India Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel134

Asset protection89

Quality of life133

"Plan B"79

Afghanistan

Visa is required

Albania

eTA

Algeria

Visa is required

Andorra

Visa is required

Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

Antigua & Barbuda

eTA

Argentina

Visa is required

Armenia

eTA

Australia

eTA

Austria

Visa is required

Azerbaijan

eTA

Bahamas

eTA

Bahrain

eTA

Bangladesh

Visa is required

Barbados

Visa-free for 90 days

Belarus

Visa is required

Belgium

Visa is required

Belize

Visa is required

Benin

eTA

Bhutan

Visa-free for 14 days

Bolivia

Visa upon arrival

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa is required

Botswana

eTA

Brazil

Visa is required

Brunei

Visa is required

Bulgaria

Visa is required

Burkina Faso

eTA

Burundi

Visa upon arrival

Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

Cameroon

eTA

Canada

Visa is required

Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

Central African Republic

Visa is required

Chad

Visa is required

Chile

Visa is required

China

Visa is required

Colombia

eTA

Comoros

Visa upon arrival

Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

Costa Rica

Visa is required

Croatia

Visa is required

Cuba

Visa is required

Cyprus

Visa is required

Czechia

Visa is required

Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

Denmark

Visa is required

Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

Dominican Republic

Visa is required

Ecuador

eTA

Egypt

eTA

El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

Equatorial Guinea

eTA

Eritrea

Visa is required

Estonia

Visa is required

Eswatini

Visa is required

Ethiopia

Visa upon arrival

Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

Finland

Visa is required

France

Visa is required

Gabon

eTA

Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Georgia

eTA

Germany

Visa is required

Ghana

Visa upon arrival

Greece

Visa is required

Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

Guatemala

Visa is required

Guinea

eTA

Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

Guyana

Visa is required

Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

Honduras

Visa is required

Hong Kong SAR China

eTA

Hungary

Visa is required

Iceland

Visa is required

India

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Indonesia

Visa upon arrival

Iran

Visa-free for 15 days

Iraq

eTA

Ireland

Visa is required

Israel

Visa is required

Italy

Visa is required

Jamaica

Visa-free

Japan

eTA

Jordan

Visa upon arrival

Kazakhstan

Visa-free for 14 days

Kenya

eTA

Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

Kuwait

Visa is required

Kyrgyzstan

eTA

Laos

Visa upon arrival

Latvia

Visa is required

Lebanon

Visa is required

Lesotho

eTA

Liberia

Visa is required

Libya

eTA

Liechtenstein

Visa is required

Lithuania

Visa is required

Luxembourg

Visa is required

Macao SAR China

Visa-free for 30 days

Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

Malawi

eTA

Malaysia

Visa-free

Maldives

Visa upon arrival

Mali

Visa is required

Malta

Visa is required

Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

Mexico

Visa is required

Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

Moldova

eTA

Monaco

Visa is required

Mongolia

Visa upon arrival

Montenegro

Visa is required

Morocco

eTA

Mozambique

eTA

Myanmar (Burma)

Visa upon arrival

Namibia

Visa is required

Nauru

Visa is required

Nepal

Visa-free

Netherlands

Visa is required

New Zealand

Visa is required

Nicaragua

Visa is required

Niger

Visa is required

Nigeria

eTA

North Korea

Visa is required

North Macedonia

Visa is required

Norway

Visa is required

Oman

eTA

Pakistan

Visa is required

Palau

Visa upon arrival

Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

Panama

Visa is required

Papua New Guinea

eTA

Paraguay

Visa is required

Peru

Visa is required

Philippines

Visa is required

Poland

Visa is required

Portugal

Visa is required

Qatar

Visa upon arrival

Romania

Visa is required

Russia

eTA

Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

Samoa

Visa upon arrival

San Marino

Visa is required

Saudi Arabia

Visa is required

Senegal

Visa-free for 90 days

Serbia

Visa is required

Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

Singapore

eTA

Slovakia

Visa is required

Slovenia

Visa is required

Solomon Islands

Visa is required

Somalia

eTA

South Africa

eTA

South Korea

eTA

South Sudan

eTA

Spain

Visa is required

Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

St Lucia

Visa upon arrival

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

Sudan

Visa is required

Suriname

eTA

Sweden

Visa is required

Switzerland

Visa is required

Syria

eTA

São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

Taiwan

Visa is required

Tajikistan

eTA

Tanzania

Visa upon arrival

Thailand

Visa-free for 60 days

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

Togo

eTA

Tonga

Visa is required

Trinidad & Tobago

Visa-free for 90 days

Tunisia

Visa is required

Turkey

Visa is required

Turkmenistan

Visa is required

Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

UAE

eTA

Uganda

eTA

Ukraine

Visa is required

United Kingdom

Visa is required

United States

Visa is required

Uruguay

Visa is required

Uzbekistan

eTA

Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

Vatican City

Visa is required

Venezuela

Visa is required

Vietnam

eTA

Yemen

Visa is required

Zambia

eTA

Zimbabwe

Visa upon arrival

India passport ranking and benefits

1
Travel to 58 countries worldwide
An Indian passport grants you visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 58 destinations, simplifying international travel for tourism and short business trips. This expands your global mobility and convenience for exploring new cultures or engaging in brief international ventures.
An Indian passport grants you visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 58 destinations, simplifying international travel for tourism and short business trips. This expands your global mobility and convenience for exploring new cultures or engaging in brief international ventures.
2
Education and healthcare
As an Indian citizen, you gain full access to India’s extensive network of educational institutions, from primary schools to universities. You also benefit from a range of public and private healthcare services, ensuring comprehensive medical support for you and your family.
As an Indian citizen, you gain full access to India’s extensive network of educational institutions, from primary schools to universities. You also benefit from a range of public and private healthcare services, ensuring comprehensive medical support for you and your family.
3
Work and international business
Indian citizenship provides the unrestricted right to work and establish businesses within India, allowing you to leverage the country’s dynamic economy. You can participate in its growing international market presence, fostering both domestic career growth and global business opportunities.
Indian citizenship provides the unrestricted right to work and establish businesses within India, allowing you to leverage the country’s dynamic economy. You can participate in its growing international market presence, fostering both domestic career growth and global business opportunities.

Frequently asked questions

What does Indian citizenship provide?
An Indian passport allows you to visit 58 countries without a visa. Citizens of a country can reside on its territory and enjoy the rights provided for by the country’s jurisdiction.
How to get Indian citizenship by naturalization?
A foreigner must have lived in the country for at least 12 years, know English and Hindi, have a permanent income, and have no criminal record. If the spouse of an Indian citizen obtains citizenship, the naturalization period is reduced to 7 years.
Does India recognize dual citizenship?
No, when obtaining Indian citizenship by naturalization, you must renounce the citizenship of other countries.
Can a child acquire Indian citizenship if born in India?
Only a child whose parents are unknown can be granted Indian citizenship under the law of soil. In other cases, citizenship is obtained by right of blood.

A child gets citizenship regardless of the place of birth, if one of the parents is an Indian citizen, and the other is not an illegal immigrant.