What the India visa rules mean for Solomon Islands travellers
Solomon Islands passport holders need an eVisa to enter India. You apply online, upload a passport scan and a photo, pay the fee and receive the visa by email. Apply at least one to two weeks before your trip and print the approval — some airlines and border officers ask to see it on paper.
The main option is the e-Tourist Visa — 30 Days. India also offers e-Tourist Visa — 1 Year and e-Tourist Visa — 5 Years — see the visa options above.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, India applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: India's e-Visa instructions say the passport should have at least six months' validity at the time of applying for the e-Visa and at least two blank pages for stamping. The UK Foreign Office tells British nationals thei…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Vaccinations: Yellow fever: India's Bureau of Immigration says anyone arriving from or transiting through a yellow fever endemic country by air or sea must hold a valid yellow fever vaccination certificate, and that foreigners or Indians (excludin…
- Vaccinations: Polio (OPV/IPV): WHO's country list says India requires proof of oral polio vaccination, taken at least 4 weeks before departure, from resident national travellers from polio-endemic countries (Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan) and from c…
India entry rules compared
India lets 3 passports in without a visa, issues eVisas to 165 and requires an embassy visa from 30. Solomon Islands citizens are treated the same way as Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Micronesia. Overall the Solomon Islands passport ranks #71 in the world with 86 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a Solomon Islands passport you can also visit 6 countries in the region without a visa, including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Tajikistan.
In the other direction, India citizens need evisa to visit Solomon Islands.