Several U. In addition, U. Indian customs authorities enforce strict regulations concerning temporary importation into or export from India of such items as, antiquities, electronic equipment, currency, ivory, gold objects, and other prohibited materials.
Permission from the Government of India is required to bring in restricted items, even if you are only transiting through India. If you do not comply with these regulations, you risk arrest or fine or both and confiscation of these items. If you are charged with any legal violations by Indian law enforcement, have an attorney review any document before you sign it. The Government of India requires the registration of antique items with the local police along with a photograph of the item.
It is advisable to contact the Embassy of India in Washington or one of India's consulates in the United States for specific information regarding customs requirements.
Please see our section on Customs Information for more information. Natural disaster threats: Parts of northern India are highly susceptible to earthquakes. Regions of highest risk, ranked 5 on a scale of 1 to 5, include areas around Srinagar, Himachal Pradesh, Rishikesh and Dehra Dun, the northern parts of Punjab, northwest Gujarat, northern Bihar, and the entire northeast. New Delhi is located in zone 4.
Severe flooding is common in hilly and mountainous areas throughout India. Flooding in in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and other areas left thousands of people presumed dead and temporarily stranded dozens of U. Tourists and residents in areas prone to these events should remain vigilant during severe weather, monitor local media for latest developments, and heed all municipal warnings.
Residents in these areas should have contingency plans for loss of power and inavailability of goods and services, including supplies for multiple days after a severe weather event. Accessibility: While in India, individuals with disabilities may find accessibility and accommodation very different than what you find in the United States. Despite legislation that all public buildings and transport be accessible for disabled people, accessibility remains limited. One notable exception is the Delhi metro system, designed to be accessible to those with physical disabilities.
Women Travelers: Please review our travel tips for Women Travelers. Zika is present in India. The quality of medical care in India varies considerably. Medical care in the major population centers approaches and occasionally meets Western standards, but adequate medical care is usually very limited or unavailable in rural areas. Medical Insurance: Make sure your health insurance plan provides coverage overseas. Most care providers overseas only accept cash payments.
We strongly recommend supplemental insurance our webpage to cover medical evacuation. If traveling with prescription medication, check with the government of India to ensure the medication is legal in India. Vaccinations: Be up-to-date on all vaccinations recommended by the U. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If you are arriving in India from Sub-Saharan Africa or other yellow-fever areas, Indian health regulations require that you present evidence of vaccination against yellow fever.
If you do not have such proof, you could be subjected to immediate deportation or a six-day detention in the yellow-fever quarantine center. If you transit through any part of sub-Saharan Africa, even for one day, you are advised to carry proof of yellow fever immunization. Dogs and bats create a high risk of rabies transmission in most of India.
Vaccination is recommended for all prolonged stays, especially for young children and travelers in rural areas.
It is also recommended for shorter stays that involve occupational exposure, locations more than 24 hours from a reliable source of human rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine for post-exposure treatment, adventure travelers, hikers, cave explorers, and backpackers.
Monkeys also can transmit rabies and herpes B, among other diseases, to human victims. Avoid feeding monkeys. If bitten, you should immediately soak and scrub the bite for at least 15 minutes and seek urgent medical attention. Influenza is transmitted from November to April in areas north of the Tropic of Cancer north India , and from June through November the rainy season in areas south of the Tropic of Cancer south India , with a smaller peak from February through April; off-season transmission can also occur.
All travelers are at risk. Influenza vaccine is recommended for all travelers during the flu season. Malaria prophylaxis depends on time of year and area the traveler is visiting. Please consult the CDC website for more information. Dengue fever presents significant risk in urban and rural areas.
The highest number of cases is reported from July to December, with cases peaking from September to October. Daytime insect precautions such as wearing long-sleeved shirts and mosquito repellent are recommended by the CDC.
Tuberculosis is an increasingly serious health concern in India. Air pollution is a significant problem in several major cities in India, and you should consult your doctor prior to travel and consider the impact seasonal smog and heavy particulate pollution may have on you. The air quality in India varies considerably and fluctuates with the seasons.
It is typically at its worst in the winter. Anyone who travels where pollution levels are high is at risk. People at the greatest risk from particle pollution exposure include:. The data on this site are updated hourly. For emergency services, dial from a cell phone; from a land line, dial for police, for ambulance in parts of South India , and for fire. Ambulances are not equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment, and traffic does not yield to emergency vehicles.
Injured or seriously ill travelers may prefer to take a taxi or private vehicle to the nearest major hospital rather than wait for an ambulance. Most hospitals require advance payment or confirmation of insurance prior to treatment. Payment practices vary and credit cards are not routinely accepted for medical care. Medical Tourism: Medical tourism is a rapidly growing industry. Companies offering vacation packages bundled with medical consultations and financing options provide direct-to-consumer advertising over the internet.
Such medical packages often claim to provide high quality care, but the quality of health care in India is highly variable. People seeking health care in India should understand that medical systems operate differently from those in the United States and are not subject to the same rules and regulations.
Anyone interested in traveling for medical purposes should consult with their local physician before traveling and refer to the information from the CDC. Please check with the nearest Indian embassy or consulate for more information.
Despite reports of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals, in general travelers should not delay or avoid treatment for urgent or emergent medical situations.
However, health tourists and other travelers who may be contemplating elective procedures in this country should carefully research individual hospital infection control practices. Surrogacy: Commercial surrogacy is illegal for foreigners in India, subject to complex local regulation. Embassy and Consulates General in India maintain lists of local doctors and hospitals, all of which are published on their respective websites under "U. Citizen Services. Road Conditions and Safety: Travel by road in India is dangerous.
India leads the world in traffic-related deaths and a number of U. You should exercise extreme caution when crossing streets, even in marked pedestrian areas, and try to use only cars that have seatbelts. Helmets should always be worn on motorcycles and bicycles. Travel at night is particularly hazardous. On Indian roads, the safest driving policy is always to assume that other drivers will not respond to a traffic situation in the same way you would in the United States.
Buses and trucks often run red lights and merge directly into traffic at yield points and traffic circles. Cars, autos, bicycles, and pedestrians behave only slightly more cautiously. Use your horn or flash your headlights frequently to announce your presence. It is both customary and wise. Inside and outside major cities, roads are often poorly maintained and congested. Even main roads frequently have only two lanes, with poor visibility and inadequate warning markers.
On the few divided highways one can expect to meet local transportation traveling in the wrong direction, often without lights. Heavy traffic is the norm and includes but is not limited to overloaded trucks and buses, scooters, pedestrians, bullock and camel carts, horse or elephant riders en route to weddings, bicycles, and free-roaming livestock.
Public Transportation: Buses, patronized by hundreds of millions of Indians, are convenient in that they serve almost every city of any size. However, they are often driven fast, recklessly, and without consideration for the rules of the road. Accidents are quite common. Traffic Laws: Traffic in India moves on the left. It is important to be alert while crossing streets and intersections, especially after dark as traffic is coming in the "wrong" direction.
Travelers should remember to use seatbelts in both rear and front seats where available, and to ask their drivers to maintain a safe speed. Because of difficult road and traffic conditions, you may wish to consider hiring a local driver.
If a driver hits a pedestrian or a cow, the vehicle and its occupants are at risk of being attacked by passersby. Such attacks pose significant risk of injury or death to the vehicle's occupants or risk of incineration of the vehicle. It could be unsafe to remain at the scene of an accident of this nature, and drivers may instead wish to seek out the nearest police station.
Protestors often use road blockage as a means of publicizing their grievances, causing severe inconvenience to travelers. Visitors should monitor local news reports for any reports of road disturbances. Please refer to our Road Safety page for more information. Travelers are urged to use caution while booking private helicopters for travel, especially in the northeast.
The CDC's latest guidance on international travel for vaccinated people can be found here. Subscribe to get up-to-date safety and security information and help us reach you in an emergency abroad. Make two copies of all of your travel documents in case of emergency, and leave one with a trusted friend or relative. Antigua and Barbuda. Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba. Bosnia and Herzegovina. British Virgin Islands. Burkina Faso. Burma Myanmar. Cabo Verde. Cayman Islands.
Central African Republic. Costa Rica. Cote d Ivoire. Czech Republic. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dominican Republic. El Salvador. Equatorial Guinea. Eswatini Swaziland. Falkland Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French West Indies. Hong Kong. Isle of Man. Israel, The West Bank and Gaza. Marshall Islands. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Papua New Guinea. It depends on several aspects like the length of the transit and if you would like to step out of the airport.
Layover time is less than a day 24 hours according to the schedule of the arrival and departure times. You hold confirmed flight tickets to the destination. You are waiting in the transit area that is you will not attempt to clear immigration. The New Delhi airport , which is named as Indira Gandhi International Airport, is one of the busiest airports in the country with respect to air traffic.
This airport has three different terminal units. For international passengers, terminal 3 is the one which is used for landing international flights. Although Delhi Airport is the common gateway for international passengers to the country, there are scheduled flights available from Bangalore to Delhi , Kolkata to Delhi and Mumbai to Delhi.
In the Delhi Airport, there are about 64 e-visa on arrival counters. The idea behind having so many counters is that it greatly reduces the queue time for passengers.
There is an exclusive route for the e-visa on arrival passengers. These travellers will not be combined with regular immigration passengers. Here are some of the tips that you can follow to have a hassle-free arrival to the Delhi Airport:. Ensure that you carry a hard copy of the on arrival visa which you have applied for online. The check-in agent in the airport will inquire about the e-visa document before you check in to ensure that you are carrying a hard copy of the document.
After you enter the Delhi International Airport, you can observe that there are separate queues for the airline, crew, Indian passport holders, Diplomatic passport holders and also some special counters for Electronic tourist visa for India.
Please ensure that you stand in the correct queue. Always make sure that you check the stamp in the passport. Get an idea of how long you can stay in the country so that you can avoid getting into trouble due to overstaying.
If there is a need for you to exchange currency, do that immediately before you leave the airport. Transit Visa You can apply for a transit visa in case you have a connecting flight at Delhi, Mumbai or Chennai airports to a third country. You can apply for a double entry transit visa, in case you are returning by air to Pakistan via any of the three airports mentioned above.
The visa will be valid for stay only in the city of entry for a period not exceeding 36 hours on each visit. In case you want to apply for a transit visa, you would need to submit the following documents: 1 Valid air ticket, which clearly mentions the flight details as well as the transit time at a particular city in India transit through Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai only is permitted 2 Copy of NADRA Card along with its English translation and the translated copy should be notarized.
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