I’m very grateful for having been born and brought up in a beautiful and diverse country like India. I also consider myself lucky to be traveling at all and exploring these beautiful destinations. But the travel fanatic in me wishes my Indian passport was more reaching than just 52 countries without visa or visa on arrival =) My wife has a US passport (172 countries) so unfortunately our trips have to be planned based on the limitations of my passport and the visa application process for the countries we plan on visiting. But hey, although it’s work to apply for visas it’s not impossible to travel to most countries.
During our trip planning phase, I had a frustrating time finding resources for Indian passport holders so I decided to put this together. Hope this page helps you out with your travel planning! Please note, this is just a reference and by no means comprehensive or the latest. Please cross check with the respective embassies on the requirements before making your travel plans.
With an Indian passport, you can travel in 6 ways:
1. Without a visa ^
- BritishVirginIslands (BVI)
- Bhutan
- Fiji
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Mauritius
- Cook Islands
- Turks and Caicos Islands
2. Visa on arrival (VOA) ^
- St Lucia
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- HongKong
- Madagascar
- Galapagos
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Thailand
- Bolivia
3. Electronic/online visa (eVisa) ^
- Turkey
- Singapore
- Vietnam
- UAE
4. With a US visa or Greencard ^
- Aruba
- Albania
- Bermuda
- Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Curacao
- Dominican Republic
- Guatemala
- Ecuador
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Philippines
- Puerto Rico
- Sint Maarten
5. Schengen visa ^
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Spain
- Switzerland, FYI
More..
6. Country specific visas ^
- Australia
- Chile visa app link
- Argentina
- Peru
- Malaysia
- South Africa
- Columbia
- Brazil
- UK
- New Zealand
- Scotland
- Japan
For a more up-to-date and accurate but not very organized list, SEE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Indian_citizens
Some useful resources:
- Visa-free travel for green card holders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_residence_%28United_States%29#Visa-free_travel_for_green_card_holders - How this Indian Couple Navigated a Complex Visa System to Travel the World | Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/vikram-success-story/ - List of Countries which provides Visa on Arrival to Indian citizens
http://traveljee.com/travel-tips/countries-list-visa-on-arrival-indian-citizens/ - List of 38 Countries that offer Visa On Arrival to Indians
http://realityviews.blogspot.com/2012/11/list-of-38-countries-that-offer-visa-on.html?m=1
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