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Visa requirements for Indian passport holders

An Indian passport does not meet one set of rules — it meets seven. Some countries want nothing from you. Some want a form filled in the night before. Some want three months of bank statements and an interview. Knowing which category your destination falls into is most of the work, and it is the first thing this page tells you.

Every rule below is taken from a government primary source — an embassy, an immigration department, or the official application portal — and each country guide carries that source and the date we last checked it. Rules change without notice, so a date is worth more than a confident sentence.

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The six things “you need a visa” can actually mean

These words get used interchangeably by travel agents and they are not interchangeable. The difference decides how early you start and how much can go wrong.

Visa-free
Nothing to apply for. You board with your passport and are admitted at the border. Nepal is the strongest example for Indians — no visa, no fee, no form — though even here the ID you carry matters more than people expect.
Visa on arrival
You apply at the airport on landing, usually with cash and a photo. Convenient, but it puts the decision at the end of your flight rather than before it — and a queue at 2am is nobody's idea of a holiday.
ETA / travel authorisation
A travel authorisation, not a visa: a short online form approved before you fly. It is permission to travel, not permission to enter — the officer at the border still decides. Kenya replaced its visa with one of these in January 2024.
eVisa
A real visa, applied for online and approved before departure, usually as a PDF you print. Cambodia works this way. The process is simple; the photo specification is where most people trip.
Embassy / sticker visa
The full file: forms, financials, appointments, sometimes biometrics and an interview. Schengen, the UK, the US. This is the tier where preparation genuinely changes the outcome.
And the one nobody tells you about
The rules that sit next to the visa. A mandatory arrival card that is free but still mandatory. A no-objection certificate needed to fly onward from a visa-free country. A yellow-fever certificate demanded because of where you transited, not where you are going. These are the ones that strand people at the gate, and they are on the country guides for a reason.

Country guides

Written from the official source, with the fee, the timeline, the document list and the caveat that is usually missing elsewhere.

How a Flynk visa file actually runs

  1. 1 · We check before you pay

    You send the passport scan and your dates. We check eligibility, the current rule at the source, and whether anything in your profile is likely to cause a problem. If the file looks weak, you hear it here — not after the fee is spent.

  2. 2 · You get the exact number

    The government fee and our service fee, itemised, in rupees, before anything is filed. Where a government charges in dollars, we tell you that the rupee amount moves with your card rate rather than pretending it is fixed.

  3. 3 · We file on the official portal

    Never a reseller. You get the government reference number, because it is your application — not ours.

  4. 4 · You can see where it stands

    Your Flynk account shows which documents we have asked for, what is under review, what was accepted, and — if something is rejected — the actual reason, so you can fix it instead of guessing.

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More questions, answered

Can you guarantee my visa will be approved?
No, and neither can anyone else. The decision belongs to a government, not to an agent. What we can do is tell you before you pay when a file looks weak, and make sure that what we submit is complete, correctly formatted and consistent — which is where most avoidable refusals come from.
Why does your fee not match the number I saw elsewhere?
Because a lot of sites quote the wrong number on purpose. Cambodia's official portal charges USD 36 for its e-Visa; you will see USD 30 quoted widely, which is the visa-on-arrival cash price. Kenya publishes a floor — 'from USD 30' — not a fixed price. Where a government does not publish a fixed fee, we do not invent a rupee figure. We quote your exact total before we file.
How far in advance should I apply?
Later than you think for an e-Visa, earlier than you think for an embassy file. Kenya's own guidance is a good example: applications are usually processed in three working days, but the government still tells you to apply two weeks ahead — that gap is the honest margin. For embassy visas with appointments, start four to eight weeks out, and earlier in peak season.
What actually gets applications rejected?
In our experience, rarely the exotic reasons people worry about. It is the photograph that fails the portal's spec, a passport with under six months of validity, a name that does not match across documents, a booking that contradicts the stated dates, or a bank statement that does not show what it needs to. All of these are fixable before submission, which is the entire point of having someone check.
Do I need a visa if I am only transiting?
Sometimes — and it catches people out. Rules differ depending on whether you leave the international transit area, change terminals, or re-check baggage. Tell us your full routing, not just the destination, and we will check the transit rule for each stop.
Can Flynk apply on my behalf?
For most destinations, yes, and where a government explicitly permits it we say so on the country page. Kenya's official FAQ, for example, confirms an application may be submitted on a traveller's behalf. What is genuinely dangerous is the imitation portals: applications filed through unofficial third-party sites can be rejected outright. We file on the government's own portal and give you the reference number.

Flynk Tours is a private travel agency. We are not a government body and have no affiliation with any embassy, consulate or immigration department. We cannot influence a visa decision, and no agent can. Entry requirements change without notice — always check the official source linked on each country guide before you travel.