India
Maldives passportEdit check
Visa-free, 90 days
You may stay up to 90 days in any 180 days.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions3 to check
- Visa free entry can be availed by Maldivians whose purpose of visit to India is exclusively for Business/Medical treatment/Tourism.
- Should be in possession of a valid Passport/Travel Document.
- If the visit is for a period of more than 90 days, one should obtain a Regular visa.
Your stay
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Official wording
Visa free entry can be availed by Maldivians whose purpose of visit to India is exclusively for Business/Medical treatment/Tourism and the stay in India does not exceed a period of 90 days. … The 90 days period will be inclusive of all prior stays in India during a period of 6 months immediately preceding the Date of your arrival in India.
Aevamo’s reading
Section 3(1) of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 imposes the requirement of a valid passport and visa for every foreigner entering or present in India; every row in this output is either a mechanism for satisfying that requirement (e-visa, regular visa) or an exemption from it made under section 33 of the Act (the visa-free entries and the visa-on-arrival facility).
The Bureau of Immigration states Maldivians may enter visa-free for business, medical or tourism purposes for stays not exceeding 90 days, with the 90 days counted against all stays in the preceding 6 months, so a Maldivian tourist walks through without advance authorisation but is limited to 90 days in any 180-day window.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
evisa-list footer 'Updated as on May 16, 2019' (static template stamp; content current as fetched 20 Aug 2026 - it lists countries added in the 2026 e-visa extension and the AFGHAN portal banner); boi-visa-free copyright 'Bureau of Immigration, 2026'; exemption-order-2025 published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary on 2 September 2025; immigration-foreigners-act-2025 received Presidential assent on 4 April 2025 and was brought into force on 1 September 2025 by notification S.O. 3981(E).
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.