Visa is the most important and necessary document to enter in any country of the world. It is basically a permit which is being granted by the authorities of a particular country to the people belongs to other countries of the world, to enter in their territory. Whether it is granted for tourism, business purpose, medical treatment or any other reasons. But many countries of the world have visa free policy for their neighboring countries or the states with which they have strong diplomatic relations.
Like all other countries of the world, Indian passport holders can also travel to 42 countries without requirement of visa. All the Indian passport holders can travel 42 countries of the world without applying for any visa and all those countries are visa-free for Indians. The validity period to stay in all these 42 countries of the world starts from minimum 15 days, which goes to the maximum period of 4 months, for some of them.
But it is fact that out of these 42 countries, very few are renowned like Indonesia, Jordan, Maldives, Bhutan, Thailand and Nepal, which have no-visa or on-arrival visa policy for Indian passport holders. While most of them are either included in the poor countries of the world or less-known where Indian visitors do not want to travel. It is also to be noted that the ranking of the Indian passport is 76th in the world. The list of countries where Indian passport holders can travel without visa or on arrival visa is given below:
S.N | Country | Visa Requirement | Visa Duration |
1 | Bhutan | Visa not required | |
2 | Bolivia | Visa on arrival | 90 days |
3 | Cambodia | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
4 | Cape Verde | Visa on arrival | |
5 | Comoros | Visa on arrival | |
6 | Djibouti | Visa on arrival | |
7 | Dominica | Visa not required | 6 months |
8 | Ecuador | Visa not required | 90 days |
9 | El Salvador | Visa not required | 90 days |
10 | Ethiopia | Visa on arrival | |
11 | Fiji | Visa not required | 4 months |
12 | Grenada | Visa not required | 3 months |
13 | Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival | 90 days |
14 | Guyana | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
15 | Haiti | Visa not required | 3 months |
16 | Indonesia | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
17 | Jamaica | Visa not required | |
18 | Jordan | Visa on arrival | 2 weeks |
19 | Kenya | Visa on arrival | 3 months |
20 | Laos | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
21 | Madagascar | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
22 | Maldives | Visa on arrival | 90 days |
23 | Mauritius | Visa not required | 90 days |
24 | Micronesia | Visa not required | 30 days |
25 | Nauru | Visa on arrival | |
26 | Nepal | Freedom of movement | |
27 | Palau | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required | 3 months |
29 | Saint Lucia | Visa on arrival | 6 weeks |
30 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required | 1 month |
31 | Samoa | Entry Permit on arrival | 60 days |
32 | Senegal | Visa on arrival | 3 months. |
33 | Seychelles | Visitor’s Permit on arrival | 1 month |
34 | Somalia | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
35 | Tanzania | Visa on arrival | |
36 | Thailand | Visa on arrival | 15 days. |
37 | Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
38 | Togo | Visa on arrival | 7 days |
39 | Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required | 90 days |
40 | Tuvalu | Visa on arrival | 1 month |
41 | Uganda | Visa on arrival | |
42 | Vanuatu | Visa not required | 30 days |