Countries Indians can visit visa-free or with visa-on-arrival
As many as 16 countries provide visa-free entry and 43 countries allow visa-on-arrival facility to Indian ordinary passport holders, the government informed Rajya Sabha (Parliament’s upper house) on March 18, 2021.
The “Government of India has been making efforts to increase the number of countries that provide visa-free travel, visa-on-Arrival and e-visa facility for further easing of international travel for Indians,” said V Muraleedharan, Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs in his reply, sharing the above information. “While the issuance of a visa and the visa-related procedure is the sovereign decision of the respective country, the matter regarding easier and liberalised visa policy for Indian nationals is taken up regularly in bilateral meetings/ forums with foreign countries,” he added.
Most of the countries that provide visa-free entry and visa-on-arrival are international tourist destinations–many being island nations–attracting foreign travellers.
Visa facility for Indian Nationals (ordinary passport holders)
| Foreign countries which provide e-Visa facility to Indian nationals | Foreign countries which provide Visa-free entry to Indian citizens | Foreign countries which provide Visa-on-Arrival entry to Indian citizens |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Barbados | Angola |
| Azerbaijan | Bhutan | Bolivia |
| Bahrain | Dominica | Cabo Verde |
| Barbados | Grenada | Cambodia |
| Benin | Haiti | Cameroon Union Republic |
| Cambodia | Hong Kong SAR | Cook Islands |
| Colombia | Maldives | Djibouti |
| Cote D’ IVoire | Mauritius | Ethiopia |
| Djibouti | Montserrat | Fiji |
| Ethiopia | Nepal | Guinea Bissau |
| Georgia | Niue Island | Indonesia |
| Guinea | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | Iran |
| Kazakhstan | Samoa | Jamaica |
| Kenya | Senegal | Jordan |
| Kyrgyzstan Republic | Serbia | Kenya |
| Lesotho | Trinidad & Tobago | Kiribati |
| Malaysia | Laos | |
| Moldova | Madagascar | |
| Myanmar | Mauritania | |
| New Zealand | Mongolia | |
| Papua New Guinea | Myanmar | |
| Russian Federation (specific areas of Far Eastern Federal District, Kaliningrad, Leningrad regions and St. Petersburg Regions of Russian Federation) |
Nigeria | |
| Saint Lucia | Niue Island | |
| Saint Vincent and Grenadines | Qatar | |
| Singapore | Republic of Marshall Islands | |
| South Korea | Reunion Island | |
| Sri Lanka | Rwanda | |
| Suriname | Saint Kitts & Nevis | |
| Taiwan | Saint Lucia | |
| Tajikistan | Samoa | |
| Tanzania | Senegal | |
| Thailand | Seychelles | |
| Uganda | Somalia | |
| Uzbekistan | Sri Lanka | |
| Vietnam | Suriname | |
| Zambia | Tajikistan | |
| Tanzania | ||
| Thailand | ||
| Tunisia | ||
| Tuvalu | ||
| Vanuatu | ||
| Vietnam | ||
| Zimbabwe |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from public and external sources as on 22nd September, 2020 and the CPV Division or the Ministry of External Affairs will not be responsible for its accuracy. Indian nationals intending to travel abroad are kindly advised to cross-check this information with the Foreign Embassy/Consulate in India or Indian Embassy/Consulate abroad among others.
