( my home country srilanka)

please someone guide me how to get visa for india? i checked in evisa platform there is no option for RTD.
please help me .

moreover if i travel overseas.will that impact my pr application timeline? due more background check .
thankyou

 

[Scarbz]

Hi,
Indian embassy not giving tourist visa on RTD. Try some other countries. Only for medical reasons India allows. I tried and they refused to take visa application.

 

[kavi15]

Hi,
Indian embassy not giving tourist visa on RTD. Try some other countries. Only for medical reasons India allows. I tried and they refused to take visa application.

when this was happen . recently??

 

[Scarbz]

It was in May 2025

 

[kavi15]

It was in May 2025

what is ur home country

 

[Scarbz]

what is ur home country

Sri Lanka

 

[kavi15]

Sri Lanka

did you go to any other countries?. afterward

 

[ref19to22]

Hi,
I plan to go india using my refugee travel document. i already got my refugee travel document( blue).( my home country srilanka)

please someone guide me how to get visa for india? i checked in evisa platform there is no option for RTD.
please help me .

moreover if i travel overseas.will that impact my pr application timeline? due more background check .
thankyou

In 2022 I got an indian visa in my RTD for 1 month and traveled there with no issue. there is no option for e-visa for RTD holders, only paper applications.

I tried again in september 2025 and I am still "waiting for pre-approval" from the indian consulate (you need this before BLS will accept the application for processing.

I went to the open house at the Indian Consulate last wednesday and they basically said they will not give me the visa and "it is assessed on a case-by-case basis" and the "tourist visa application has not re-opened for non-canadians yet"

I dont believe your PR timeline will be impacted by your travel overseas.