Consulate grants visa for those foreign nationals, who intend to visit India for Tourism, Business, Education, Conference, and other purposes in accordance with well-defined rules and regulations of the Government of India.  Visa application forms are available at the Visa Section of the Consulate free of cost and can be downloaded from the website.  Passport valid for a minimum period of six months should accompany visa application along with two recent passport size colour photographs.  In normal cases, Saudi nationals and foreigners holding valid resident permit (Iqama) residing in Western Region within the jurisdiction of Consulate General of India, Jeddah may get visa on the same day, however, those who do not hold a valid resident permit, a reference has to be made to their country of residence which will involve extra processing time and additional form with fax fee of SR 100/-.  Pakistani nationals are required to submit Visa applications meant specifically for them (in quadruplicate) in person and visas may take about 2-3 working days.  The processing and grant of visas to Sri Lankan nationals ordinarily takes about a week.  Validity of all visas is counted from the date of issue.  The visa applications by post/mail are not entertained.  The Consulate reserves the right to refuse any visa without assigning any reason whatsoever.