Consular, Passport and Visa Division
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
SI No. COUNTRY DATE OF SIGNING OF AGREEMENT DATE OF NOTIFICATION IN OFFICIAL GAZETTE

1

AUSTRALIA

18.11.2014

26.05.2017

2

BAHRAIN

23.01.2016

28.03.2018

3

BANGLADESH

11.01.2010

05.05.2010

4

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

13.12.2012

25.07.2017

5

BRAZIL

15.10.2013

2.4.2019

6

BULGARIA

12.09.2007

04.01.2008

7

CAMBODIA

08.12.2007

14.05.2008

8

EGYPT

08.01.2008

14.05.2008

9

ESTONIA

15.11.2016

20.03.2017

10

FRANCE

25.01.2008

28.05.2008

11

HONG KONG

20.01.2015

01.10.2015

12

IRAN

09.07.2010

10.02.2011

13

ISRAEL

10.01.2012

22.02.2012

14

ITALY

10.08.2012

17.12.2012

15

KAZAKHSTAN

08.07.2015

26.05.2017

16

KOREA

25.01.2010

05.05.2010

17

KUWAIT

08.11.2013

22.07.2015

18

MALDIVES

12.11.2011

21.06.2012

19

MAURITIUS

24.10.2005

17.11.2005

20

MONGOLIA

17.05.2015

16.03.2017

21

QATAR

25.03.2015

22

RUSSIA

21.10.2013

22.04.2015

23

SAUDI ARABIA

28.02.2010

30.06.2010

24

SOMALIA

1.8.2017

25

SPAIN

30.05.2017

27.11.2018

26

SRI LANKA

09.06.2010

06.08.2010

27

THAILAND

25.01.2012

13.05.2013

28

TURKEY

30.10.2012

25.03.2014

29

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

23.11.2011

01.02.2012

30

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN ISLAND

18.02.2005

07.07.2005

31

VIETNAM

01.11.2013

28.03.2018



Multilateral Conventions


  • India acceded/ratified the multilateral ‘Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad’ in May, 2014, by virtue of which the member countries as well as other countries who have acceded to this Convention can transfer sentenced persons.
  • India acceded/ratified the multilateral ‘Council of Europe Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons’ in January, 2018, by virtue of which the member countries as well as other countries who have acceded to this Convention can transfer sentenced persons.