India: embassies, consulates & entry rules

foreign missions here: 237
Consulates: 113
missions abroad: 222
Visa-free / Visa on arrival: 6

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Live & travel in India

Monthly budget

$1,000/mo

Prices vs USA: 23%

Exchange rate

1 USD = 94.05 INR

US travel advisory

Level 2

Homicides / 100k: 2.8

travel.state.gov

Internet access

70%

of people online

Air quality

54.1

PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Official languages

Hindi, English

Emergency

112 · 101 · 108

Plug types

Europlug, BS 546, British and related types

Calling code

+91

Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jun 15, 2025

3.3

/ 5

embassly score

Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept

Cost4.8
Safety4.3
Internet access3.2
Air quality1.0
Climate3.3

City guide: New Delhi

SOS · India112 Restaurants, cafés and dishes in IndiaLeopold Cafe · Cafe Mondegar · Biryani · Papadam · Idli · Kulfi · Laddu

Government consensus

Increased caution· 3 of 3 governments

United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
United KingdomIncreased caution· parts of the country
CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country

Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Upcoming public holidays

Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
Jan 26, 2027 · Republic Day
Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
Apr 14, 2027 · Ambedkar Jayanti
Aug 15, 2027 · Independence Day
Oct 2, 2027 · Gandhi Jayanti
Dec 25, 2027 · Christmas Day

Cities in India

3.3 / 5

India

New Delhi

$1,000/mo · 20°C

3.4 / 5

India

Mumbai

$1,000/mo · 25°C

3.4 / 5

India

Chennai

$1,000/mo · 26°C

3.6 / 5

India

Bengaluru

$1,000/mo · 21°C

3.4 / 5

India

Kolkata

$1,000/mo · 22°C

3.5 / 5

India

Hyderabad

$1,000/mo · 22°C

3.4 / 5

India

Ahmedabad

$1,000/mo · 24°C

3.4 / 5

India

Chandigarh

$1,000/mo · 19°C

Traveller essentials · India

Emergency: 112 · 101 · 108 · 102
Calling code: +91
Currency: INR
Plug types: Europlug, BS 546, British and related types
Drives on the: left
Capital: New Delhi
Time zone: Asia/Kolkata

Foreign missions in India

AfghanistanNew Delhi, Mumbai2 AlgeriaNew Delhi1 AngolaNew Delhi1 ArgentinaNew Delhi1 ArmeniaNew Delhi1 AustraliaNew Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru3 AustriaNew Delhi, Chennai, Panaji3 AzerbaijanNew Delhi1 BahrainNew Delhi1 BangladeshNew Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata5 BelarusNew Delhi, Mumbai2 BelgiumNew Delhi1 BelizeNew Delhi1 BhutanNew Delhi1 BoliviaNew Delhi1 Bosnia and HerzegovinaNew Delhi1 BotswanaNew Delhi1 BrazilNew Delhi, Mumbai2 BruneiNew Delhi1 BulgariaNew Delhi1 Burkina FasoNew Delhi1 BurundiNew Delhi1 CambodiaNew Delhi1 CanadaNew Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru5 ChadNew Delhi1 ChileNew Delhi1 ChinaNew Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai3 ColombiaNew Delhi1 Costa RicaNew Delhi1 Côte d’IvoireNew Delhi1 CroatiaNew Delhi1 CubaNew Delhi1 CyprusNew Delhi1 CzechiaNew Delhi, Kolkata2 DenmarkNew Delhi, Bengaluru2 DjiboutiNew Delhi1 Dominican RepublicNew Delhi1 DR CongoNew Delhi1 EcuadorNew Delhi1 EgyptNew Delhi1 El SalvadorNew Delhi1 Equatorial GuineaNew Delhi1 EritreaNew Delhi1 EstoniaNew Delhi1 EthiopiaNew Delhi1 FijiNew Delhi1 FinlandNew Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai3 FranceNew Delhi, Pondicherry, Bengaluru4 GabonNew Delhi1 GambiaNew Delhi1 GeorgiaNew Delhi1 GermanyNew Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai5 GhanaNew Delhi1 GreeceNew Delhi1 GuatemalaNew Delhi1 GuineaNew Delhi1 GuyanaNew Delhi1 HungaryNew Delhi1 IcelandNew Delhi1 IndonesiaNew Delhi, Mumbai2 IranNew Delhi1 IraqNew Delhi1 IrelandNew Delhi, Mumbai2 IsraelNew Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai3 ItalyNew Delhi, Bengaluru2 JamaicaNew Delhi1 JapanNew Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai5 JordanNew Delhi1 KazakhstanNew Delhi1 KenyaNew Delhi1 KuwaitNew Delhi1 KyrgyzstanNew Delhi1 LaosNew Delhi1 LatviaNew Delhi1 LebanonNew Delhi1 LesothoNew Delhi1 LibyaNew Delhi1 LithuaniaNew Delhi1 LuxembourgNew Delhi, Mumbai2 MacaoNew Delhi1 MadagascarNew Delhi1 MalawiNew Delhi1 MalaysiaNew Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai3 MaldivesNew Delhi1 MaliNew Delhi1 MaltaNew Delhi1 MauritiusNew Delhi1 MexicoNew Delhi, Mumbai2 MongoliaNew Delhi1 MontenegroNew Delhi1 MoroccoNew Delhi1 MozambiqueNew Delhi1 MyanmarNew Delhi, Kolkata2 NamibiaNew Delhi1 NepalNew Delhi1 NetherlandsNew Delhi, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad6 New ZealandNew Delhi1 NigerNew Delhi1 NigeriaNew Delhi1 North KoreaNew Delhi1 North MacedoniaNew Delhi1 NorwayNew Delhi1 OmanNew Delhi, Mumbai2 PakistanNew Delhi1 PalestineNew Delhi1 PanamaNew Delhi1 Papua New GuineaNew Delhi1 ParaguayNew Delhi1 PeruNew Delhi1 PhilippinesNew Delhi1 PolandNew Delhi, Mumbai3 PortugalNew Delhi1 QatarNew Delhi, Mumbai2 Republic of the CongoNew Delhi1 RomaniaNew Delhi1 RussiaNew Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai5 RwandaNew Delhi1 Saudi ArabiaNew Delhi2 SenegalNew Delhi1 SerbiaNew Delhi1 SeychellesNew Delhi1 SingaporeNew Delhi, Chennai2 SlovakiaNew Delhi, Bengaluru2 SloveniaNew Delhi1 SomaliaNew Delhi1 South AfricaNew Delhi1 South KoreaNew Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai3 South SudanNew Delhi1 SpainNew Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru3 Sri LankaNew Delhi, Chennai2 SudanNew Delhi1 SurinameNew Delhi1 SwedenNew Delhi2 SwitzerlandNew Delhi1 SyriaNew Delhi1 TajikistanNew Delhi1 TanzaniaNew Delhi1 ThailandNew Delhi, Chennai2 TogoNew Delhi1 Trinidad & TobagoNew Delhi1 TunisiaNew Delhi1 TürkiyeNew Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai3 TurkmenistanNew Delhi1 UgandaNew Delhi1 UkraineNew Delhi1 United Arab EmiratesNew Delhi, Kerala, Mumbai3 United KingdomNew Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru9 United StatesNew Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai5 UruguayNew Delhi1 UzbekistanNew Delhi1 Vatican CityNew Delhi1 VenezuelaNew Delhi1 VietnamNew Delhi1 YemenNew Delhi1 ZambiaNew Delhi1 ZimbabweNew Delhi1

India missions abroad

AfghanistanKabul, Herat, Jalalabad6 AlbaniaTirana1 AlgeriaAlgiers1 AngolaLuanda1 ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Córdoba2 ArmeniaYerevan1 AustraliaCanberra, City of Perth, Melbourne6 AustriaVienna1 AzerbaijanBaku1 BahrainManama2 BangladeshDhaka, Chittagong4 BelarusMinsk1 BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp2 BelizeBelize City1 BhutanThimphu, Phuntsholing2 BotswanaGaborone1 BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo4 BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1 BulgariaSofia1 Burkina FasoOuagadougou1 CambodiaPhnom Penh1 CameroonYaoundé1 CanadaOttawa, Toronto, Vancouver3 ChadN'Djamena1 ChileLas Condes1 ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou4 ColombiaBogotá1 Costa RicaSan José1 Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1 CroatiaZagreb1 CubaHavana1 CyprusNicosia1 CzechiaPrague1 DenmarkCopenhagen1 DjiboutiDjibouti1 Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1 DR CongoKinshasa1 EgyptCairo, Alexandria2 Equatorial GuineaMalabo1 EritreaAsmara1 EstoniaTallinn1 EswatiniMbabane1 EthiopiaAddis Ababa1 FijiSuva1 FinlandHelsinki1 FranceParis, Saint-Denis2 GeorgiaTbilisi1 GermanyBerlin, Munich, Hamburg5 GhanaAccra1 GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki2 GuatemalaGuatemala City1 GuineaConakry2 Guinea-BissauBissau1 GuyanaGeorgetown1 HungaryBudapest1 IcelandReykjavík, Akureyri2 IndonesiaJakarta, Denpasar, Medan3 IranTehran, Bandar Abbas, Zahedan4 IraqBaghdad, Erbil2 IrelandDublin1 IsraelTel Aviv1 ItalyRome, Milan2 JamaicaKingston2 JapanTokyo, Osaka3 JordanAmman1 KazakhstanAstana, Almaty2 KenyaNairobi1 KuwaitKuwait City1 KyrgyzstanBishkek1 LaosVientiane1 LebanonBeirut1 LiberiaMonrovia1 LibyaTripoli1 LithuaniaVilnius1 MadagascarAntananarivo1 MalawiLilongwe1 MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1 MaldivesMalé1 MaliBamako1 MaltaValletta1 MauritiusPort Louis1 MexicoMexico City, Cancun, Monterrey4 MongoliaUlaanbaatar1 MoroccoRabat1 MozambiqueMaputo1 MyanmarYangon, Mandalay2 NamibiaWindhoek1 NepalKathmandu, Birgunj4 Netherlands's-Gravenhage1 New ZealandWellington1 NigerNiamey1 NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2 North KoreaPyongyang1 NorwayOslo1 OmanMuscat1 PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2 PalestineJerusalem1 PanamaPanama City1 Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1 ParaguayAsunción1 PeruLima1 Philippinesماكاتي1 PolandWarsaw, Wrocław3 PortugalLisbon1 QatarDoha1 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1 RomaniaBucharest1 RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok3 RwandaKigali1 São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé1 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah3 SenegalDakar1 SerbiaBelgrade1 SeychellesVictoria1 Sierra LeoneFreetown1 SingaporeSingapore1 SlovakiaBratislava1 SloveniaLjubljana1 South AfricaPretoria1 South KoreaSeoul, Busan2 South SudanJuba1 SpainMadrid, Barcelona2 Sri LankaColombo, Kandy3 SudanKhartoum1 SurinameParamaribo1 SwedenStockholm1 SwitzerlandBern1 SyriaDamascus1 TaiwanTaipei1 TajikistanDushanbe1 TanzaniaDar es Salaam1 ThailandBangkok1 TogoLomé1 Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1 TunisiaTunis1 TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2 TurkmenistanAshgabat1 UgandaKampala1 UkraineKyiv1 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi1 United KingdomLondon, Birmingham, City of Edinburgh3 United StatesWashington, D.C., Seattle, Houston6 UruguayMontevideo1 UzbekistanTashkent1 VenezuelaCaracas1 VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2 YemenSanaa1 ZambiaLusaka1 ZimbabweHarare1

Who can enter India without a visa?

Visa-free3

Visa on arrival3

e-Visa161

Visa required31

Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.

Frequently asked questions

Embassies & consulates in India?

237 missions, 156 countries.

Emergency: India?

112, 101 (fire department), 108 (emergency), 102 (emergency medical services), 100 (police)

Who can enter India without a visa?

6: Bhutan, Maldives, and Nepal…