Tourist visa for India
Discussion
Anyone experienced getting a tourist visa for India. Currently going through the process and it seems a bit of a ball ache, any hints and tips gratefully received, in particular they say that if you make a mistake you don't get your £100 back, something I am particularly keen to avoid.
Nothing like that at all, in fact it was one of the most smooth visa procedures I have recently been through! You need to go in to one of their visa centres:
http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk/contactus.html
Try and get there for 8.30am _ I used the one in Hayes, Middlesex. Was the first one in the que at 8.30am - had all documents checked and then submitted. Chap at the counter told me that my youngest daughters visa will be refused as I did not have complete documentation (missing complete birth certificate) - he told me to return with this document and come straight to him without queing - i got back by 12pm and went straight to him at the counter - he was with someone so told me to wait - then called me when free after 5 mins and processed everything for me. For the next 3-4 days I got text message alerts telling me where my application was and after 5 days I had a text to say I can collect my passports - very smooth process!
So if you go in with the correct docs expect to be out of there in 15 mins and with a visa in hand in 5 days.
Good luck mate.
http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk/contactus.html
Try and get there for 8.30am _ I used the one in Hayes, Middlesex. Was the first one in the que at 8.30am - had all documents checked and then submitted. Chap at the counter told me that my youngest daughters visa will be refused as I did not have complete documentation (missing complete birth certificate) - he told me to return with this document and come straight to him without queing - i got back by 12pm and went straight to him at the counter - he was with someone so told me to wait - then called me when free after 5 mins and processed everything for me. For the next 3-4 days I got text message alerts telling me where my application was and after 5 days I had a text to say I can collect my passports - very smooth process!
So if you go in with the correct docs expect to be out of there in 15 mins and with a visa in hand in 5 days.
Good luck mate.
k but since they outsourced it to vfs it is straightforwardI sent mine off via the post. The website is not easy to follow at all but essentially you fill the forms out on line, pay and then send the whole lot with passport and photos. Got mine back 3 or 4 days later.
The only thing that went wrong with mine was the 2" photos. I send passport ones which made them bounce my application. Quite straightforward really!
The only thing that went wrong with mine was the 2" photos. I send passport ones which made them bounce my application. Quite straightforward really!
Scotts visas (whitfield st) do my russian and indian visas amongst others- they turned a russian business visa around in under 24hrs for me recently, and an indian one in not much more.
Not sure of exact cost (as it is paid for and arranged by clients) but certainly hassle free for me.
Not sure of exact cost (as it is paid for and arranged by clients) but certainly hassle free for me.
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