{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"BT","name":"Bhutan","slug":"bhutan"},"destination":{"code":"IN","name":"India"},"status":"visa_free","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"india-nepal-bhutan-ordinary-passport-visa-exemption","title":"India: Nepalese and Bhutanese ordinary passports exempt on stated routes","summary":"The 2025 Exemption Order exempts Nepalese and Bhutanese citizens from the passport/visa requirement on their own-border routes, and on other stated routes when holding a valid passport.","status":"visa_free","conditions":["The order covers entry by land or air over the Nepal or Bhutan border.","For entry from or to another place, the person must possess a valid passport; the order excludes travel from China, Macao, Hong Kong, or Pakistan from that limb.","Ordinary-passport nationality result only; do not generalize to diplomatic, official, service, transit, crew, residence, employment, security, protected-area, or case-specific admission."],"sourceIds":["india-exemption-order-2025"]}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"india-exemption-order-2025","title":"Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 2025","url":"https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-09/ImmigrationandForeignersExemptionOrder2025_16092025.pdf","publisher":"Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","jurisdiction":"India","kind":"law","language":"English","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}