Indian passport: visa requirements for 199 destinations

Freedom of movement (1)

• IndiaFree movement

  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 13(2), says everyone has the right to leave any country, including their own, and to return to their country.

Visa-free destinations (20)

• AngolaVisa-freeup to 30 days

  Under the Decree, nationals of the listed countries are exempt from tourist visa requirements for stays in Angola of up to 30 days per entry and 90 days per year.

• BarbadosVisa-free
• DominicaVisa-freeup to 180 days
• FijiVisa-freeup to 120 days (+60 days)
• GrenadaVisa-free
• JamaicaVisa-free
• KazakhstanVisa-freeup to 14 days
• KiribatiVisa-freeup to 90 days

  Kiribati's Entry and Visa Exemption Order 2023 says the maximum stay under this exemption must not exceed 90 days in any 12-month period.

• MacauVisa-freeup to 30 days
• MalaysiaVisa-free

  Malaysia's eVISA portal says that from 1 December 2023 until 31 December 2026, Indian nationals are exempted from the visa requirement (Single Entry Visa) for social visit purposes when travelling to Malaysia.

• MauritiusVisa-free
• MicronesiaVisa-freeup to 30 days (+60 days)
• NepalVisa-free
• PhilippinesVisa-freeup to 14 days

  The Philippine visa policy says Indian nationals may enter without a visa for a non-extendible and non-convertible period of 14 days for tourism and business, with a passport valid at least six months beyond the stay, a confirmed hotel booking, proof of financial capacity and a return or onward ticket. Indian nationals holding a valid American, Japanese, Australian, Canadian, Schengen, Singapore or UK visa or residence permit may enter without a visa for a non-extendible period of 30 days for tourism, with a passport valid at least six months beyond the stay and a return or onward ticket.

• QatarVisa-freeup to 30 days
• SamoaVisa-freeup to 90 days
• SenegalVisa-freeup to 90 days
• ThailandVisa-freeup to 30 days (+30 days)

  The Royal Thai Embassy says nationals of the 60 listed countries and territories are entitled to visa exemption for tourism for a stay of up to 30 days, which can be extended for another period of up to 30 days solely at the immigration officer's discretion.

• TuvaluVisa-freeup to 30 days (+30 days)

  Tuvalu's mission to the UN says visas are not required for stays in Tuvalu of up to 30 days, and that entry permits for a maximum one-month stay are issued on arrival to travellers with a valid passport (at least 6 months from the date of arrival), sufficient funds, proof of accommodation and a return or onward ticket.

• VanuatuVisa-freeup to 120 days

  Vanuatu's Department of Immigration says the tourist visa does not allow extensions, and the holder must depart the country before the 120-day period expires.

eVisa / ETA destinations (64)

• AlbaniaeVisaup to 90 days

  Albania's visa fee list names the Albanian missions in Beijing, Abu Dhabi or Istanbul as where to apply. Type C visa: EUR 15 (one entry), EUR 15 (two entries), EUR 15 (multiple entries). Type D visa: EUR 15.

• Antigua and BarbudaeVisa
• ArmeniaeVisaFee: 39 USD
• AustraliaeVisaFee: 250 AUD
• AzerbaijaneVisaup to 30 daysFee: 20 USD
• BahraineVisaup to 14 daysFee: 10 BHD
• BenineVisaFee: 50 EUR

  Benin's e-Visa portal says the e-Visa is valid for the period you choose in your request: 30 days or 90 days.

• BotswanaeVisaFee: 300 BWP
• Burkina FasoeVisaFee: 66000 XOF
• CambodiaeVisaFee: 35 USD

  Cambodia's eVisa portal announces that the Cambodia e-Visa "Type E" is now available for all countries.

• CamerooneVisaFee: 153 EUR
• ChadeVisa

  Chad's immigration directorate says that after 21 May 2026 any visa issued outside the evisa.td platform is considered invalid and does not allow entry into the country.

• ColombiaeVisa
• Côte d'IvoireeVisaFee: 73 EUR
• CubaeVisaup to 90 days (+90 days)
• Democratic Republic of the CongoeVisaFee: 300 USD
• EgypteVisaFee: 30 USD
• EthiopiaeVisaFee: 62 USD

  Ethiopia's eVisa portal lists two single-entry tourist visas: 30 days for USD 62 and 90 days for USD 152.

• GaboneVisa
• GeorgiaeVisaFee: 20 USD
• GuineaeVisa
• Hong KongETAup to 14 daysFee: Free

  The Immigration Department says Indian nationals must apply for and successfully complete pre-arrival registration (PAR) online before they can visit Hong Kong visa-free.

• IsraeleVisaup to 90 daysFee: 105 ILS

  Israel's Population and Immigration Authority says that, under its eVisa-B2 pilot, Indian and Sri Lankan passport holders residing in India and Sri Lanka can apply for a B2 visa directly on its official website.

• JapaneVisaup to 90 daysFee: 15000 JPY

  Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that in the countries and regions it lists after this sentence, which include India and Mongolia, the JAPAN eVISA application should be made through an accredited agency.

• KenyaETAFee: 30 USD
• KyrgyzstaneVisa

  Kyrgyzstan's Regulation on the stay of foreign citizens says citizens of China and India holding long-term visas (for more than 3 years) of the United States, the United Kingdom or the Schengen area may stay visa-free for 7 days, with the right to re-enter visa-free once 21 days have passed since leaving Kyrgyzstan.

• LaoseVisaup to 30 days
• LesothoeVisa

  Lesotho's Ministry of Home Affairs says every citizen of a foreign country who wishes to visit the Kingdom of Lesotho on any visa category must first obtain a visa through the Lesotho e-visa system.

• LibyaeVisa
• MadagascareVisaup to 60 daysFee: 30 EUR
• MalawieVisaFee: 50 USD
• MauritaniaeVisaFee: 55 EUR
• MoldovaeVisaFee: 40 EUR
• MongoliaeVisaup to 30 days
• MoroccoeVisaup to 30 daysFee: 770 MAD
• MozambiqueeVisaup to 90 days
• MyanmareVisaup to 28 days

  Myanmar’s eVisa notice says passengers with an eVisa are currently only permitted to enter via Yangon International Airport, Mandalay International Airport, Nay Pyi Taw International Airport and the Kawthaung International Land Border Checkpoint.

• NamibiaeVisaup to 90 daysFee: 1600 NAD
• New ZealandeVisaFee: 441 NZD
• NicaraguaeVisa
• NigeriaeVisaup to 30 days
• OmaneVisaFee: 5 OMR

  Oman's Foreign Ministry says that to obtain the 14-day visa exemption, citizens of the second-list countries must either be residents of, or hold a valid entry visa for, the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, a Schengen Agreement country or Japan, or be residents of a Gulf Cooperation Council country in one of the professions that benefit from the resident visa.

• PalestineeVisaFee: 105 ILS

  Israel's Population and Immigration Authority says that, under its eVisa-B2 pilot, Indian and Sri Lankan passport holders residing in India and Sri Lanka can apply for a B2 visa directly on its official website.

• Papua New GuineaeVisaup to 30 daysFee: 50 USD
• RussiaeVisaup to 30 days
• São Tomé and PríncipeeVisa
• SeychellesETAup to 90 daysFee: 10 EUR
• Sierra LeoneeVisaup to 30 daysFee: 80 USD
• Solomon IslandseVisaup to 90 daysFee: 50 USD
• SomaliaeVisa

  Somalia's Immigration and Citizenship Agency says that under the new arrangement travellers complete their application before departure rather than on arrival.

• South SudaneVisa
• Sri LankaETAup to 30 days

  Sri Lanka's ETA fee page says that with effect from 25 May 2026 nationals of 40 listed countries, this one among them, are eligible to obtain a tourist visa (ETA) free of charge for a period of 30 days.

• SurinameeVisaup to 90 daysFee: 60 USD
• TaiwanETAup to 14 days

  Taiwan's National Immigration Agency lists, among the special requirements for a Travel Authorization Certificate, that the applicant possesses at least one of the listed documents issued by the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, an EU or Schengen country, New Zealand, Australia, Japan or Korea.

• TajikistaneVisaup to 60 daysFee: 30 USD
• TanzaniaeVisaFee: 50 USD
• TogoeVisaFee: 25000 XOF
• TurkeyeVisa

  Türkiye's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says ordinary passport holders with a valid Schengen, US, UK or Irish visa or residence permit may get a single-entry e-Visa valid for one month at www.evisa.gov.tr, provided that they meet certain conditions.

• UgandaeVisaup to 90 daysFee: 50 USD

  Uganda's immigration directorate says a visa approval authorisation is valid for 90 days (three months) from the day of approval; after that it is automatically cancelled and invalidated, and the applicant needs to make a new application.

• UkraineeVisaFee: 20 USD
• United Arab EmirateseVisaFee: 200 AED
• UzbekistaneVisaup to 30 days
• VietnameVisaFee: 25 USD
• ZambiaeVisaFee: 25 USD

Visa on arrival (13)

• BhutanVisa on arrival

  Bhutan's Immigration Rules say Indian nationals must produce a passport or voter identity card at the port of entry to be eligible for the Entry Permit.

• Cabo VerdeVisa on arrivalFee: 5000 CVE

  Cabo Verde's fee schedule (Portaria n.º 40/2025) sets a fee for each transit or tourist visa granted on arrival at an authorised border post.

• ComorosVisa on arrivalFee: 60 EUR
• GambiaVisa on arrival

  The Gambia Immigration Department lists this country among the Asian and Middle East countries that need both a visa and clearance.

• IndonesiaVisa on arrivalup to 30 days (+30 days)Fee: 500000 IDR
• JordanVisa on arrivalFee: 40 JOD

  The Jordan Tourism Board says a visa can also be obtained at Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport (for unrestricted nationalities) or at any other border crossing except King Hussein Bridge and the ferry from Egypt.

• MaldivesVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysFee: Free
• Marshall IslandsVisa on arrivalup to 90 daysFee: Free

  The RMI Division of Immigration's list gives a visa on arrival of 90 days from the date of arrival, fee waived, and requires a passport valid 6 months or more from the date of departure from the RMI, a confirmed return or onward ticket out of the RMI and the visas needed for the return or onward travel. Extensions, change of status, employment, study and research are not permitted.

• PalauVisa on arrival
• RwandaVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysFee: Free
• Saint LuciaVisa on arrival
• Timor-LesteVisa on arrivalup to 30 daysFee: 30 USD

  Timor-Leste's Migration Service says the tourist visa is valid for a single entry and a thirty-day stay, and may be extended once for the same period.

• ZimbabweVisa on arrivalFee: 30 USD

Embassy visa required (81)

• AlgeriaEmbassy visa
• AndorraEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR

  Andorra's government says that when the Schengen visa is required, third-country nationals must apply for a double-entry or a multiple-entry Schengen visa, depending on how many times they will enter the Schengen area from Andorra.

• ArgentinaEmbassy visaFee: 150 USD

  Argentina's National Directorate of Migrations says Indian or Dominican nationals travelling for tourism can enter without an AVE as long as they hold a similar US visa.

• AustriaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• BahamasEmbassy visa

  The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs' checklist for Indian nationals says that if you have a valid Schengen, United Kingdom, Canadian or United States visa, you do not need a Bahamas visa, and you must present that visa together with your valid passport to Immigration on entry.

• BangladeshEmbassy visa
• BelarusEmbassy visaFee: 60 EUR

  For visa-free entry through Belarus's airports, the Foreign Ministry says citizens of Egypt, Gambia, Haiti, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Namibia, Pakistan, Samoa, South Africa and Vietnam must also have a valid multiple-entry visa of an EU member state or the Schengen zone, with a mark in the passport showing they crossed its border, and tickets confirming departure from those Belarusian airports within 30 days of entry.

• BelgiumEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• BelizeEmbassy visaup to 30 days
• BoliviaEmbassy visa

  Bolivia's Migration Directorate lists this passport in Group II: countries that require the issuance of a consular visa or an entry permit issued by the Bolivian immigration office to enter Bolivia.

• Bosnia and HerzegovinaEmbassy visaFee: 31 EUR
• BrazilEmbassy visaFee: 80 USD
• BruneiEmbassy visaFee: 20 BND
• BulgariaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• Central African RepublicEmbassy visa
• ChileEmbassy visa
• ChinaEmbassy visa
• Costa RicaEmbassy visaFee: 30 USD
• CroatiaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• CyprusEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR

  Cyprus says holders of a valid two- or multiple-entry Schengen visa, and holders of national visas and residence permits issued by Schengen states, do not need a short-stay visa to enter Cyprus for up to 90 days in any 180-day period; Turkish and Azerbaijani citizens are excluded from this provision.

• CzechiaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• DenmarkEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• Dominican RepublicEmbassy visaFee: 100 USD
• EcuadorEmbassy visa
• El SalvadorEmbassy visa
• Equatorial GuineaEmbassy visaFee: 200 USD
• EritreaEmbassy visa
• EstoniaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• EswatiniEmbassy visaFee: 80 SZL
• FinlandEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• FranceEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• GermanyEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• GreeceEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• GuatemalaEmbassy visaFee: 50 USD
• HungaryEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• IcelandEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• IranEmbassy visa
• IraqEmbassy visa
• IrelandEmbassy visa

  Ireland's Immigration Service says the British Irish Visa Scheme (BIVS) allows certain people to travel to and around the Common Travel Area (Ireland and the United Kingdom, excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) on a single visa for short stays only, and that to use it the visa must be endorsed with the letters 'BIVS'.

• ItalyEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• KosovoEmbassy visaFee: 40 EUR

  Kosovo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says nationals of countries to which Kosovo applies a visa regime who hold a valid biometric residence permit issued by a Schengen-area state, and holders of a valid multiple-entry Schengen visa, are exempt from the need for a Kosovo visa for entry, transit and stay. Their stay in Kosovo is limited to 15 days.

• KuwaitEmbassy visa

  The Embassy of Kuwait in Japan says that nationals who cannot be granted the entry visa through the e-visa service or at the airport must apply for an entry visa through their sponsor in Kuwait before departure: they give their sponsor in Kuwait (family or relatives with residency in Kuwait, the company or organization being visited, or the hotel where they will stay) the applicant’s data (passport information, purpose of visit, period of visit and so on), and the sponsor then applies for the visa at the Ministry of Interior, Kuwait.

• LatviaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• LebanonEmbassy visaFee: 2000000 LBP

  General Security lists this country among the labour-supplying countries whose nationals must receive prior authorization from General Security, in accordance with current regulations.

• LiberiaEmbassy visaFee: 70 USD

  The Liberia Immigration Service says that if there is a Liberian embassy in your country, you are required to apply for your visa directly at the embassy and not through its Visa on Arrival portal.

• LiechtensteinEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• LithuaniaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• LuxembourgEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• MaliEmbassy visa
• MaltaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• MexicoEmbassy visaFee: 56 USD

  Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) says the following documents are an alternative to the Mexican visa: proof of permanent residence in Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, any Schengen country, or the Pacific Alliance countries (Chile, Colombia and Peru); or a valid visa from Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom or any Schengen country.

• MonacoEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR

  Monaco's government says visa applications to enter Monaco must therefore be made at the embassy of the Schengen country that will be the gateway of the stay in Europe; once the Schengen visa is obtained, Monaco can be visited without any other formality.

• MontenegroEmbassy visa
• NauruEmbassy visaup to 90 days
• NetherlandsEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• North MacedoniaEmbassy visaFee: 60 EUR

  North Macedonia's Foreign Ministry says third-country nationals with a multiple-entry Schengen (type C) visa valid for at least 5 days beyond the intended stay may stay no longer than 15 days on each entry, as long as the total stay does not exceed 90 days in any 180-day period.

• NorwayEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• PakistanEmbassy visaFee: 120 INR

  The Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi asks for a notarised or attested invitation from a sponsor in Pakistan, on an affidavit or stamp paper, clearly stating the relationship with the invitees, the invitees' passport details and the purpose of the invitation, for each city to be visited in Pakistan.

• PanamaEmbassy visaFee: 50 PAB
• ParaguayEmbassy visa
• PeruEmbassy visaFee: 30 USD

  Peru's visa-exemption table: citizens of China and India with valid ordinary passports can enter Peru without a temporary tourist visa if they show at least one of these: a) a visa valid for at least six (6) months from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or a Schengen Area state; b) permanent residence in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia or a Schengen Area state.

• PolandEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• PortugalEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• Republic of the CongoEmbassy visaFee: 200 USD
• RomaniaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• San MarinoEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR

  San Marino's Foreign Ministry says that reaching San Marino means crossing the Schengen Area, so visitors from states outside it must hold the authorisations needed to enter and transit the Schengen Area before they leave.

• Saudi ArabiaEmbassy visaFee: 395 SAR
• SerbiaEmbassy visa
• SingaporeEmbassy visaFee: 30 SGD
• SlovakiaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• SloveniaEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• South AfricaEmbassy visaFee: 425 ZAR
• South KoreaEmbassy visaFee: 40 USD
• SpainEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• SwedenEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• SwitzerlandEmbassy visaFee: 90 EUR
• TunisiaEmbassy visa

  Tunisia's visa-regime table says nationals of these countries are exempt from the entry visa when they travel as an organised group of at least five people.

• TurkmenistanEmbassy visaFee: 40 USD

  Turkmenistan's State Migration Service says foreign citizens and stateless persons may come to and stay in Turkmenistan on the basis of a visa, unless Turkmenistan's international treaties provide otherwise.

• United KingdomEmbassy visaFee: 135 GBP
• United StatesEmbassy visaFee: 185 USD
• UruguayEmbassy visaFee: 42 USD

Visa required (how to apply not stated) (3)

• CanadaVisa requiredFee: 100 CAD
• TongaVisa required

  Tonga's Ministry of Revenue and Customs says citizens of all other countries need visas to enter Tonga, before arrival, and that a genuine visitor intending to visit Tonga for not less than 30 days must obtain an entry permit issued by the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before arriving.

• YemenVisa required

  The Embassy of Yemen in Washington DC says it is not issuing any tourist visa at this time.

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