http://www.indiamike.com/india Area for long timers and expats living and working abroad. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:20:09 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.indiamike.com/india/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.indiamike.com/india http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/resident-in-india-t95903/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:41 GMT My sri lankan friend went to India from Sri Lanka on a 3 or 6 moths tourist visa 6 years ago. He is a sri lankan national, tamil. He still living there, obviously over stayed his visa. He has registered with the police and have a letter from the police saying he has been living in that address for 6 years. Can he say he is a resident in India when applying for a UK settlement visa - on the visa application form. He explained the whole story of how and when he came to India, etc.

My question is what is the meaning of residence?

I know for tax purposes he is treated as a 'residence' there. but what about for immigration purposes?

Any advise is welcome. even if it is not useful! ]]> India Expat Area Hmm http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/resident-in-india-t95903/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/rules-of-the-road-for-expats-t95635/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:39:32 GMT Another gem from today's Hindustan Times - not entirely hilarious but good for a few laughs!
http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/default.aspx?ed=264
http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Art...554_005&mode=1

Thanks for pointing that out Curtdfw, hope this link opens to pg.24 HT Cafe ]]> India Expat Area snonymous http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/rules-of-the-road-for-expats-t95635/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/marriage-reg-in-india-is-30-day-prior-notice-period-mandatory-t95584/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:24:21 GMT Hello,

I am an Indian citizen and my fiance is US citizen and we live in UK currently (2009). We intend to register our marriage in India. Is it mandatory that either me or my fiance must have lived in India 30 days prior to application/notice of marriage registration? Obviously neither of us does and this seems to be the only bottle neck based on my research.

My research:

Explored seemingly next to impossible ways in UK & US after lawyer consultations in each country. I have consulted a lawyer and my home town registrar in India (Andhra Pradesh, Nellore). Lawyer wants to help me out for a fee and can get anything(!) done which I don't want as it would only complicate our mobility (visas, immigration etc) later on. Hometown registrar wants to help me as much as possible but is not sure if one thing is right over the other as he has not done such registration earlier.

30 days before notice and 30 days post notice would make it a 60 day period mandatory in India to complete registration. Though it is still lesser duration than total process time in UK & US in our case, its still a long period to spend on vacation :)

Found this forum repeatedly with people who went through similar experiences and actively helping out newbies like me. I would be really grateful to hear any advice on above question. ]]> India Expat Area Pavan Ongole http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/marriage-reg-in-india-is-30-day-prior-notice-period-mandatory-t95584/ http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/state-subject-in-j-and-k-for-spouses-t95296/ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:18:29 GMT J&K has a special sort of citizenship called State Subject, which is needed to have government employment or to own land. The rumour is (I've seen this in a newspaper) that a wife, even if she is a foreigner, of a person with State Subject can get it too, but not the husband of someone with state subject. A friend who is a prospective husband of a J&K State subject told me he'd heard that his wife would lose hers if she got married to a foreigner.

Is there a reader out there who is married to a J&K state subject and has some factual info for us? ]]> India Expat Area NonIndianResident http://www.indiamike.com/india/india-expat-area-f84/state-subject-in-j-and-k-for-spouses-t95296/