Apollo Chennai · Medical visa letter
Families searching “AYUSH letter Apollo Chennai” need one clear sequence: the hospital generates the invitation, a reference number is attached, and a spelling error is expensive to fix.
The journey
Patient passport bio page — name spelling and number copied, not retyped from memory
Passport validity, practically 6 months or more
Attendant passports if they will travel on a medical attendant visa
Preferred Apollo Chennai campus and specialty
Approximate arrival window
Recent reports the hospital desk asks for before it will open the file
For many nationalities an Indian medical visa (MED) expects a hospital-issued invitation. Since 2025, hospitals generate that letter through the government medical-visa workflow. The output includes patient identity fields and a medical visa reference number the visa form may ask for. Attendants, when allowed, need their own matching details.
Well Off Healthcare collects the pack, checks mismatches, and follows the Apollo Chennai desk until the letter is issued. The hospital generates the letter. The Indian mission or visa centre decides the visa. After the letter, use the next-steps page for IVAC timing, flights, hotel and MAA pickup.
Patients from Bangladesh, the Gulf, Africa and other countries who were told they need an Apollo Chennai invitation before a medical visa — and want a Chennai person on the file, not only a portal.
Questions
The hospital issues it. We coordinate the request and the checklist. We are not Apollo and we are not the embassy.
It is the reference generated with the hospital letter in the current government workflow. Copy it exactly into the visa form if that form asks for it, and verify the live form on the day you apply.
Treat the first submission as final. Corrections are slow and sometimes require a new letter. We compare spellings to the passport before the hospital uploads.
Often a few working days after the hospital has a complete file. Incomplete reports or name mismatches are the usual delay.
Follow the after-letter checklist: visa appointment, then hotel and Chennai airport pickup. We can take the Chennai half even if another desk started the letter.
