5 year visa!!! the 2nd one!!!

8i8 · Jul 9th, 2008, 22:55

hi all,
this is a shot in the dark but here goes:
i have a british passport... a few years ago, 5 to be exact, while working in the U.S. on a seasonal working visa, i got a 5 year tourist visa to india, by mail, from the san francisco consulate. it was all very straight forward...
unfortunatly, my time is up and the visa has expired. sob sob....
now with all the talk on this forum and elsewhere about back2back visas being harder to get, and people traveling all around asia in search of the perfect embassy, i was thinking of traveling to the u.s.a. to visit friends and obtain a SECOND 5-year-visa while i'm there. checking online it seems the option still exists, but it sounds a bit more complicated than 5 years ago: "Applicants who are not citizens/residents of the USA and hold a tourist or other short-term visa for the USA should normally apply for Indian visas in the country of their permanent residence. In case of emergency or special circumstance, an application could be made at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC or Consulates General of India in the USA"...
so i was just wandering if anyone has any knowledge or experience with that in recent times. it's a long trip just to be refused, if you know what i mean...
many thanx,
d

Haylo · Jul 9th, 2008, 23:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by 8i8

i was thinking of traveling to the u.s.a. to visit friends and obtain a SECOND 5-year-visa while i'm there. checking online it seems the option still exists

Are you a "Person of Indian Origin"? If not, as I understand the current situation, you as an English citizen can only get a six month visa.

Quote:

"Applicants who are not citizens/residents of the USA and hold a tourist or other short-term visa for the USA should normally apply for Indian visas in the country of their permanent residence. In case of emergency or special circumstance, an application could be made at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC or Consulates General of India in the USA"

Somehow, unless your friends are VERY special people, I doubt that "I'm visiting friends" constitutes an emergency or special circumstance.

wonderwomanusa · Jul 10th, 2008, 04:05

Since you are not now resident in the US, you likely will not get more than the normal 6-month tourist visa.

ananda2193 · Jul 10th, 2008, 21:12

For the best answers, I would e-mail a consulate in the US with your questions.

Jul 9th, 2008, 22:55	#1
8i8 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: thailand Posts: 46	5 year visa!!! the 2nd one!!! hi all, this is a shot in the dark but here goes: i have a british passport... a few years ago, 5 to be exact, while working in the U.S. on a seasonal working visa, i got a 5 year tourist visa to india, by mail, from the san francisco consulate. it was all very straight forward... unfortunatly, my time is up and the visa has expired. sob sob.... now with all the talk on this forum and elsewhere about back2back visas being harder to get, and people traveling all around asia in search of the perfect embassy, i was thinking of traveling to the u.s.a. to visit friends and obtain a SECOND 5-year-visa while i'm there. checking online it seems the option still exists, but it sounds a bit more complicated than 5 years ago: "Applicants who are not citizens/residents of the USA and hold a tourist or other short-term visa for the USA should normally apply for Indian visas in the country of their permanent residence. In case of emergency or special circumstance, an application could be made at the Indian Embassy in Washington DC or Consulates General of India in the USA"... so i was just wandering if anyone has any knowledge or experience with that in recent times. it's a long trip just to be refused, if you know what i mean... many thanx, d

Jul 10th, 2008, 04:05	#3
wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 3,539	Since you are not now resident in the US, you likely will not get more than the normal 6-month tourist visa. __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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