Indian Visa is not required for Mauritians
Stay Duration: 60 days
Entry Requirements
- Indian e-visa is a visa type required from Mauritius nationals to visit India.
- The e-visa enables them to stay in India for a duration of 60 days, and it costs $0.
- Intending visitors are expected to have a passport valid for at least 6 months at the time of entry into India. The passport should have at least one blank page for visa stamps.
- Minors hoping to travel to India must either be accompanied by a parent or guardian or apply for the unaccompanied minors form.
- Tourists travelling to India must provide proof of a confirmed means of accommodation for their entire stay in India. This could be in the form of a sponsor letter from a host living in the country or a hotel reservation.
- Mauritius nationals are required to have a return or onward ticket as well as proof of enough funds to spend during their stay in India.
- Your Mauritius’ national identity card is required when you are visiting India.
- The import and export of the currency of India are set at INR 25,000.
- Airport tax is not levied on any passengers when they are arriving in any Indian airport.
- Also on entry and exit, travellers with amounts exceeding USD 5,000 (or equivalent) in cash, or USD 10,000 (or equivalent) in traveller’s cheques must be declared.
- Former convicts from any foreign country will not be allowed entry into the country.
- Intending visitors can get to India from any international airport in Mauritius. There are international airports in Port Louis and Rodrigues.
- Air Mauritius and Emirates Airways are some of the airlines that fly from Mauritius to India.
- The estimated flight duration from Port Louis, Mauritius to New Delhi, India is 7 hours, 30 minutes, and from Rodrigues, it is 13 hours, 35 minutes.
- Airlines traveling to India from Mauritius is Air Mauritius 744.
- Hindi is the official language in India. However, English and Tamil are well-spoken languages in the country.
- Indian is the birthplace of four of the world’s major religions; namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. However, Hinduism is the most practised with about 80% of the country’s population.
- The Indian Rupee is the official currency used in India. Visitors can various banks and exchange outlets in the country to exchange their foreign currencies.
- There are three associated power socket and plug types in India, which are type C, D and M. The standard supply voltage is 230 V, with a standard frequency of 50 Hz.
- India uses the India Standard Time (GMT+5:30), this positioned Mauritius to be 1 hour, 30 minutes behind India.
- Some delicacies enjoyed in India include rogan josh, alu gobi, butter chicken, tandoori chicken and masala chai.
- Getting around in India can be facilitated by buses, taxis, trains and car rentals.
- The Taj Mahal, The Holy City of Varanasi, The Golden Temple of Amritsar, and The Golden City, are tourist centres to be checked out in India.
- Tourists are advised to budget about $35-55 to spend on expenses per day while in India.