What the Palestine visa rules mean for India travellers
India passport holders need an eVisa to enter Palestine. 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 eVisa-B2 (Israel), which costs 105 ILS.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Palestine applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: The UK government says the Israeli authorities control entry to Palestine, and that to enter Israel or Palestine your passport must have an expiry date at least 90 days after the date you arrive. Israel's Population and…
- Travel insurance: No official source we could read states an insurance requirement for visa-exempt visitors entering through Israel on an ETA-IL. Israel's Population and Immigration Authority lists, for the eVisa-B2 tourist visa, health …
- Return or onward ticket: Israel's Population and Immigration Authority lists round-trip tickets to Israel among the required documents for the eVisa-B2 tourist visa. No official source we could read states a return-ticket requirement for visa-e…
- Proof of funds: Israel's Population and Immigration Authority lists, for the eVisa-B2 tourist visa, proof of monetary means: bank account statements for the last three months, approval from the bank of financial feasibility, or a docum…
Palestine entry rules compared
Palestine lets 3 passports in without a visa, offers a visa on arrival to 102, issues eVisas to 2 and requires an embassy visa from 91. India citizens are treated the same way as Sri Lanka. Overall the India passport ranks #152 in the world with 27 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
Planning a longer trip in Asia? With a India passport you can also visit 7 countries in the region without a visa, including Kazakhstan, Macau, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Qatar and Thailand.
In the other direction, Palestine citizens need evisa to visit India.