What is the first thing that you are worrying about when you want to travel? Perhaps you will answer passports, but you should not forget another one—that is the visa. You will also need to have a visa in order for you to travel to other countries, and I will explain more about it here.

Visa is basically a permission from a country for you to travel to his country—and to stay in his country legal. After all, the land on the country is the property on it, and if you are not a citizen or a subject (in case of a country with a monarchy), you can not stay on those land without permission—and if you do, this is actually a trespass in traditional sense. Therefore, you will need a permission from the government of that country—technically the landlord, to say that OK, you can stay on this land for a period of time.

The document showing that permission, is the visa we are talking about. In a lot of countries travelling between them do not need a visa—and whether or not this is possible depends on the relationship between the countries. For example, among the member states of the European Union, travelling does not need any visas.

However, you will still need your passport. A passport is a little bit different from a visa, which is issued from the destination country. On the other hand, a passport is a document issued by your home country to prove that you are the citizen of that country. This is an essential document for you to travel to any country no matter whether you need a visa or not. Therefore, before applying for Visa to India for US Citizens, you should check whether you have a passport or not.

In particular, you should pay attention to the expiry date of the passport, as it is not forever. If your passport is already expired, you will not be able to leave your home country, and let alone entering India. Therefore, check the expiry date, and in case you need to, apply for a renew. 

After doing that, you are ready to apply for the visa needed for visiting to India. It is actually not that difficult since with the advancement of technology, you can now do everything online. You can also apply this type of visa online too. Just fill in all the personal information required and then pay for the application. After that, just wait for it to get approved and you will be able to obtain your visa. 

All you need to know is that it is impossible for you to get a visa on-spot after you get off the airplane in India. They will not permit this and the result for this is that you will need to go back to America. Therefore, do not ignore all the procedures required to India Visa for US Citizen and duly applied for a visa if you want to travel to India.