India
Nepali passportEdit check
Visa-free
Free movement. No limit under this regime.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions3 to check
- Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan visiting India from Nepal or Bhutan by land or air are exempted from the requirement of Passport and an Indian visa. However, they are required to hold any such Government approved document authenticating their Nationality which shall bear their Photograph along with information viz., Given Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Nationality, Issuing Authority, Period of Validity etc.
- Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan must be in possession of a valid Passport while entering/ exiting India from/ to a place other than their respective country.
- Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan must be in possession of a passport and visa for India if he/she is entering India from China, Macau, Hong Kong and Pakistan.
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
Exemption from the requirement of an Indian visa or Visa Free Entry into India is available for the Citizens of Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives. … Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan visiting India from Nepal or Bhutan by land or air are exempted from the requirement of Passport and an Indian visa. … Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan must be in possession of a valid Passport while entering/ exiting India from/ to a place other than their respective country. … Citizens of Nepal and Bhutan must be in possession of a passport and visa for India if he/she is entering India from China, Macau, Hong Kong and Pakistan.
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 lists Nepal and Bhutan under the visa-free regime and states their citizens are exempt from the passport and visa requirement when entering from Nepal or Bhutan, with the route conditions stated, so no advance authorisation is needed and no stay cap is imposed.
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.