I have valid Indian visa, but my US passport expires in 3 months. Can I still travel?

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I was able to get an answer directly from the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. Below is the exact statement from their email.

If you have a valid passport and valid visa you can travel till validity of your passport and visa.

So that means I will be able to enter the country without any issues.

I had emailed the Indian Embassy a week before, but since I wasn't getting a reply from them I thought to post the question here.

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According to the UK Home Office travel advice you should have 6 months validity at the time of entry to India:

UK Home Office:

Passport validity To avoid possible problems at immigration, make sure your passport is valid for a minimum of 180 days at the time of entry into India. Your passport must be machine readable, with 2 blank pages for your visa and valid for a minimum of 180 days at the time of your visa application.

Edit: the Indian Consulate General in San Francisco's E-visa page states the following:

Passport used by the applicant should have at least six-months validity from the date of arrival in India. The passport should have at least two blank pages for stamping by the Immigration Officer on arrival.

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I highly recommend checking your specific data against current requirements on at least two different reputable interactive websites. Something like

If both websites agree that your docs are ok, than you are probably good to go.

Getting reliable information these days is quite difficult and even many official websites from governments and embassies often wrong, incomplete or out of date.

Example: We got into Indonesia last night and things did NOT go as my best effort at research had suggested: a) Timatic says you need to install an app and register, but nobody checked or looked for it, b) despite many websites saying that you can pay Visa on arrival with credit card, they only accepted cash (US and Indonesian Ruppee) which was a real problem for some travellers, c) you need to fill out an electronic customs declaration form I've never had heard of

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