India visa exemption & requirements

As of 2024, regular passport holders from 4 countries visiting India for tourism purposes including Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal Do Not require a visa and will be granted permission for short-term stay on arrival.

India Visa Required Visa Not Required E-visa Visa On Arrival

India visa exempt countries

To enter India for a short term visit, citizens of the following countries are able to travel in India without a visa:

Africa

Nationals from 0 countries in Africa are exempt from India visa, while those from 54 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Algeria	Visa required		No	No
Angola	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Benin	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Botswana	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Burkina Faso	Visa required		No	No
Burundi	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Cameroon	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Cape Verde	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Central African Republic	Visa required		No	No
Chad	Visa required		No	No
Comoros	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required		No	No
Djibouti	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Egypt	Visa required		No	No
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Eritrea	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Ethiopia	Visa required		No	No
Gabon	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Gambia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Ghana	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Guinea	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Côte d'Ivoire	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Kenya	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Lesotho	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Liberia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Libya	Visa required		No	No
Madagascar	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Malawi	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Mali	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Mauritania	Visa required		No	No
Mauritius	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Morocco	Visa required		No	No
Mozambique	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Namibia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Niger	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Nigeria	Visa required		No	No
Rwanda	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa required	N/A	No	No
Senegal	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Seychelles	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Sierra Leone	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Somalia	Visa required		No	No
South Africa	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Sudan	Visa required		No	No
Eswatini	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Tanzania	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Togo	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Tunisia	Visa required		No	No
Uganda	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Zambia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Zimbabwe	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Republic of the Congo	Visa required		No	No
Guinea-Bissau	Visa required		No	No
South Sudan	Visa required		No	No

Asia

Nationals from 4 countries in Asia are exempt from India visa, while those from 28 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Afghanistan	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Armenia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Azerbaijan	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Bangladesh	Visa required		No	No
Bhutan	Visa not required	Freedom of movement	No	No
Brunei	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Cambodia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
China	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Timor-Leste	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Georgia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Indonesia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Japan	Visa required	N/A	Yes	Yes
Kazakhstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Kyrgyzstan	Visa required		Yes	No
Laos	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Malaysia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Maldives	Visa not required	90 days	No	No
Mongolia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Myanmar	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Nepal	Visa not required	Freedom of movement (under the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship)	No	No
North Korea	Visa required		No	No
Pakistan	Visa required		No	No
Philippines	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Singapore	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
South Korea	Visa required	N/A	Yes	Yes
Sri Lanka	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Tajikistan	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Thailand	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Turkmenistan	Visa required		No	No
Uzbekistan	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Vietnam	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No

Central America and Caribbean

Nationals from 0 countries in Central America and Caribbean are exempt from India visa, while those from 20 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Bahamas	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Barbados	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Belize	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Costa Rica	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Cuba	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Dominica	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Dominican Republic	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
El Salvador	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Grenada	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Guatemala	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Haiti	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Honduras	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Jamaica	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Nicaragua	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Panama	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Saint Lucia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No

Europe

Nationals from 0 countries in Europe are exempt from India visa, while those from 46 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Albania	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Andorra	Visa required		Yes	No
Austria	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Belarus	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Belgium	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Bulgaria	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Croatia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Cyprus	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Czech Republic	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Denmark	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Estonia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Finland	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
France	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Germany	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Greece	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Hungary	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Iceland	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Ireland	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Italy	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Latvia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Liechtenstein	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Lithuania	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Luxembourg	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Macedonia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Malta	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Moldova	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Monaco	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Montenegro	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Netherlands	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Norway	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Poland	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Portugal	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Romania	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Russia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
San Marino	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Serbia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Slovakia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Slovenia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Spain	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Sweden	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Switzerland	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Turkey	Visa required		No	No
Ukraine	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
United Kingdom	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Kosovo	Visa required	N/A	No	No

Middle East

Nationals from 0 countries in Middle East are exempt from India visa, while those from 13 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Bahrain	Visa required		No	No
Iran	Visa required		Yes	No
Iraq	Visa required		No	No
Israel	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Jordan	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Kuwait	Visa required		No	No
Lebanon	Visa required		No	No
Oman	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Qatar	Visa required	N/A	No	No
Saudi Arabia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Syria	Visa required		No	No
United Arab Emirates	Visa required	N/A	Yes	Yes
Yemen	Visa required		No	No

North America

Nationals from 0 countries in North America are exempt from India visa, while those from 3 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Canada	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Mexico	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
United States	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No

Oceania

Nationals from 0 countries in Oceania are exempt from India visa, while those from 14 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Australia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Fiji	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Kiribati	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Marshall Islands	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Micronesia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Nauru	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
New Zealand	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Palau	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Papua New Guinea	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Samoa	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Solomon Islands	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Tonga	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Tuvalu	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Vanuatu	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No

South America

Nationals from 0 countries in South America are exempt from India visa, while those from 12 other countrie(s) will require a valid entry visa.

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	E-visa Eligibility	Visa on arrival Eligibility
Argentina	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Bolivia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Brazil	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Chile	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Colombia	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Ecuador	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Guyana	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Paraguay	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Peru	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Suriname	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Uruguay	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No
Venezuela	Visa required	N/A	Yes	No