Visa Free Countries: Indian passport holders can travel visa-free to many countries or avail visa-on-arrival. Indians can also travel with e-Visa/Entry Permit to the list of countries mentioned below. Currently the Indian passport is ranked 84th in terms of freedom to travel.
Visa-free: Visa-free travel is the benefit where you can visit a country without having to obtain a visa. This is applicable if the two countries in question have an agreement for the same, or if the country one is visiting has unilaterally opened its borders to foreign nationals.
But which countries can Indian passport holders visit visa-free? Take a look at the list below!
List of Visa-Free Countries for Indian Passport Holders
| 1. Albania | 15. Mauritius |
| 2. Barbados | 16. Montserrat |
| 3. Bhutan | 17. Nepal |
| 4. British Virgin Islands | 18. Niue |
| 5. Cook Islands | 19. Oman |
| 6. Dominica | 20. Qatar |
| 7. El Salvador | 21. Senegal |
| 8. Fiji | 22. Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| 9. Grenada | 23. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 10. Haiti | 24. Sri Lanka |
| 11. Jamaica | 25. Trinidad and Tobago |
| 12. Kazakhstan | 26. Tunisia |
| 13. Macao (SAR China) | 27. Thailand |
| 14. Micronesia | 28. Vanuatu |
List of Visa on Arrival/e-Visa countries for Indian Citizens
Visa-on-Arrival: Also known as an on-arrival visa, these are granted to a visitor at the port of entry. The entire process of issuing the visa is initiated and completed at the port of entry by government authorities.
In the list below, we have mentioned the countries that provide visa on arrival and e-Visa for Indian citizens. 2023:
| 1. Bolivia | 17. Mauritania |
| 2. Botswana | 18. Mozambique |
| 3. Burundi | 19. Myanmar |
| 4. Cambodia | 20. Palau Islands |
| 5. Cape Verde Islands | 21. Rwanda |
| 6. Comoro Islands | 22. Samoa |
| 7. Ethiopia | 23. Seychelles |
| 8. Gabon | 24. Sierra Leone |
| 9. Guinea-Bissau | 25. Somalia |
| 10. Indonesia | 26. Saint Lucia |
| 11. Iran | 27. Tanzania |
| 12. Jordan | 28. Timor-Leste |
| 13. Laos | 29. Togo |
| 14. Madagascar | 30. Tuvalu |
| 15. Maldives | 31. Uganda |
| 16. Marshall Islands | 32. Zimbabwe |
List of Countries offering e-Visa Facility to Indian Passport Holders
e-Visa: E-Visas are, in essence, official documents issued online by a country’s immigration official that grants visitors permission to enter it. These are an alternative to the regular paper-based visas that a country’s embassy issues.
| 1. Angola | 14. Malaysia |
| 2. Antigua and Barbuda | 15. Moldova |
| 3. Australia | 16. Morocco |
| 4. Azerbaijan | 17. Russia |
| 5. Bahrain | 18. São Tomé and Príncipe |
| 6. Benin | 19. Singapore |
| 7. Colombia | 20. Suriname |
| 8. Djibouti | 21. Taiwan |
| 9. Georgia | 22. Tajikistan |
| 10. Kenya | 23. Türkiye |
| 11. Kuwait | 24. Uzbekistan |
| 12. Kyrgyzstan | 25. Vietnam |
| 13. Lesotho | 26. Zambia |
Entry Permit: Countries issue entry permits to their visitors instead of visas. These entry permits are documents that allow foreigners to enter and stay in the country legally for a certain period.
