🛂 Identity documents
- All passports — current and old
- Recent passport-size photograph (35 × 45 mm)
- Aadhaar card and PAN card, if available
👨👩👧 Parents & family
- Birth certificate showing parents’ names, where available
- Aadhaar cards or other identity documents of both parents, as applicable
- Parents’ marriage certificate, if applicable or relevant
🎓 Studies
- Current school, college or university ID card
- Bonafide student certificate or enrolment letter from the institution
- Latest fee receipt or proof of tuition fee payment
- Academic records — recent marksheets or transcripts, if relevant
- School / college leave approval letter confirming the permitted absence and date of resuming classes, if applicable
💰 Parents’ finances & sponsorship
- Parents’ personal bank statements for the last 6 months, preferably bank-stamped
- Parents’ bank balance certificates, if available
- Parents’ Income Tax Returns (ITR) for the last 2–3 years, if available
- Parents’ work proof
- Parents’ fixed deposit receipts, investments or other financial documents, if applicable
- Sponsorship letter from the parent(s) confirming who will pay for the trip
- Evidence of the source of funds for the trip, where needed
🪙 Your own money
- Your personal bank statement, if you have a bank account
- Your personal savings or investment proof, if applicable
✉️ If you are invited or sponsored
- Invitation letter from the host, if visiting relatives or friends
- Host’s passport, visa or residence status, address and contact details, if applicable
- Relationship proof with the host, if applicable
- Sponsor’s letter, bank statements, income proof and identity / residence documents, if another person is funding the trip
📎 Also keep ready
- Travel medical insurance, where required or appropriate for the destination
- English translations of documents that are not in English, as the destination requires
- Any additional documents required by the embassy, immigration authority or your personalised checklist
Tips for students
- Get the leave letter from your school or college with the exact dates you are away and when classes resume.
- Your parents’ sponsorship letter should name you, the trip dates and confirm they pay all costs.
- Parents’ bank statements, ITR and work proof should match the sponsorship they promise.
- Plan the trip in vacations where possible — it makes your return date easy to believe.
- This checklist is for tourist visits only, not study visas.
Tip: In your free consultation we check both your student documents and your parents’ financial documents.
Frequently asked questions
Can a student get a tourist visa without their own income?
Yes. Students are usually sponsored by their parents. The embassy looks at your studies, the parents’ finances and the sponsorship letter.
Do minors need anything extra?
Applicants under 18 often need consent from both parents and copies of their passports or IDs. Requirements differ by country — we confirm them for your destination.
Is this the same as a study visa?
No. This is a short tourist visit. Studying abroad needs a different visa that we do not handle.