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 87th place in the third quarter has Visa-free score of 57 countries!!

Out of these 57 countries 25 countries offer VISA-FREE ACCESS to Indian Passport Holders and 32 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:

25 COUNTRIES THAT INDIANS CAN ACCESS VISA FREE (As of July 2023)

1. Barbados

2. Bhutan

3. British Virgin Islands

4. Cook Islands

5. Dominica

6. El Salvador

7. Fiji

8. Grenada

9. Haiti

10. Jamaica

11. Kazakhstan

12. Macao (SAR China)

13. Mauritius

14. Micronesia

15. Montserrat

16. Nepal

17. Niue

18. Oman

19. Qatar

20. Senegal

21. St. Kitts and Nevis

22. St. Vincent and the Grenadin

23. Trinidad and Tobago

24. Tunisia

25. Vanuatu

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

1. Bolivia * (VOA)

2. Burundi * (VOA)

3. Cambodia * (VOA)

4. Cape Verde Islands * (VOA)

5. Comoro Islands * (VOA)

6. Djibouti * (VOA)

7. Gabon * (VOA)

8. Guinea-Bissau * (VOA)

9. Indonesia * (VOA)

10. Iran * (VOA)

11. Jordan * (VOA)

12. Laos * (VOA)

13. Madagascar * (VOA)

14. Maldives * (VOA)

15. Marshall Islands * (VOA)

16. Mauritania * (VOA)

17. Mozambique * (VOA)

18. Myanmar * (VOA)

19. Palau Islands * (VOA)

20. Rwanda * (VOA)

21. Samoa * (VOA)

22. Seychelles * (VOA)

23. Sierra Leone * (VOA)

24. Somalia * (VOA)

25. Sri Lanka * (VOA)

26. St. Lucia * (VOA)

27. Tanzania * (VOA)

28. Thailand * (VOA)

29. Timor-Leste * (VOA)

30. Togo * (VOA)

31. Tuvalu * (VOA)

32. 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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