Do South Korea passport holders need a visa for India?

The rule

Entry

Visa on arrival. Get your visa at the border.

Stay

Up to 60 days

Status

Verified 30 Oct 2026

Official source

Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Country Specific Guidelines)

Applies to

A short tourist visit with an ordinary South Korea passport.

What the official sources say

The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.

India for other passports

Free movement

Nepal

Visa-freePublic data

Bhutan

Visa-freeUp to 90 days

Maldives

On arrivalUp to 60 days

Japan

eVisa

Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

eVisaUp to 30 daysPublic data

Afghanistan

Visa required

Algeria, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Macao, Nigeria, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Yemen

Visa requiredPublic data

Kosovo, Pakistan

Every passport for India

How this rule was checked

On 30 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to India, chiefly Bureau of Immigration, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (Country Specific Guidelines). Two independent checks reached the same result.

Before the check, public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said: visa on arrival, up to 30 days. The official source shows: visa on arrival, up to 60 days, and that is what this page shows.

See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.

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Plan your trip

• Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
• Compare the South Korea passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
• See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
• India visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
• All destinations for South Korea passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the South Korea passport

Before you travel

This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of India.