Did You Know That There Are 57 Countries Where Indians Can Travel Without Pre-Approved Visa?

So, I am an Indian passport holder and decide to visit a foreign country whose name nobody has heard of (just an example, I know there will be some geek aware of the names of all the countries!!) So, what do I do next?

Open a zillion sites, keep reading all articles (even if they are from the Neolithic age!!!), open a few more sites, ensure that my system cannot take the load of so many open sites but still don’t find the type of visa I should apply for or NOT APPLY FOR.

Thankfully I came across a site that collates all these data on passport holders and the access they have to the countries – Henley Global that gathers data from International Air Transport Association (IATA) considered the largest, most accurate database when it comes to travel information and then analyzed by the Henley & Partners’ research team. Based on their analysis they generate a report known as Henley Passport Index Report!

What Is Henley Passport Index Report?

Henley & Partners have the authority to rank all the world’s passports to the number of destinations that the passport holders can access without prior Visa.

Go to Menu -> Select "Henley Passport Index" -> Go to Global Ranking Tab -> Check Your Passport Strength ("Strength" - How many countries your passport gives you the Visa-free access to!!)

While Japan ranks No. 1 with Visa-free access to 193 countries, India is placed at 83rd position in the fourth quarter has Visa-free score of 58 countries!!

Out of these 58 countries 28 countries offer VISA-FREE ACCESS to Indian Passport Holders and 30 countries offer Visa on Arrival services for Indian passport holders. In fact, these are countries whose name you might not have hear!! Well, at least I didn’t!

Here it goes:

28 COUNTRIES THAT INDIANS CAN ACCESS VISA FREE (As of December 2023)

1. Angola

2. Barbados

3. Bhutan

4. British Virgin Islands

5. Cook Islands

6. Dominica

7. El Salvador

8. Fiji

9. Gabon

10. Grenada

11. Haiti

12. Jamaica

13. Kazakhstan

14. Macao (SAR China)

15. Madagascar

16. Mauritius

17. Micronesia

18. Montserrat

19. Niue

20. Oman

21. Qatar

22. Rwanda

23. Senegal

24. St. Kitts and Nevis

25. St. Vincent and the Grenadines

26. Trinidad and Tobago

27. Tunisia

28. Vanuatu

30 COUNTRIES THAT OFFERS VISA-ON-ARRIVAL FOR INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS (As of December 2023)

1. Bolivia * (VOA)

2. Burundi * (VOA)

3. Cambodia * (VOA)

4. Cape Verde Islands * (VOA)

5. Comoro Islands * (VOA)

6. Djibouti * (VOA)

7. Guinea-Bissau * (VOA)

8. Indonesia * (VOA)

9. Iran * (VOA)

10. Jordan * (VOA)

11. Laos * (VOA)

12. Maldives * (VOA)

13. Marshall Islands * (VOA)

14. Mauritania * (VOA)

15. Mozambique * (VOA)

16. Myanmar * (VOA)

17. Nepal

18. Palau Islands * (VOA)

19. Samoa * (VOA)

20. Seychelles * (VOA)

21. Sierra Leone * (VOA)

22. Somalia * (VOA)

23. Sri Lanka * (VOA)

24. St. Lucia * (VOA)

25. Tanzania * (VOA)

26. Thailand * (VOA)

27. Timor-Leste * (VOA)

28. Togo * (VOA)

29. Tuvalu * (VOA)

30. Zimbabwe * (VOA)

To better understand the meaning of “Visa-Free”, “Visa on arrival”, “e-Visa”,” Visa required”, “Visa-free score”, “Visa list”, you can access The Glossary under Methodology of how it works.

To explore the countries which you can access with your passport you can even “Compare Your Passport” wherein you need to input your country and it will give you the list of countries that you can visit either with

1. Visa-free access

2. Visa required

There are a lot of sites still not updated with the recent visa policies of many countries so you might find ambiguous responses to queries regarding visa requirement for travel. In order to avoid the disambiguate, you can access Henley & Partners for insight on countries that require pre-approved visa, or e-Visa, or countries that allow Visa on arrival and even visa-free visit. To avoid being misinformed about visa requirement during international travel, it’s better to access sites that provide up-to-date information and Henley Global does!

SO, WHERE CAN YOUR PASSPORT TAKE YOU TODAY?

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