page_title: Passport stamp
section_title: India
hierarchical_section_title: Passport stamp / Overview of passport stamps of countries / Asia / India
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an Entry stamp from my own passport.
context_page_description: A passport stamp is an inked impression in a passport typically made by rubber stamp upon entering or exiting a territory.
  Passport stamps may occasionally take the form of sticker stamps, such as entry stamps from Japan. Depending on nationality, a visitor may not receive a stamp at all, such as an EU or EFTA citizen travelling to an EU or EFTA country, Albania, or North Macedonia. Most countries issue exit stamps in addition to entry stamps. A few countries issue only entry stamps, including Canada, El Salvador, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  Australia, Hong Kong, Israel, Macau and South Korea do not stamp passports upon entry nor exit, but issue landing slips instead. Visas may also take the form of passport stamps.
context_section_description: India uses the differentiation in passport stamp colours – entry in blue, exit in red – to quickly trace a passenger's movements. The stamp can be rectangular, circular or oval.
caption: Entry stamp to India at Mumbai airport in an Indian passport.
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