r VisaEntry requirements
Visa free / eVisa
For holders of a passport from
Stay allowance: 30 days / 60 days
Do I need a visa to visit India with a United Arab Emirates passport?
eVisa / Visa on arrival
Key entry notes
- e-Visa holders must arrive via 32 designated airports[Note 2] or 5 designated seaports.[Note 3] An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.
- Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa.
- Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.
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- Visa on arrival is applicable to UAE citizens if they had earlier obtained e-Visa or regular/paper visa for India.
- This facility is not available to citizens if they or either of their parents or grandparents (paternal or maternal) was born in or is a permanent resident of Pakistan.
- Visa on arrival is only available at the following airports: Bengaluru Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Kolkata Mumbai Kochi Kozhikode Ahmedabad
Data refreshed 06 Sep 2026
At a glance
Travel basics
- Region
- Southern Asia
- Capital
- New Delhi
- Languages
- Hindi, English
- Currency
- INR
- Time zones
- UTC+05:30
- Borders
- AfghanistanVisa requiredBangladeshVisa on arrivalBhutanVisa free / eVisaMyanmarVisa requiredChinaVisa free / eVisaNepalVisa on arrivalPakistanVisa free / eVisaSri LankaVisa on arrival
- Area
- 3,287,590 km2
- Population
- 1,275,840,000
- Gini index
- 33.4