Who needs a visa for India?
Southern Asia · New Delhi
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Of 198 nationalities, 3 enter India with no paperwork at all. The rest: 3 can get a visa at the border and 192 must be approved before they travel.
- Visa free 3
- eVisa 161
- Visa on arrival 3
- Visa required 31
- Government fee
- $25
- Stay permitted
- 30 days, one year or five years, depending on which e-Tourist visa you are granted
This is the government's own portal. We are not paid to send you there.
Checked 19 September 2026 — read the fees and rules on indianvisaonline.gov.in
What India asks for
- Passport valid for at least six months from arrival, with two blank pages
- A recent photograph with a plain light background
- Scan of the passport biographical page
- Return or onward ticket
- The address where you will stay in India
Worth knowing
- The Indian e-Visa fee depends on your nationality. A site quoting one flat price for everyone is not reading the official schedule.
- The Government of India charges nothing extra for an urgent or express e-Visa. Its own site states that no provision exists for emergency fees.
- Bank charges of 3% are added to the official e-Visa fee at payment.
- You check an e-Visa application from the portal you applied on, at indianvisaonline.gov.in. There is no separate tracking site.
Photo requirements
Visa photo: square; regular visa 350x350 min to 1000x1000 max. e-Visa: square only, no pixel range stated. indianvisaonline.gov.in · read India passport photo, for its own citizens: 45 x 35 mm (4.5 cm length x 3.5 cm width). passportindia.gov.in · read Every photo rule for India
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How long your passport must be valid for India: see passport validity by country.
What do you need?
Who needs what
No nationality matches that.
Visa free 3
Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.
eVisa (electronic visa) 161
A real visa application, made online instead of at an embassy. It is assessed, it takes days rather than minutes, and it can be refused.
- Afghanistan 30d
- Albania 30d
- Andorra 30d
- Angola 30d
- Antigua and Barbuda 30d
- Argentina 30d
- Armenia 30d
- Australia 30d
- Austria 30d
- Azerbaijan 30d
- Bahamas 30d
- Bahrain 30d
- Barbados 30d
- Belarus 30d
- Belgium 30d
- Belize 30d
- Benin 30d
- Bolivia 30d
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 30d
- Botswana 30d
- Brazil 30d
- Brunei 30d
- Bulgaria 30d
- Burundi 30d
- Cambodia 30d
- Cameroon 30d
- Canada 30d
- Cape Verde 30d
- Chile 30d
- Colombia 30d
- Comoros 30d
- Costa Rica 30d
- Côte d’Ivoire 30d
- Croatia 30d
- Cuba 30d
- Cyprus 30d
- Czechia 30d
- Denmark 30d
- Djibouti 30d
- Dominica 30d
- Dominican Republic 30d
- Ecuador 30d
- El Salvador 30d
- Equatorial Guinea 30d
- Eritrea 30d
- Estonia 30d
- Eswatini 30d
- Fiji 30d
- Finland 30d
- France 30d
- Gabon 30d
- Gambia 30d
- Georgia 30d
- Germany 30d
- Ghana 30d
- Greece 30d
- Grenada 30d
- Guatemala 30d
- Guinea 30d
- Guyana 30d
- Haiti 30d
- Honduras 30d
- Hungary 30d
- Iceland 30d
- Indonesia 30d
- Ireland 30d
- Israel 30d
- Italy 30d
- Jamaica 30d
- Jordan 30d
- Kazakhstan 30d
- Kenya 30d
- Kiribati 30d
- Kuwait 30d
- Kyrgyzstan 30d
- Laos 30d
- Latvia 30d
- Lesotho 30d
- Liberia 30d
- Liechtenstein 30d
- Lithuania 30d
- Luxembourg 30d
- Madagascar 30d
- Malawi 30d
- Malaysia 30d
- Mali 30d
- Malta 30d
- Marshall Islands 30d
- Mauritius 30d
- Mexico 30d
- Micronesia 30d
- Moldova 30d
- Monaco 30d
- Mongolia 30d
- Montenegro 30d
- Morocco 30d
- Mozambique 30d
- Myanmar 30d
- Namibia 30d
- Nauru 30d
- Netherlands 30d
- New Zealand 30d
- Nicaragua 30d
- Niger 30d
- North Macedonia 30d
- Norway 30d
- Oman 30d
- Palau 30d
- Palestine 30d
- Panama 30d
- Papua New Guinea 30d
- Paraguay 30d
- Peru 30d
- Philippines 30d
- Poland 30d
- Portugal 30d
- Qatar 30d
- Romania 30d
- Russia 30d
- Rwanda 30d
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 30d
- Saint Lucia 30d
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30d
- Samoa 30d
- San Marino 30d
- Saudi Arabia 30d
- Senegal 30d
- Serbia 30d
- Seychelles 30d
- Sierra Leone 30d
- Singapore 30d
- Slovakia 30d
- Slovenia 30d
- Solomon Islands 30d
- South Africa 30d
- Spain 30d
- Sri Lanka 30d
- Suriname 30d
- Sweden 30d
- Switzerland 30d
- Taiwan 30d
- Tajikistan 30d
- Tanzania 30d
- Thailand 30d
- Timor-Leste 30d
- Togo 30d
- Tonga 30d
- Trinidad and Tobago 30d
- Tuvalu 30d
- Uganda 30d
- Ukraine 30d
- United Kingdom 30d
- United States 30d
- Uruguay 30d
- Uzbekistan 30d
- Vanuatu 30d
- Vatican City 30d
- Venezuela 30d
- Vietnam 30d
- Zambia 30d
- Zimbabwe 30d
Visa on arrival 3
Issued at the border rather than beforehand. Bring the fee in cash in the currency the border post accepts. It is a permission, not a guarantee.
Visa required 31
You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.
- Algeria
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- DR Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong
- Iran
- Iraq
- Kosovo
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Macao
- Mauritania
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Republic of the Congo
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen
Guides for India
About India
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Population
- 1,463,865,525 2025 · 1st of 197
- Size
- 3,287,590 km² 7th largest of 199
- Density
- 445 per km²
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Tamil
- Currency
- Indian rupee INR
Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.