Visa requirements for Indian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of India. As of 13 February 2018, Indian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 56 countries and territories, ranking the Indian passport 81st in terms of travel freedom (tied with Ivory Coast, Senegal and Togo passports) according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index. Visitors engaging in activities other than tourism, including unpaid work, require a visa or work permit except for Nepal and Bhutan. Indian citizens who are not natives of the following states also require an Inner Line Permit (ILP) if they are travelling to Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, or Mizoram. ILPs can be obtained online or at the airports of these states on arrival.
Video Visa requirements for Indian citizens
Recent changes
Requirements for Indian citizens to have visas were recently lifted by Indonesia, Serbia (September 2017), Qatar (August 2017), Ukraine (July 2017) and Tunisia (October 2017).
Starting 8 August 2017, Indian citizens get visa-free access to Primorye and rest of Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Chukotka and Kamchatka regions from 2018 in the Russian Far East for tourism, business and humanitarian purposes.
Indian citizens are eligible for the Australia online visitor visa (e600), effective from 1 July 2017.
Indian citizens also became eligible for Armenia visa on arrival and eVisa on 22 November 2017.
Indian citizens can apply for electronic visa for Kyrgyzstan for tourism and business purposes from September 2017.
Gabon introduced visa on arrival to Indian citizens in October 2017.
Starting January 2018, Indian nationals coming to Rwanda will be issued 30 day visa on arrival.
Vietnam has introduced e-Visa facility for Indian citizens visiting as tourists.
The Sultanate of Oman has begun to allow Citizens of India with valid visas from the US, Canada and Schengan zone to receive visa on arrival.
In February 2018, Zimbabwe announced visa on arrival for Indian citizens with immediate effect.
Eligible Indian travellers can now participate in the Global Entry program for expedited entry into the United States.
Angola announced visa on arrival facility for Indian citizens.
Jordan announced visa on arrival facility for Indian citizens on 28 February 2018.
Maps Visa requirements for Indian citizens
Visa requirements map
Visa requirements
Dependent, Disputed, or Restricted territories
Visa requirements for Indian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognised countries and restricted zones:
Reciprocity
Indian Government has not drafted any laws to mandate reciprocity in visa agreements with other countries. While a very small number of bilateral agreements have ended in reciprocity in visa arrangements, a large number of visa relationships continue to be highly skewed on one side or the other.
In 2015, Iran revoked visa-on-arrival for Indian citizens after it was included as one of the eight countries in India's Prior Reference Category, which would be excluded from India's visa liberalisation plans for foreign tourists. The other countries on the list at the time were Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nigeria and Sudan.
Full reciprocity
India has by default achieved full reciprocity in Visa free/e-Visa Privileges with following countries:
- Australia (Electronic Visitor Visa)
- Bhutan (Visa not required)
- Nepal (Visa not required)
- Maldives (Visa not required, for 90 days)
- Antigua and Barbuda (e-Visa required)
- Ivory Coast (e-Visa required)
- Gabon (e-Visa required)
- Georgia (e-Visa required)
- Kenya (e-Visa required)
- Lesotho (e-Visa required)
- Malaysia (e-Visa required)
- Myanmar (e-Visa required)
- Sri Lanka (e-Visa required)
- Zambia (e-Visa required)
- Hong Kong (Electronic Authorization required)
Partial reciprocity
India has achieved partial reciprocity with following countries, where Indian Immigration rules afford the citizens of the following countries a bit lesser visa privileges than what the following countries provide for Indian Citizens:
Complete disparity (at the expense of foreign citizens)
Visa privileges provided by Indian immigration for citizens of these countries are considerably far less than Visa Privileges provided by these countries to the Indian Citizens:
Vaccination
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from a vulnerable area.
Passport validity
Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.
Limitations on passport use
Visitors holding Israeli passport or any passports showing evidence of travel to Israel are denied entry to the Arab League countries due to Arab League boycott of Israel.
Kuwait allows visitors holding Israeli visa to transit via Kuwait airport provided the passenger is in the transit area and does not cross the immigration check. Malaysia provides visitor visa even if visitors hold Israeli visas.
Fingerprinting
Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.
Foreign travel statistics
According to the statistics these are the numbers of Indian visitors to various countries per annum in 2015 (unless otherwise noted):
See also
- Visa policy of India
- Indian nationality law
- Overseas Citizenship of India
References and Notes
- References
- Notes
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