From the article: Obtaining a Visa for India
Obtaining an Indian tourist visa and making multiple trips to India, or staying there for extended periods of time, has recently become more difficult. Have the new visa regulations affected you in any way? Let other readers know about it here. Share Your Visa Issues
indian makes it harder for it's own ppl
- Recent changes in the visa requirements makes it harder for former indian national to get a visa. it's amazing that india would make the process so cumbersome for it's own people who bring so much revenue to the country. When will these morons get some common sense???
- —Guest Bobby
Mistake in passport
- My indian passport issued in washington has a mistake in date of birth. I discovered it while applying for US visa in chennai. Visa authorities want the date to be corrected. Indian passport officer says no correction can be made. New visa needs to be issued with in India. I have no proof of residence etc. what to do?
- —Guest Anuradha
X-VISA grace period
- Hi my wife holds a Philippines passport, and entered india on an x-visa. Her visa will expire in 10 days time, but she is planning on going back to the Philippines. What is the grace period to leave India after the expiry of her visa? Answer: There is no grace period. She must leave before her visa expires, or she will have to go to her local Foreigner's Regional Registration Office and pay a fine. If she has an expired visa and tries to leave without paying the fine, she will be prevented from doing so at customs and immigration at the airport.
- —Guest Confused
Indian origin n wife of pakistani
- hi ,i am indian origin born in india mumbai....my parents n all my brother sisters are in india....25 years before i got married to a pakistani.....right now i am canadian citizen.but still i am not getting visa for india .if i have to go to india i have to sign a affidavit that i am withdrawing my pakistani nationality n my pakistani passport.it's really now fair if i am legally allowed to keep dual citizen how can they ask me to sign this and its just for one time visit visa.....my parents are 65+ and they really wants to see me onces.....really they are heartless...they are not allowing to a indian origin to meet her parents specially when my parents need me just for a month...
- —Guest tabs
Transit visa
- Hello. Just wanted to add that the transit visa is for 15 days not 72 hrs as it states in the article :) Ans: This is interesting. Most information says that it's valid for 15 days from date of issue, but length of stay in India is to be no more than 72 hours. Here is a link: https://indiavisa.travisaoutsourcing.com/consular-fees?id=4 Some people have stayed longer though! Was that your experience too?
- —Guest dk
Expired Visa (URGENT)
- My daughter is a US citizen of Indian origin living in India for the last 5 years. She entered on a multiple entry Visa which expired in May 2011. She received her OCI card in October 2011. She is travelling to the US next week. Will it affect her travel plans because she was out of status between May and October 2011? Please help! URGENT! Answer: She should go to the closest Foreigner's Regional Registration Office in India. She may have to pay a fine for her expired visa, as she didn't get an extension. They will take care of it there.
- —Guest Miney M
Visa to India
- Hi Katava Ling Pooj, VFS Services India Pty Ltd is the one who deal with indian visa matter. They are in WYNYARD, SYDNEY CBD. Just walk in straight and lodge you application(you may be able to find their address in their web site)
- —Guest Guest Aussie
Confusing rules
- Passport and visa regulations in India, like all regulations there, are opaque. Problems arising thereof are cleared up through small amounts of bribes if applications are made in India. If they are made abroad, this procedure is not available. You are completely at the mercy of the ill trained employees of companies to which consular services have been outsourced by the Indian government.
- —Guest SC
Received the wrong Visa, now Blacklisted
- I am an entrepreneur and business man, have started a company and hired close to 80 people by now since the last recession. I bring know-how, currency, customers, innovation, vision and expertise. People like me are governed under the Govt. Order No. RGF - 2009/CR-833/FRO - 1 and should be on a Business Visa. One fine Day I reapply for a Business Visa like every year, but the Embassy makes an administrative mistake, and gives me an Employment Visa. I object, but am told to 'sort it out in India'. Back in India, the FRO tells me I am on the wrong Visa, and they cannot register me. They tell me to sort it out with the Embassy, which in turn tells me to ask the FRO to contact them. Noone does anything, and I am caught in the Middle. Despite months of back and forth and a very clear audit trail, noone assumes responsibility, and I get deported! I got blacklisted, and am not getting a visa, the embassy doesn't talk to me and I have no clue how to right the wrong! And I am an Investor!!
- —Guest JamesBond
Help
- I am an australian citizen. I am currently holidaying in kl, Malaysia and wanted to go to India. I am having troubles getting a visa to go there. Any advise on what I should do???? Ans: Unfortunately, I believe that only Malaysian citizens and residents are allowed to apply for visas there. My best advice is to go to Bangkok, Thailand, and get your visa there. They accept applications from non-residents.
- —Guest Dave
appling for new visa
- you must wait for a month after your visa runs out before you can apply for a new one.
- —Guest maria
Entry visa for Sri lankans
- We live in usa and are permenant residents. I have my employment visa approved. But travisa is refusing to process my spouses and childs entry visa applications stating that we are Sri lankans and are not of Indian origin or us citizens. Is this right. Ans: No, I don't believe it is. From the FAQ by the Ministry of Home Affairs, X visa can be granted to "Spouse / dependents of foreigners coming to India on any other type of valid visa like Student/Business/Employment/Research etc." http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/FAQ-onX-VISA210510.pdf
- —Guest Sammy
Hotel manager
- I have applied for a five year multipile visa since I was born in india at Bern Indian embassy even though I had letters from the regrestian office in India where I was born I was Denied it. Asked why they said money talks so I changed my destination to Thiland instead where I am welcome.
- —Guest kean Arnold Peter
Canadians Tourists Denied Entry to India
- Beware all Canadians wanting to visit India. The tourist visa process is not only cumbersome, it is also very unclear. My wife and I are currently stuck in Sri Lanka after being denied boarding on our flight to Mumbai. We have a valid double entry tourist visa issued Bythe high commissioner of India in Ottawa and we were told that we had to be out of India at least 2 months before re-entry. Canada is the new country for thousands of indians seeking political asylum and better living every year. I am very extremely upset and concerned that this ruined our holiday. My advice to Canadian travelers: don't go to India all together. Stick to thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam ... You will get an amazing trip without the hassle of indian immigration. Ans: This is very sad to hear. Neighbouring tourism is permitted under the rules, so you should've been let back in. The problem is it's very subjective -- it depends on who you get on the day, and how well they know the rules and apply them.
- —Guest Jean F. Landry
stuck in India
- My wife has both an Indian and British passport. She went to India on her Indian passport but was not allowed to leave and the Indian passport was confiscated. They wanted to see her old Indian passport which has her leave to remain in U.K. stamp. She has that passport on her but Indian authorities are refusing to give back her current Indian passport and she is stuck in India. She is british citizen whose two small children are in the U.K she has not seen for 8 weeks. Please help. What can she do. Answer: Hopefully the British Embassy/High Commission in India can help her since she's a British citizen. She should contact them.
- —Guest sheera
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