Over Sixty in age and traveling to India

Tunners · Mar 8th, 2009, 13:48

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Originally Posted by Aishah

vagabond, I suspect has a visa for a US resident - United States folks are able to obtain a 10 year tourist Visa, but they must depart India every 180 days. As far as I know Australia is not issuing 10 year tourist Visas, only 6 month ones.

Thank you, Aishah. I'll check that out here in Sydney immediately.

vagabond48 · Mar 8th, 2009, 14:25

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Originally Posted by Aishah

vagabond, I suspect has a visa for a US resident - United States folks are able to obtain a 10 year tourist Visa, but they must depart India every 180 days. As far as I know Australia is not issuing 10 year tourist Visas, only 6 month ones.

You are correct.
I suspect that USA and India have preferential visa agreements.

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Originally Posted by Tunners

Thank you, Aishah. I'll check that out here in Sydney immediately.

Just go to the Indian Embassy website in Ozzie land. It should list their visa options.

Aishah · Mar 8th, 2009, 14:58

I think you may have a point re Visa agreements between countries, vagabond. There seems to be no consistency re tourist visas into India - the IHC in different countries seem to have different rules according to country.

Tunners · Mar 8th, 2009, 15:30

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Originally Posted by vagabond48

You are correct.
I suspect that USA and India have preferential visa agreements.

Just go to the Indian Embassy website in Ozzie land. It should list their visa options.

Been there, Vagabond. The Research Visa requires authentication from an Indian university - in my case via request from an Australian uni. I suspect that such approval would be granted for a writer researching things Indian. As I do not intend to write specifically about things Indian, I don't fancy my chances - and am unwilling to dissimulate about my intentions. The quest proceeds.......

gayed · Mar 9th, 2009, 15:12

Dear Vagabond 48, you go girl. 10 years, not sure if I would be game enough for that, but I could manage the 3-6 months. As I have said before, Inid has a whay of drawing you back, or vowing you will never go there again. Obviously most of this site can't get enough of the wonderous country and it's people. Happy, safe travels.

nedhopkins · Mar 9th, 2009, 15:34

I was 69 when I first went to India, in 2004, and 72 on my second visit. First time: Jaipur (where I was gored by a bull), Mumbai, Chennai (where I was treated at the Apollo Hospital), Varanasi, and Delhi. Second: Bhubaneswar/Konark/Puri, Madurai, Udaipur/Ranakpur, and Delhi. I traveled alone, liked just about everyone I met, and enjoyed every moment (except my moment with a bull).

Ned - I have deleted your other almost similar post, and also the words EDITTED out of this one. You can do your own editting - you click on the EDIT button at the base of this post and then you can delete, add things as you wish! It is available for about a day for editting I think. After that only Mods can edit.

gayed · Mar 9th, 2009, 16:07

Good on you nedhopkins. Shame about the bull! I am sure you have another trip or two up your sleeve in India. I am thinking of doing some volunteering work there, perhaps with children, I must check it out. All the best, and happy travels where ever you go next.

vagabond48 · Mar 9th, 2009, 17:08

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Originally Posted by gayed

Dear Vagabond 48, you go girl. 10 years, not sure if I would be game enough for that, but I could manage the 3-6 months. As I have said before, Inid has a whay of drawing you back, or vowing you will never go there again. Obviously most of this site can't get enough of the wonderous country and it's people. Happy, safe travels.

Hi,
It is a tourist visa that is good for 10 years but you can only stay up to 6 months at a time and then return again and again and again and again and ......

This will be my 1st time in India but I suspect I will love/hate it with a passion.

Oh btw, I ain't no goil, I'm a boy who loves goils, but I think I have a strong feminine side, so maybe that counts.

Lugubert · Mar 11th, 2009, 21:32

My next project: at 65, I'm starting a campaign to assure my quite recent friend, barely 61, that India will soooo welcome us on my third major trip, her first, and that there will be no problems that the two of us can't manage while having a marvellous time and unlimited exciting experiences.

yaknyeti · Mar 31st, 2009, 00:22

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Originally Posted by Drews60

So how many of us are sixty or over and still thinking of or are travelling about India?

Any particular concerns for the over sixty crowd when travelling in India?

Well I am presently sixty two and came to India from Canada twenty two years ago. I originally came for about two years and just could not leave for so many reasons. I guess you could say whatever does not kill you only makes you stronger.

rebeccam · Mar 31st, 2009, 04:38

i just had 60th bd!

Planning a trip for early 2010. No particular concerns...but i expect everyone will call me "Rebecca Aunty"

vonkla · Mar 31st, 2009, 04:45

We are 65 by now and have just returned from another three months trip from Kochi to Delhi, and of course many places between these cities.

Aishah · Mar 31st, 2009, 10:39

Happy birthday, Rebecca! And now you can go 1st Class on the trains at a huge discount - it's a real bonus.

Lugubert · Mar 31st, 2009, 14:12

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Originally Posted by Aishah

Happy birthday, Rebecca! And now you can go 1st Class on the trains at a huge discount - it's a real bonus.

I didn't think of asking for discounts last time. Is it only for women, or will I get discounts as a 66 yo man next time? On airfares as well?

willj · Mar 31st, 2009, 14:32

Hi, yes all over 65 get the discount on the railways, sometimes even without asking. I have even got 30o/o off some of the 'better'hotels in Delhi.
Sorry never taken an internal flight so do not know about air fares.

Mar 8th, 2009, 14:58	#153
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 7,625	I think you may have a point re Visa agreements between countries, vagabond. There seems to be no consistency re tourist visas into India - the IHC in different countries seem to have different rules according to country. __________________ "Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."

Mar 9th, 2009, 15:12	#155
gayed Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Coolum Beach, Qld., Australia Posts: 11	Good luck Dear Vagabond 48, you go girl. 10 years, not sure if I would be game enough for that, but I could manage the 3-6 months. As I have said before, Inid has a whay of drawing you back, or vowing you will never go there again. Obviously most of this site can't get enough of the wonderous country and it's people. Happy, safe travels.

Mar 31st, 2009, 04:38	#161
rebeccam Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Oakland, California, USA Posts: 336	60 plus i just had 60th bd! Planning a trip for early 2010. No particular concerns...but i expect everyone will call me "Rebecca Aunty"

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vonkla Maha Guru Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 562	We are 65 by now and have just returned from another three months trip from Kochi to Delhi, and of course many places between these cities. __________________ . See our travel journals Mumbai-Dehli in three months; From Kochi to Delhi

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Mar 9th, 2009, 15:34	#156
nedhopkins Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 268	I was 69 when I first went to India, in 2004, and 72 on my second visit. First time: Jaipur (where I was gored by a bull), Mumbai, Chennai (where I was treated at the Apollo Hospital), Varanasi, and Delhi. Second: Bhubaneswar/Konark/Puri, Madurai, Udaipur/Ranakpur, and Delhi. I traveled alone, liked just about everyone I met, and enjoyed every moment (except my moment with a bull). Ned - I have deleted your other almost similar post, and also the words EDITTED out of this one. You can do your own editting - you click on the EDIT button at the base of this post and then you can delete, add things as you wish! It is available for about a day for editting I think. After that only Mods can edit.

Mar 9th, 2009, 16:07	#157
gayed Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Coolum Beach, Qld., Australia Posts: 11	Good on you nedhopkins. Shame about the bull! I am sure you have another trip or two up your sleeve in India. I am thinking of doing some volunteering work there, perhaps with children, I must check it out. All the best, and happy travels where ever you go next.

Mar 11th, 2009, 21:32	#159
Lugubert Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 410	My next project: at 65, I'm starting a campaign to assure my quite recent friend, barely 61, that India will soooo welcome us on my third major trip, her first, and that there will be no problems that the two of us can't manage while having a marvellous time and unlimited exciting experiences.

Mar 31st, 2009, 10:39	#163
Aishah She-who-must-be-obeyed! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer Posts: 7,625	Happy birthday, Rebecca! And now you can go 1st Class on the trains at a huge discount - it's a real bonus.

Mar 31st, 2009, 14:32	#165
willj Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England Posts: 36	Hi, yes all over 65 get the discount on the railways, sometimes even without asking. I have even got 30o/o off some of the 'better'hotels in Delhi. Sorry never taken an internal flight so do not know about air fares.

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