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India passport

Rank #87 · Strength 53 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 17.0

India passport

Citizens of India can reach 53 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 28 visa-free, 20 visa on arrival and 5 eTA. Ranked #87 for passport strength worldwide.

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28Visa-free
20Visa on arrival
5eTA
63e-⁠Visa
131Visa required

India passport: where it stands

This passport is stronger than 22% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. Within Asia it ranks 31 of 51; the strongest in the region is Singapore, with 209 destinations. Across 6 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada require a consular visa; Australia and Japan issue an e-⁠Visa online. Beyond those 53 destinations, 63 issue an e-⁠Visa online and 131 require a consular visa; e-⁠Visas do not count towards passport strength.

Visa-free (28)

Angola Barbados Bhutan Cook Islands Dominica Fiji Grenada Haiti Jamaica Kazakhstan Kiribati Macao Malaysia Mauritius Micronesia Nepal Palestine Philippines Qatar Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Senegal Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Vanuatu

Visa on arrival (20)

Bahrain Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau Indonesia Jordan Laos Madagascar Maldives Marshall Islands Myanmar Palau Pitcairn Islands Saint Lucia Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (5)

Hong Kong Kenya Seychelles South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Sri Lanka

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (63)

Albania Antigua and Barbuda Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Bahamas Belarus Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Gabon Georgia Ghana Guinea Heard Island and McDonald Islands Iran Iraq Israel Japan Kyrgyzstan Liberia Libya Malawi Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Oman Papua New Guinea Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Suriname Syria Tajikistan Togo Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Zambia

Visa required (131)

Afghanistan Algeria American Samoa Andorra Anguilla Argentina Aruba Austria Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Congo Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Eritrea Estonia Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gambia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Honduras Hungary Iceland Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jersey Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Mali Malta Martinique Mayotte Mexico Monaco Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niger North Korea North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon San Marino Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Vatican City Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Åland Islands

What the index measures

  • 248 destinations, countries and territories
  • Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-⁠Visa is not taken into account.
  • Passports with the same score share a rank

Data sources

  • Government portals of each destination.
  • Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-⁠Visa and eTA portals.
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Method

  • How each entry condition is classified
  • The limits of the data and how to check official sources
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