{"question":{"passport":"LBN","destination":"IND","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"visa_consular","message":"Before you travel: you need a visa from an embassy or consulate."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"immigration-foreigners-act-2025","url":"https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-09/Immigration_and_Foreigners_Act_2025_16092025.pdf","passage":"in case of a foreigner, also a valid visa … any foreigner while present in India shall also be required to possess valid passport or other valid travel document and valid visa, unless exempted under section 33 or through intergovernmental agreements:","explanation":"Section 3(1) of the Act makes a valid visa a condition of entry and of presence in India for every foreigner, subject only to exemptions under section 33 or intergovernmental agreements. These issuers appear on none of the exemption lists the regime provides, so the Act's ordinary visa requirement applies to them.","publisher":"MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 4th April, 2025/Chaitra 14, 1947 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-25","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}