Southern Asia
Southern AsiaIndia visa requirements
Travellers from 6 of 198 countries can visit India easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit India
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed1 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- Free to visit, live and work2 of 198 passportsVisit, live and work freely.
- Visa on arrival3 of 198 passportsGet it at the airport or border.
- eVisa162 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed30 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
Types of India visa
- Tourist visa7 optionsEligible travellers can apply online for a tourist e-Visa. Other routes include a consular visa, visa on arrival and visa-free entry for certain travellers.
- Transit visa2 optionsIndia has both a regular transit visa and a transit e-Visa. Rules for changing flights without entering India are not specified.
- Business visa5 optionsBusiness travellers may use a business e-Visa, a consular business visa or, if eligible, a visa on arrival. A separate online option covers conferences.
- Student visa3 optionsIndia offers a regular student visa and an online student visa. A separate online route is available for Afghan nationals.
- Employment visa3 optionsAn employment visa covers work in India. It is listed for 1 year or the contract period and can be extended.
- Family and Indian origin visas5 optionsOnline routes cover student dependants and people of Indian origin or their spouses. India also lists a regular visa for foreign nationals of Indian origin.
- Medical and attendant visas3 optionsIndia offers online visas for medical treatment and attendants. Eligible travellers can also use a medical visa on arrival.
- India e-Visa2 optionsAn e-Visa is a visa you apply for online before travel. India offers several categories, with different fees, validity periods and stay limits.
- Visa on arrival1 optionsEligible ordinary passport holders can apply at six airports. The visa covers tourism, business, medical visits and conferences.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- MaldivesVisa not requiredSouthern Asia90 days
- BhutanFreedom of movementSouthern Asia
- NepalFreedom of movementSouthern Asia
- JapanVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- South KoreaVisa on arrivalEastern Asia30 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa on arrivalWestern Asia30 days
- AfghanistaneVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- AlbaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- AndorraeVisaSouthern Europe
- AngolaeVisaMiddle Africa60 days
- Antigua and BarbudaeVisaCaribbean60 days
- ArgentinaeVisaSouth America30 days
- ArmeniaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- AustraliaeVisaAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- AustriaeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- AzerbaijaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BahamaseVisaCaribbean60 days
- BahraineVisaWestern Asia30 days
- BarbadoseVisaCaribbean30 days
- BelaruseVisaEastern Europe30 days
- BelgiumeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- BelizeeVisaCentral America60 days
- BenineVisaWestern Africa60 days
- BoliviaeVisaSouth America30 days
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- BotswanaeVisaSouthern Africa60 days
- BrazileVisaSouth America30 days
- BruneieVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaeVisaSoutheast Europe60 days
- BurundieVisaEastern Africa60 days
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- CamerooneVisaMiddle Africa60 days
- CanadaeVisaNorth America30 days
- Cape VerdeeVisaWestern Africa60 days
- ChileeVisaSouth America30 days
- ColombiaeVisaSouth America30 days
- ComoroseVisaEastern Africa60 days
- Costa RicaeVisaCentral America60 days
- CroatiaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- CubaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- CypruseVisaSouthern Europe60 days
- Czech RepubliceVisaCentral Europe30 days
- DenmarkeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- DjiboutieVisaEastern Africa60 days
- DominicaeVisaCaribbean60 days
- Dominican RepubliceVisaCaribbean60 days
- EcuadoreVisaSouth America30 days
- El SalvadoreVisaCentral America30 days
- Equatorial GuineaeVisaMiddle Africa60 days
- EritreaeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- EstoniaeVisaNorthern Europe60 days
- EswatinieVisaSouthern Africa60 days
- FijieVisaMelanesia60 days
- FinlandeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- FranceeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- GaboneVisaMiddle Africa30 days
- GambiaeVisaWestern Africa60 days
- GeorgiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- GermanyeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- GhanaeVisaWestern Africa60 days
- GreeceeVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- GrenadaeVisaCaribbean60 days
- GuatemalaeVisaCentral America60 days
- GuineaeVisaWestern Africa60 days
- GuyanaeVisaSouth America30 days
- HaitieVisaCaribbean60 days
- HonduraseVisaCentral America60 days
- HungaryeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- IcelandeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- IndonesiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- IrelandeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- IsraeleVisaWestern Asia30 days
- ItalyeVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- Ivory CoasteVisaWestern Africa60 days
- JamaicaeVisaCaribbean60 days
- JordaneVisaWestern Asia60 days
- KazakhstaneVisaCentral Asia30 days
- KenyaeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- KiribatieVisaMicronesia60 days
- KuwaiteVisaWestern Asia30 days
- KyrgyzstaneVisaCentral Asia
- LaoseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- LatviaeVisaNorthern Europe60 days
- LesothoeVisaSouthern Africa60 days
- LiberiaeVisaWestern Africa60 days
- LiechtensteineVisaWestern Europe60 days
- LithuaniaeVisaNorthern Europe60 days
- LuxembourgeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- MadagascareVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MalawieVisaEastern Africa60 days
- MalaysiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- MalieVisaWestern Africa60 days
- MaltaeVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- Marshall IslandseVisaMicronesia30 days
- MauritaniaeVisaWestern Africa30 days
- MauritiuseVisaEastern Africa60 days
- MexicoeVisaNorth America30 days
- MicronesiaeVisaMicronesia60 days
- MoldovaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- MonacoeVisaWestern Europe60 days
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia30 days
- MontenegroeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- MoroccoeVisaNorthern Africa30 days
- MozambiqueeVisaEastern Africa30 days
- MyanmareVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- NamibiaeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- NaurueVisaMicronesia60 days
- NetherlandseVisaWestern Europe30 days
- New ZealandeVisaAustralia and New Zealand30 days
- NicaraguaeVisaCentral America60 days
- NigereVisaWestern Africa60 days
- North MacedoniaeVisaSoutheast Europe60 days
- NorwayeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- OmaneVisaWestern Asia30 days
- PalaueVisaMicronesia30 days
- PalestineeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- PanamaeVisaCentral America30 days
- Papua New GuineaeVisaMelanesia30 days
- ParaguayeVisaSouth America30 days
- PerueVisaSouth America30 days
- PhilippineseVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- PolandeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- PortugaleVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- QatareVisaWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- RussiaeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- RwandaeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- Saint Kitts and NeviseVisaCaribbean30 days
- Saint LuciaeVisaCaribbean30 days
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadineseVisaCaribbean30 days
- SamoaeVisaPolynesia60 days
- San MarinoeVisaSouthern Europe60 days
- Saudi ArabiaeVisaWestern Asia30 days
- SenegaleVisaWestern Africa60 days
- SerbiaeVisaSoutheast Europe30 days
- SeychelleseVisaEastern Africa60 days
- Sierra LeoneeVisaWestern Africa60 days
- SingaporeeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- SlovakiaeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- SloveniaeVisaCentral Europe30 days
- Solomon IslandseVisaMelanesia60 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa30 days
- SpaineVisaSouthern Europe30 days
- Sri LankaeVisaSouthern Asia30 days
- SurinameeVisaSouth America30 days
- SwedeneVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- SwitzerlandeVisaWestern Europe30 days
- TaiwaneVisaEastern Asia30 days
- TajikistaneVisaCentral Asia60 days
- TanzaniaeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- ThailandeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- Timor-LesteeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- TogoeVisaWestern Africa
- TongaeVisaPolynesia60 days
- Trinidad and TobagoeVisaCaribbean30 days
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia60 days
- UgandaeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- UkraineeVisaEastern Europe30 days
- United KingdomeVisaNorthern Europe30 days
- United StateseVisaNorth America30 days
- UruguayeVisaSouth America30 days
- UzbekistaneVisaCentral Asia
- VanuatueVisaMelanesia60 days
- Vatican CityeVisaSouthern Europe60 days
- VenezuelaeVisaSouth America30 days
- VietnameVisaSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- ZambiaeVisaEastern Africa60 days
- ZimbabweeVisaSouthern Africa60 days
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChinaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Hong KongVisa requiredEastern Asia
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MacauVisa requiredEastern Asia
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- North KoreaVisa requiredEastern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TunisiaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- TürkiyeVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part 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.
- Asia6 of 49 countries
- Africa0 of 54 countries
- Europe0 of 46 countries
- Americas0 of 35 countries
- Oceania0 of 14 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter India without a visa?
6 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for India?
eVisa: it applies to 162 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for India?
30 passports, including China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh DR Congo, and 25 more.
Do China passport holders need a visa for India?
Visa needed.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for India?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for India?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for India?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for India?
eVisa, for up to 30 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to India?
Asia: 6 of 49 passports enter without applying first.
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi.
Reviewed by @snuck