Country guides
The visa route, documents, language support and practical planning for patients travelling to India from each country.
Africa & Indian Ocean
Cameroon
Cameroonians can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. The yellow fever rule, translating reports, entry airports and IndiaMedica’s French edition.
Côte d’Ivoire
Ivorian nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa or a regular visa in Abidjan. Documents, the yellow fever rule and French support.
DR Congo
Congolese nationals need a regular Indian medical visa from the embassy in Kinshasa. Forms in French, the yellow fever rule and practical planning.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian nationals are not on India’s e-Visa list. How to apply for a regular medical visa in Addis Ababa and the yellow fever rule on arrival.
Ghana
Ghanaians can apply for India’s e-Medical visa online or a regular visa in Accra. Documents, the yellow fever certificate and planning notes.
Kenya
Kenyan nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. What to upload, the yellow fever rule at Indian airports and how to plan treatment.
Mauritius
Mauritian nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Attendant limits, children’s passports, entry airports and what to carry.
Mozambique
Mozambicans can apply for India’s e-Medical visa online or a medical visa in Maputo. Documents, Ayurveda under the medical visa and planning notes.
Nigeria
Nigerians apply for a regular Indian medical visa in Abuja or Lagos. The referral, hospital email, vaccination and bank papers the mission asks for.
Senegal
Senegalese nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa or in person in Dakar. Yellow fever rules, biometrics and IndiaMedica in French.
Somalia
Somali nationals need a regular medical visa for India. Where to apply, the papers missions ask for, and how to plan treatment with an attendant.
Tanzania
Tanzanian nationals can apply for India’s e-Medical visa online. Upload rules, attendant limits, entry airports and practical notes for the trip.
Uganda
Ugandans can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Planning attendants, the yellow fever certificate, entry airports and documents to carry.
Zambia
Zambian nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Timing the application, entry airports and planning follow-up care back home.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. What to upload, which papers to collect at discharge and points for the journey home.
Central Asia & Russia
Afghanistan
Afghan nationals are not on India’s standard e-Visa list. They apply online through a separate Afghan module, with passport and Tazkira uploads.
Kazakhstan
Kazakh nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. How to plan the length of stay, FRRO rules and attendant visas before you travel.
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz nationals can use India’s e-Medical visa. Passport rules, immigration checks, entry stamps and the papers to carry for treatment in India.
Tajikistan
Tajik nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Who is excluded, how to prepare reports for Indian specialists and what to carry.
Turkmenistan
Turkmen patients are not on India’s e-Visa list and apply at the Embassy of India in Ashgabat. Medical, attendant and Ayush visas and the papers needed.
Uzbekistan
Uzbek patients can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Uzbekistan was the third-largest source of medical travellers in 2025. Steps and documents.
Europe, Americas & Oceania
Australia
Australians can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. What to upload, when an emergency entry visa applies and planning care back home.
Canada
Canadian citizens can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. How it differs from a regular visa through BLS centres and what to prepare.
United Kingdom
UK nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Medical visa rules, attendant visas, gathering UK records and planning follow-up.
United States
US nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Who is excluded, avoiding look-alike sites, gathering records and planning follow-up.
Middle East & North Africa
Bahrain
Bahraini nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. The Embassy’s warning about fake visa sites, the attendant rule and what to prepare.
Iraq
Iraqi patients apply for a regular Indian medical visa through VFS Global in Baghdad or Basra. Hospital barcode letter, doctor’s letter and attendants.
Kuwait
Kuwaiti patients can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. The four-day rule, the e-Arrival card, designated airports and an attendant plan.
Oman
Omani patients can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa or for a paper visa through BLS International. Fake-website warnings and what to prepare.
Qatar
Qatari nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa, or the e-Ayush visa for Ayurveda. Which to choose, the rules, and how to plan.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi nationals were not on India’s e-Visa list when we checked. How the regular medical visa works through Riyadh and Jeddah, and the papers needed.
Sudan
Sudanese patients need a regular Indian medical visa. The Embassy of India now accepts visas in Port Sudan. Documents, yellow fever and planning.
United Arab Emirates
UAE nationals can use India’s e-Medical visa, and some can get a visa on arrival for treatment. Which cities offer it and who qualifies.
Yemen
Yemen is not on India’s e-Visa list. Yemeni patients apply for a regular medical visa. Read about the Indian office in Aden and the documents to prepare.
South & Southeast Asia
Bangladesh
How Bangladeshi patients reach India for treatment: e-Medical visa or IVAC medical visa, three attendants on the regular route, and what to prepare.
Bhutan
Bhutanese citizens need no visa for India when travelling from Bhutan. The four accepted ID documents, rules for children and how to plan treatment.
Maldives
Maldivians can enter India visa-free for medical treatment for up to 90 days. How the six-month count works and when a regular visa is needed.
Myanmar
Myanmar nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Eligibility exclusions, entry airports in eastern India, attendants and what to bring.
Nepal
Nepali citizens need no Indian visa for treatment when travelling from Nepal. See which ID to carry, when a passport is needed and how to plan.
Russia
Russian nationals can apply online for India’s e-Medical visa. Timing, designated entry airports, the yellow fever rule and Russian-language support.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan patients can apply for India’s e-Medical visa online. Timing rules, attendant limits, entry airports and seaports, and what to prepare.
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