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Ethiopia visa for citizens of India

Citizens of India get an Ethiopia visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of India: the passport opens 26 countries visa-free; New Delhi — Addis Ababa: ≈ 4,560 km, about 6 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Ethiopia visa rules at a glance

With a India passport you can visit 26 countries visa-free, 25 with a visa on arrival and 57 with an e-visa; 90 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the India passport ranks 157th of 199.
India passport: visa-free access to 26 countries; Ethiopia passport: 12.
Citizens of India and Ethiopia can travel together visa-free to 9 countries, for example: Seychelles, Philippines, Rwanda, Micronesia, Gambia, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Haiti.
Citizens of Ethiopia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to India. India visa for citizens of Ethiopia

Travelling to Ethiopia: good to know

New Delhi — Addis Ababa: about 4,560 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −2.5 hours.
Local time: New Delhi 12:00 — Addis Ababa 09:30.
Local currency: Ethiopian Birr.
Languages: Amharic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ETB 163.
Ethiopia is the 49th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of India.