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Information about moving to, living or retiring in India – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 2 March 2026

This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in India.

• Updated: 27 May 2022

FCDO travel advice for India. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 19 March 2026

• Warnings and insurance

  Your travel insurance could be invalidated if you travel against advice…

• Entry requirements

  This information is for people travelling on a full ‘British citizen’…

• Safety and security

  This guide also has safety advice for regions of India. Terrorism There is…

• Regional risks

  This section has safety advice for regions of India. It only covers…

• Health

  Before you travel check that: your destination can provide the healthcare…

• Getting help

  The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) cannot provide…

• Updated: 1 January 2003

• Updated: 18 December 2025

Text of chapter 3 of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and India.

• Updated: 24 July 2025

Rules for Association of Indian Banks in the United Kingdom

• Updated: 24 September 2020

• Updated: 1 January 2013

• Updated: 1 January 2009

FCDO travel advice for British Indian Ocean Territory. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Updated: 8 April 2024