Visa and Customs

18 - 20 November 2025 | Yashobhoomi (IICC), New Delhi

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Passport and Visa Regulation

Foreign Nationals coming to India are required to possess a genuine and valid national passport or any other internationally recognized travel document establishing his/her nationality and identity and bearing photograph of the foreigner.

Exemption from the requirement of an Indian visa or Visa Free Entry into India is available for the Citizens of Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives for upto 90 days.

A citizen of Nepal or Bhutan must have a Visa for India if he/she is entering India from China, Macau, Hong Kong, Pakistan & Maldives.

Maldives
Visa free entry can be availed by Maldivians whose purpose of visit to India is exclusively for Business/Medical treatment/Tourism and the stay in India does not exceed a period of 90 days.

Key points to note:

Should be in possession of a valid Passport/Travel Document.
The 90 days period will be inclusive of all prior stays in India during a period of 6 months immediately preceding the Date of your arrival in India.
If the visit is for a period of more than 90 days, one should obtain a Regular visa.
Sign-On facility shall not be available to those Seamen who avail Visa free entry.

Nepal and Bhutan

Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan visiting India from Nepal or Bhutan by land or air are exempted from the requirement of Passport and an Indian visa. However, they are required to hold any such Government approved document authenticating their Nationality which shall bear their Photograph along with information viz., Given Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Nationality, Issuing Authority, Period of Validity etc.,

Visa-on-Arrival facility is available to the citizens of Japan, South Korea & UAE(only for such UAE nationals who had earlier obtained e-Visa or regular/paper visa for India). This facility is not available to any person if he/she or either of his/her parents or grandparents (paternal or maternal) was born in or permanent resident of Pakistan. Such persons can visit India only on appropriate visa obtaining from concerned Indian Mission/Post.
The Visa-on-Arrival facility is not available to holders of Diplomatic/Official passports. Visa-on-Arrival shall be non-extendable and non-convertible.

To get a visa for India, you need to submit a number of documents. Following is a list of important documents for Indian visa:

Duly completed Visa application form
Passport having a minimum validity of six months on the date of application
Two identical latest passport sized photographs
Supporting documents depending upon the type of visa, such as tourist, business, transit, journalist, student, conference or entry
Visa fee

For further details and updated information, please visit:

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/index.html
https://boi.gov.in/boi/public/pages/0ceb4d12-490b-438a-8feb-89845f9f329c

For entry into India

A valid yellow fever certificate is mandatory for all persons (including infants) who have been, even in transit, in Africa or South America or Papua New Guinea in the last six days. The Certificate becomes valid 10 days after vaccination. India does not require immunisation against smallpox and cholera. A person arriving in India, who is required to possess a Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate in accordance with these requirements will, in the absence of a valid vaccination certificate be quarantined for a period of upto six days, without exception.