India · Passport Index 2026
India · Passport Index 2026Indian passport: visa-free countries
Ranked #84 in the world, with 61 places you can visit easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- 2 Freedom of movement
- 32 Visa not required
- 23 Visa on arrival
- 4 eTA required
- 55 eVisa
- 110 Visa required
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Visa-free countries for Indian passport holders
Just show your passport at the border.
Visa on arrival
Get your visa at the airport when you land. No need to apply in advance.
eVisa and online permits
Apply online before you fly; no embassy visit.
Where the Indian passport can go
Every country coloured by its entry rule. Tap one for the details.
How the Indian passport compares
Passports ranked close to it on the Passport Index 2026.
By region of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Oceania11 of 24 countries
- Asia20 of 49 countries
- Africa18 of 57 countries
- Americas12 of 52 countries
- Europe0 of 49 countries
- Antarctic0 of 1 countries
All 232 destinations for Indian passport holders
232 of 232 destinations
- AngolaVisa not requiredMiddle Africa30 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- British Virgin IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean30 days
- Cook IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia31 days
- DominicaVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- FijiVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- GambiaVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- GrenadaVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- HaitiVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- JamaicaVisa not requiredCaribbean
- KazakhstanVisa not requiredCentral Asia14 days
- KiribatiVisa not requiredMicronesia90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia30 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MicronesiaVisa not requiredMicronesia30 days
- MontserratVisa not requiredCaribbean180 days
- NiueVisa not requiredPolynesia30 days
- PalestineVisa not requiredWestern Asia
- PhilippinesVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia14 days
- Pitcairn IslandsVisa not requiredPolynesia14 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RwandaVisa not requiredEastern Africa30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- SenegalVisa not requiredWestern Africa90 days
- SeychellesVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- VanuatuVisa not requiredMelanesia120 days
- BhutanFreedom of movementSouthern Asia
- NepalFreedom of movementSouthern Asia
- BahrainVisa on arrivalWestern Asia14 days
- BurundiVisa on arrivalEastern Africa30 days
- CambodiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Cape VerdeVisa on arrivalWestern Africa
- ComorosVisa on arrivalEastern Africa45 days
- EthiopiaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Guinea-BissauVisa on arrivalWestern Africa90 days
- IndonesiaVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- JordanVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- LaosVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MadagascarVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalMicronesia90 days
- MongoliaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- MyanmarVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia28 days
- PalauVisa on arrivalMicronesia30 days
- Saint LuciaVisa on arrivalCaribbean
- SamoaVisa on arrivalPolynesia90 days
- Sierra LeoneVisa on arrivalWestern Africa30 days
- Sri LankaVisa on arrivalSouthern Asia30 days
- TanzaniaVisa on arrivalEastern Africa90 days
- Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TuvaluVisa on arrivalPolynesia30 days
- ZimbabweVisa on arrivalSouthern Africa30 days
- Hong KongeTA requiredEastern Asia14 days
- KenyaeTA requiredEastern Africa90 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseTA requiredCaribbean90 days
- South AfricaeTA requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- AnguillaeVisaCaribbean
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean90 days
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe
- BenineVisaWestern Africa30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- Burkina FasoeVisaWestern Africa
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa
- ChadeVisaMiddle Africa
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America
- CubaeVisaCaribbean90 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa90 days
- DR CongoeVisaMiddle Africa7 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America
- EgypteVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa90 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa90 days
- IraneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- IraqeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- IsraeleVisaWestern Asia90 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa90 days
- JapaneVisaEastern Asia
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- LibyaeVisaNorthern Africa
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- NigeriaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaeVisaWestern Africa
- São Tomé and PríncipeeVisaMiddle Africa
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe90 days
- SomaliaeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- South SudaneVisaMiddle Africa
- SurinameeVisaSouth America90 days
- SyriaeVisaWestern Asia
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa15 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- United KingdomeVisaNorthern Europe
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa90 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AndorraVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- ArgentinaVisa requiredSouth America
- AustriaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelgiumVisa requiredWestern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BermudaVisa requiredNorth America
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe180 days
- BrazilVisa requiredSouth America
- BruneiVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- BulgariaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CanadaVisa requiredNorth America
- Cayman IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChileVisa requiredSouth America
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Costa RicaVisa requiredCentral America
- CroatiaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- CyprusVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Czech RepublicVisa requiredCentral Europe
- DenmarkVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- Dominican RepublicVisa requiredCaribbean
- El SalvadorVisa requiredCentral America
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EstoniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Falkland IslandsVisa requiredSouth America
- Faroe IslandsVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FinlandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- FranceVisa requiredWestern Europe
- French GuianaVisa requiredSouth America
- French PolynesiaVisa requiredPolynesia
- GermanyVisa requiredWestern Europe
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GibraltarVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreeceVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- GreenlandVisa requiredNorth America
- GuadeloupeVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuamVisa requiredMicronesia
- GuatemalaVisa requiredCentral America
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HondurasVisa requiredCentral America
- HungaryVisa requiredCentral Europe
- IcelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- IrelandVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- ItalyVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LatviaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LesothoVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LiechtensteinVisa requiredWestern Europe
- LithuaniaVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- LuxembourgVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MaltaVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- MartiniqueVisa requiredCaribbean
- MayotteVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MexicoVisa requiredNorth America
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MonacoVisa requiredWestern Europe
- MontenegroVisa requiredSoutheast Europe30 days
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NetherlandsVisa requiredWestern Europe
- New CaledoniaVisa requiredMelanesia
- New ZealandVisa requiredAustralia and New Zealand
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- North MacedoniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Northern Mariana IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- NorwayVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PanamaVisa requiredCentral America
- ParaguayVisa requiredSouth America
- PeruVisa requiredSouth America
- PolandVisa requiredCentral Europe
- PortugalVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Puerto RicoVisa requiredCaribbean
- RomaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- Saint BarthélemyVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint MartinVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Pierre and MiquelonVisa requiredNorth America
- San MarinoVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Saudi ArabiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- SingaporeVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- Sint MaartenVisa requiredCaribbean
- SlovakiaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- SloveniaVisa requiredCentral Europe
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- South KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- SpainVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SwedenVisa requiredNorthern Europe
- SwitzerlandVisa requiredWestern Europe
- TaiwanVisa requiredEastern Asia
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- United Arab EmiratesVisa requiredWestern Asia
- United StatesVisa requiredNorth America
- United States Virgin IslandsVisa requiredCaribbean
- UruguayVisa requiredSouth America
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- Wallis and FutunaVisa requiredPolynesia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- American SamoaEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- British Indian Ocean TerritoryEntry permit requiredEastern Africa
- South GeorgiaEntry permit requiredAntarctic
- Svalbard and Jan MayenEntry permit requiredNorthern Europe
- TokelauEntry permit requiredPolynesia
- PakistanAdmission restrictedSouthern Asia
Questions
How many countries can Indian passport holders visit without a visa?
34 countries need no visa at all, and 27 more give a visa at the airport or a quick online permit.
Where does the India passport rank?
#79 of 199 passports, with 53 destinations reachable without applying ahead.
Which big countries can Indian passport holders visit visa-free?
Philippines, Thailand, Angola, Malaysia Nepal, and 29 more.
Where can Indian passport holders get a visa at the airport?
23 countries, including Indonesia, Ethiopia, Tanzania Myanmar, and 19 more.
Which countries let Indian passport holders apply online?
59 countries, including Nigeria, Russia, Japan DR Congo, and 55 more. Always use the official government website.
How many countries need an embassy visa for Indian passport holders?
110, including China, United States, Brazil Bangladesh, and 106 more. Apply weeks before you travel.
Can Indian passport holders visit the US, UK or Europe without a visa?
United States: visa needed; United Kingdom: evisa; Canada: visa needed; Australia: evisa; Japan: evisa; France: visa needed.
Which part of the world is easiest for Indian passport holders?
Oceania: 46% of its countries let you in without applying first.
Which nearby countries can Indian passport holders visit easily?
Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Does the India passport work for official or diplomatic travel?
Official and diplomatic passports often have their own rules. Each destination page shows them where they differ from a regular passport.
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