Overview
The High Commission for the Republic of Namibia in New Delhi occupies E-26 on Poorvi Marg in Vasant Vihar — the diplomatic enclave in south-west Delhi — and serves as Namibia's resident mission for the entire Indian subcontinent, with bilateral accreditation to India and concurrent accreditation to Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. Indian passport holders are not on Namibia's Visa on Arrival list, so the High Commission's role in the visa pathway is direct and central: ordinary Indian, Bangladeshi, Maldivian and Sri Lankan travellers apply for a Holiday Visa either online through the Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs e-Services portal or in person at the High Commission counter. The mission is also one of the busier Namibian commercial posts globally, driven by the roughly US $800 million in Indian investment in Namibian mining and the US $650–800 million annual bilateral trade flow.
Visa Services
Indian, Bangladeshi, Maldivian and Sri Lankan passport holders travelling to Namibia for tourism apply for a Holiday Visa — these passports are not on the Visa on Arrival list, so a pre-travel visa is mandatory. The recommended route is the Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs e-Services portal: complete the online application, upload supporting documents (a motivation letter stating purpose and duration, valid passport, day-by-day itinerary, return ticket, accommodation booking and proof of funds), pay the fee electronically and receive an approval letter as a PDF to print and present at the Namibian port of entry. Processing typically takes five to fifteen working days. Travellers who prefer paper processing apply at the High Commission counter in Vasant Vihar with Form 3-1/003 in duplicate and two recent passport-size photographs. Diplomatic and Official Passport holders from India, Bangladesh, the Maldives and Sri Lanka are exempt from visa requirements for stays up to ninety days. Work, study, research and long-stay visas are processed by the Ministry of Home Affairs online portal.
Consular Services
The Consular Section assists Namibian citizens resident across the four-country jurisdiction with passport applications and renewals, emergency travel documents, civil registration (birth, marriage, death), citizenship matters, identity-document replacement, police clearance and apostille on Namibian-issued documents. The High Commission also supports the small Namibian student community at Indian universities — many under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarship programmes — and Namibian nationals in distress within the jurisdiction.
Trade & Export Support
India is one of Namibia's most active trade and investment partners outside southern Africa. The High Commission's economic work supports two flows: Indian companies investing in Namibian mining (uranium, diamonds, zinc, copper, rare earths — Vedanta, NMDC, GAIL and Indian diamond houses through the Telangana cluster are long-standing presences), pharmaceuticals, generic-medicines manufacturing partnerships and renewable energy; and Namibian exporters seeking Indian buyers for uranium oxide, rough diamonds, copper concentrates, zinc and lead, and increasingly beef and table grapes. The High Commission works with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), the Namibia Investment Promotion and Development Board (NIPDB) and Namibia's Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade.
Investment Opportunities
Investment priorities the High Commission promotes to Indian counterparts: critical minerals beneficiation, green hydrogen and ammonia partnerships (a recurring theme of the India-Africa Forum Summit agenda), uranium processing, deep-sea diamond mining, pharmaceutical manufacturing and digital-services exports. The High Commission routes Indian public-finance enquiries to EXIM Bank of India's Lines of Credit programme and the development partnership envelope of the Ministry of External Affairs.
Business Support
Practical support includes market briefings for Indian companies entering Namibia, introductions to NIPDB and the Bank of Namibia, guidance on the regulatory environment (NEEEF, work permits, profit repatriation), and coordination on the regular Telangana and Karnataka mining and pharma delegations that visit Windhoek each year.
Cultural & Educational Programs
The High Commission supports two long-running programmes: the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) scholarships, which have trained more than 1 700 Namibians in engineering, IT, public administration and health, and the ICCR scholarships for Namibian postgraduates at Indian universities in engineering, health sciences, management and social studies. The Indian Cultural Centre in Windhoek runs yoga, classical-dance and Hindi-language programming under the mission's parallel work in Namibia; in New Delhi, the High Commission marks Namibian Independence Day (21 March) and Heroes' Day (26 August) with the Namibian diaspora and student community.
Service Area
Consular and diplomatic jurisdiction: the Republic of India (host), the People's Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Maldives and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. No formal accreditation extends to Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan or Myanmar from this post. New Delhi is the only resident Namibian mission across the four states of accreditation.
Appointment Information
Visa and consular appointments at the counter are booked in advance by telephone (+91 11 2614 0389) or by email to info@nhcdelhi.com. The portal-based Holiday Visa route is end-to-end online and applicants need not visit Vasant Vihar at all — the printed approval letter is presented at the Namibian port of entry. Diplomatic-passport matters and complex consular cases are by appointment only.
Special Notes
Vasant Vihar is south-west of central Delhi, well-served by the Delhi Metro (Vasant Vihar station on the Magenta Line) and roughly twenty minutes by road from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI Terminal 3). The neighbourhood is largely residential and quiet; Poorvi Marg runs north–south through it. Bring originals and copies of every supporting document — originals are returned at the counter. Hindi, English and any of the four jurisdiction languages are accepted in supporting documents where translation is available; otherwise certified English translations are required.