Visa requirements for Indian citizens

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Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories

Unrecognized or partially recognized countries

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Territory	Conditions of access	Notes
Abkhazia	Visa required[414]	Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group.
Kosovo	Visa required[415]	Schengen zone visa or residence permit valid for 15 days. Serbia will not recognize the entry if coming from Kosovo without entering it first via Serbia. No Visa needed, if a holder of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan.[416] Visa not required for holders of a valid biometric residence permit issued by one of the Schengen member states or a valid multi-entry Schengen Visa, a holder of a valid Laissez-Passer issued by United Nations Organizations, NATO, OSCE, Council of Europe or European Union a holder of a valid travel documents issued by EU Member and Schengen States, United States of America, Canada, Australia and Japan based on the 1951 Convention on Refugee Status or the 1954 Convention on the Status of Stateless Persons, as well as holders of valid travel documents for foreigners (max. 15 days stay)[415]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required[417]	3 months
Palestine	Visa not required[418]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[419]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa regime undefined	Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa required[420]
South Ossetia	Visa required	To enter South Ossetia, visitors must have a multiple-entry visa for Russia and register their stay with the Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within 3 days.[421][422]
Taiwan	Visa required[423][424]	14 day online travel authority is available to the citizens of India with permanent residency or valid visa or expired, of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Schengen Convention countries, United Kingdom or United States. But it must not have expired for more than 10 years prior to the date of arrival in Taiwan as well as visas marked "void", "canceled" or "canceled without prejudice" are not eligible.
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[425][426]

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Dependent and autonomous territories

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Territory		Conditions of access	Notes
China
Hong Kong		Electronic Travel Authorization	14 days
Macau		Visa not required[427]	30 days
Denmark
Faroe Islands		Visa required[428]
Greenland		Visa required[429]
France
Clipperton Island		Special permit required[430]
French Guiana		Visa required[431]
French Polynesia		Visa required[432]
Guadeloupe		Visa required[431]
Martinique		Visa required[431]
Saint Barthélemy		Visa required[433]
Saint Martin		Visa required[433]
Mayotte		Visa required[434]
New Caledonia		Visa required[435][436]
Réunion		Organized trips	15 days if trip arranged through approved travel agencies.[437][431]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		Visa required[431]
Wallis and Futuna		Visa required[438]
Netherlands
Aruba Bonaire Curaçao Sint Eustatius Saba		Visa required[439]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa or residence permit issued by Canada, Ireland, UK or US.[440] Visa not required if holding a multiple-entry short-stay Schengen visa, an authorization for temporary stay, or a residence permit of a Schengen country. Visa not required if holding a residence permit of Overseas France.
Sint Maarten		Visa required[439]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa or residence permit issued by Canada, Ireland, UK or US. Visa not required if holding a multiple-entry short-stay Schengen visa, an authorization for temporary stay, or a residence permit for a Schengen country. Visa not required if holding a residence permit or visa for Saint Martin (French part).[440] Visa not required if holding a residence permit of Overseas France.
New Zealand
Cook Islands		Visa not required[441]	31 days
Niue		Visa not required[442]	30 days
Tokelau		Permit required[443]
Norway
Jan Mayen		Permit required	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[444] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[445]
Svalbard		Visa not required	Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty[446] but it is practically impossible to board a flight/ferry to Svalbard without entering Norway. Hence a double entry Schengen visa would be required to go and come back from Svalbard to mainland Norway.
United Kingdom
Akrotiri and Dhekelia		Visa required[447]	The visa policy is the same as for Cyprus, which follows the visa policy of the Schengen Area.[448]
Anguilla		eVisa[449][450]	A visa is required, except for holders of a visa issued by the United Kingdom. A valid UK, US, or Canada visa or residence permit can be used to enter Anguilla.
Bermuda		Visa required[451]	Visa required, except for a maximum stay of 3 months for holders of a multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, US or the UK, valid for at least 45 days beyond the period of intended stay in Bermuda.
British Indian Ocean Territory		Special permit required[452]
British Virgin Islands		Visa not required[453]	30 days
Cayman Islands		Visa required[454]	Visa not required for permanent residents or holders of visas issued by the US, Canada or the UK, arriving directly from that country, except that residents of Canada may arrive from the US or Canada.[455]
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)		Visa required[456]
Gibraltar		Visa required[457]	UK Visa (6 months or more), or Multiple entry Schengen visa covers entry. Neither a permanent nor a temporary Schengen Residence Permit qualify you for entry.
Montserrat		Visa not required[458]	6 months[459]
Pitcairn Islands		Visa not required	14 days visa-free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[460][461][462]
Saint Helena		eVisa[463][464]
Ascension Island		eVisa[465][466]	3 months within any year period.
Tristan da Cunha		Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[467]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands		Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[468][469]
Turks and Caicos Islands		Visa not required[470]	90 days[471]
United States
American Samoa		Entry permit required[472]
Guam		Visa required[473]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by US.
Northern Mariana Islands		Visa required[474]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by US.
Puerto Rico		Visa required[475]	Visa not required if holding a valid multiple-entry visa issued by US.
U.S. Virgin Islands		Visa required[476]
Antarctica and adjacent islands
Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[477][478][479][480][481][482][483][484][485][486][487][488]

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Other territories

• Australia. Ashmore and Cartier Islands - Special authorisation required.^[489]
• Belarus. Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park – Visa not required for 3 days;^[490] must first obtain an electronic pass.^[491]
• Belarus. Brest and Grodno – Visa not required for 10 days^[492]
• Crimea - Visa issued by Russia is required.^[493]
• China. Hainan - Visa required. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
• China. Tibet Autonomous Region - Tibet Travel Permit required (10 USD).
• Colombia. San Andrés and Leticia - Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
• Ecuador. Galápagos - 60 days; Visitors must pre-register to receive a 20 USD Transit Control Card (TCT).^[494]
• Eritrea outside Asmara - To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).^[495]
• Fiji. Lau Province - Special permission required.^[496]
• Mount Athos - Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.^[497][498]
• Iran. Kish Island - Visa not required; 14 days.^[499]
• Kazakhstan. Closed cities - Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.^[500]
• North Korea outside Pyongyang – Special permit required. People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving).
• Malaysia. Sabah and Sarawak – Visa not required. These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.^[501]
• Maldives outside Malé – Permission required. Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.^[502]
• Pakistan – Kartarpur Corridor: No visa required, USD 20 permit required.^[503]
• Russia – Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.^[504]
• Mecca and Medina – Special access required. Non-Muslims and those following the Ahmadiyya religious movement are strictly prohibited from entry.
• Jeju Island – Visa-free entry for 30 days for Indian citizens provided arriving directly at Jeju Island.
• Sudan. Darfur – Separate travel permit is required.^[505]
• Sudan outside Khartoum – All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
• Tajikistan. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province – OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.^[506][507]
• Turkmenistan. Closed cities – A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.^[508]
• United States. Closed city of Mercury, Nevada, United States – Special authorization is required for entry into Mercury.
• United States. United States Minor Outlying Islands – Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.^{[509][510][511][512][513][514][515]}
• Venezuela. Margarita Island – Visa not required. All visitors are fingerprinted.^[516]
• Vietnam. Phú Quốc – Visa not required for 30 days.^[517]
• Yemen outside Sanaa or Aden – Special permission needed for travel outside Sanaa or Aden.^[518]
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus – Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.^[519]
• Korean Demilitarized Zone - Restricted area.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar - Restricted area.

Full reciprocity

India has, by default, achieved full reciprocity in visa-free or e-Visa privileges with following countries or regions:

• Bhutan (Freedom of Movement)
•   Nepal (Freedom of Movement)
• Maldives (Visa not required, for 90 days)
• Albania (e-Visa required)
• Antigua and Barbuda (e-Visa required)
• Armenia (e-Visa required)
• Azerbaijan (e-Visa required)
• Bahamas (e-Visa required)
• Benin (e-Visa required)
• Botswana (e-Visa required)
• Bolivia (e-Visa required)
• Cambodia (e-Visa required)
• Colombia (e-Visa required)
• Djibouti (e-Visa required)
• Ivory Coast (e-Visa required)
• Equatorial Guinea (e-Visa required)
• Gabon (e-Visa required)
• Georgia (e-Visa required)
• Guinea (e-Visa required)
• Israel (e-Visa required)
• Japan (e-Visa required)
• Kenya (e-Visa required)
• Kyrgyzstan (e-Visa required)
• Lesotho (e-Visa required)
• Malawi (e-Visa required)
• Malaysia (e-Visa required)
• Morocco (e-Visa required)
• Mozambique (e-Visa required)
• Myanmar (e-Visa required)
• Papua New Guinea (e-Visa required)
• Philippines (e-Visa required)
• Russia (e-Visa required)
• Senegal (e-Visa required)
• South Africa (e-Visa required)
• Sri Lanka (e-Visa required)
• Suriname (e-Visa required)
• Thailand (e-Visa/Visa on Arrival)
• Togo (e-Visa required)
• Uganda (e-Visa required)
• Ukraine (e-Visa required)
• Uzbekistan (e-Visa required)
• Vietnam (e-Visa required)
• Zambia (e-Visa required)

Partial reciprocity

India has achieved partial reciprocity with following countries, where Indian Immigration rules afford the citizens of the following countries slightly lesser visa privileges than what the following countries provide for Indian Citizens:

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Country	Visa requirement for Indian nationals to visit the country	Visa requirement to visit India
Angola	Visa not required for 30 days	e-Visa
Barbados	Visa not required for 90 days	e-Visa
Bolivia	Visa on arrival for 90 days, charged at La Paz airport. Prior visa is free of cost at Bolivian embassy.	e-Visa for 60 days
Burundi	Visa on Arrival for 30 days	e-Visa
Cambodia	Visa on arrival for 30 days	e-Visa for 60 days
Djibouti	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Dominica	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
El Salvador	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Fiji	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Grenada	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Guyana	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Haiti	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Jamaica	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Jordan	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Kazakhstan	Visa not required for 14 days	e-Visa
Kiribati	Visa not required for 90 days	e-Visa
Laos	Visa on arrival for 30 days	e-Visa for 60 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Malawi	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Malaysia	Visa on arrival of RM200 if arriving from Thailand, Indonesia, Brunei or Singapore for 15 days	e-Visa for 60 days
Mauritius	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Micronesia	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Mongolia	Visa on Arrival for 30 days	e-Visa
Myanmar	Conditional visa on arrival for business, workshops, events, etc. It is unclear if this exemption is also valid for tourist class visas.[521] However, full reciprocity exists only in providing E-visa for tourism purpose.	e-Visa for 60 days
Nauru	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Oman	Visa not required for 14 days	e-Visa
Palau	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Rwanda	Visa not required for 30 days	e-Visa
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Saint Lucia	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Samoa	Visa not required for 60 days	e-Visa
Seychelles	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Sri Lanka	e-Visa/Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Tanzania	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Thailand	e-Visa/Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days
Vanuatu	Visa not required	e-Visa for 60 days
Zimbabwe	Visa on arrival	e-Visa for 60 days

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Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.^[522] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

The African countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan and Uganda, along with French Guiana in South America, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year,^[523] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.^[524]

Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[525][526]

Passport validity length

Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.

However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens^[527][528] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).^[529]

Some countries, such as Japan,^[530] Ireland and the United Kingdom,^[531] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.

In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,^[532] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,^[533] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,^[534] Philippines,^[535] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.^[536]

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.

Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.

Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.

Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.

Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives^[537] and South Africa.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,^[539] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record, while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.^[540]

Israeli stamps

Kuwait,^[541] Lebanon,^[542] Libya,^[543] and Yemen^[544] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.

To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017^[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.^{[citation needed]}

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

Biometrics

Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.^[545]

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,^[546][547] Argentina,^[548] Brunei, Cambodia,^[549] China,^[550] Ethiopia,^[551] Ghana, Guinea,^[552] India, Japan,^[553][554] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),^[555] Malaysia upon entry and departure,^[556] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,^[557] the Schengen Area,^[558] Singapore, South Korea,^[559] Taiwan, Thailand,^[560] Uganda,^[561] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation),^{[562][563][564]} intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.^[565]

Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports^[566] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.^[567][568] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.^[569] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.^[570][571]

United States of America

Indian citizens in possession of a valid United States Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following country(ies) visa-free: Albania, Argentina, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Turkiye (e-Visa), Uruguay.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid United States Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following territory(ies) visa-free: Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Kosovo, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Saba.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid United States Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following country(ies) and gain a visa-on-arrival: Antigua and Barbuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Armenia, Bahrain, Nicaragua, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

Canada

Indian Citizens in possession of a valid Canada Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following country(ies) visa-free: Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Uruguay.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Canada Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following territory(ies) visa-free: Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Kosovo, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Saba.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Canada Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following country(ies) and gain a visa-on-arrival: Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Belize, Oman, United Arab Emirates.

Canada Permanent Resident: Holders of a Canadian Permanent Resident can visit certain countries visa-free, for more details refer Canada permanent resident card

United Kingdom

Indian citizens in possession of a valid UK Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following country(ies) visa-free: Albania, Bahamas, Georgia, Ireland, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Singapore, Turkiye (e-Visa), Uruguay.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid UK Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following territory(ies) visa-free: Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Saba.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid UK Multiple Entry Visa in their passport may enter the following country(ies) and gain a visa-on-arrival: Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

Schengen Region

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Multiple Entry Visa^[572] from Schengen Member States in their passport may enter the following country(ies) visa-free: Albania, Andorra, Bahamas, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Cyprus, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, South Korea, Turkiye (e-Visa), Uruguay.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Multiple Entry Visa from Schengen Member States in their passport may enter the following territory(ies) visa-free: Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Aruba, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Gibraltar, Kosovo, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Saba.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Multiple Entry Visa from Schengen Member States in their passport may enter the following country(ies) and gain a visa-on-arrival: Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Bahrain, Nicaragua, Oman, Saudi Arabia.

European Union

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Multiple Entry Visa from EU Member States in their passport may enter the following country(ies) visa-free: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Moldova, Panama, Serbia.

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Multiple Entry Visa from EU Member States in their passport may enter the following territory(ies) visa-free: Kosovo

Indian citizens in possession of a valid Multiple Entry Visa from EU Member States in their passport may enter the following country(ies) and gain a visa-on-arrival: Armenia, United Arab Emirates.

European Union Family Member - Indian Citizens who are traveling with or joining their EU family members in the European Union in a Country other than where their family member is a citizen of does not require a Visa to enter and enjoy the same entry rights and stay, however, this would be difficult to prove and as a result, entry could be refused.

Visa should be applied for in advance which is usually with no or minimal requirements to meet if the applicant is a family member of an EU Citizen. For instance, a person who wants to travel with their spouse to France where their spouse is a Citizen of the Republic of Lithuania should apply for a Schengen Visa in advance or where a person wants to join their Lithuanian spouse who resides in France should also apply for a Schengen Visa in order to prove their right and avoid misconception. In most cases, airlines will not permit travel without a visa.

There is no time limit a family member can stay (indefinite stay), they must just enter before the Visa expires if joining their family or traveling at the same time. There are no costs involved either. European Union citizens and their Indian family members will need to apply for settled or pre-settled status if they wish continue residing in the UK after 31 December 2020. Settled Status can be granted when the applicant has resided in the UK for 5 years and is valid indefinitely. In order to maintain settled status, people must visit the UK every 5 years. Pre-Settled status is granted when the applicant has resided in the UK for less than 5 years and is valid for 5 years.

In order to maintain pre-settled status, people must visit the UK every 2 years. However, applicants would have to meet continuous residence until they reach 5 years if they want to qualify for settled status after 31 December 2020. It will not be possible to be granted another pre-settled Visa.

Schengen Visa (Long Stay) - Holders of a Valid Long Stay Category D Visa who arrive in the Schengen European country of their Visa and apply for a Residence Card shortly after arriving will be able to use their EU residence permit / card for travel within the Schengen States, if granted.

European Union (Residence Card Holders)

Indian citizens holding any EU country Residence card (Student, Work, Dependent, Golden Visa etc.) have a. Full freedom to travel in Schengen zone b. No limit on the number of days in other EU/Schengen countries tries

Indian nationals who hold EU Residence Card also have access to above countries list corresponding to multiple entry Schengen Visa from any EU Member state, however #b above is extra as the Schengen Visa issued to non EU residents is capped at 90/180 days rule.

GCC visa

Visa-free or Visa on Arrival to : Egypt, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Bahrain (GCC residents only, for Bahrain).^[572] GCC Visa details

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates now giving 1 month, 2 months and 3 months visit visas for Indian nationalities.^[573][574]