90 day visa run

Varma

The new tourist visa rule requires you to leave India after 90 days.

Which border crossing you would use by train from South India.

Pakistan comes to my mind. Is it possible to watch the Wagan border from Pakistan side a few seconds and return back to India without Pakistani visa?

During to old 180 day rule I heard some people walk to Nepal and come back immediately. I just do not know what border crossing would be the most ecological to do that. Any advice for people who like to stay in South India and do not like to travel around too much.

Anders

From south India the easiest would be to fly to Sri Lanka. Cheap to fly and no visa needed for most nationalities.
Have you got your visa yet? Are you sure you have to leave after 90 days?

Nick-H

It is very necessary to state your nationality when referring to visa rules. Please tell us that, as well as which country you are getting your visa in.

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Varma

it is one of those
Government of India has introduced a long term tourist visa with multiple entry for nationals of 18 countries
The countries which come under the new visa norms include france,germany,luxembourg,neth erlands, belgium, finland, spain, switzerland, norway,iceland, new zeland , japan , south korea , argentina, brazil, chile, mexico and vietnam
''the visa will have a five year validity with stipulation that continuous stay in India on each visit shall not exceed 90 days''

Applying in my homecountry

Varma

I try to avoid flying and Sri Lanka is a problem place.

Yes, I have to leave the country after 90 days, if not find a way to register and stay that way even with tourist visa.

edwardseco

Can't extend a tourist visa beyond 15 days and that with a very good excuse unless an officer takes a liking to you. Try the state capital FRO. What is your nationality as that seems to make a difference..

machadinha

From a post elsewhere Varma is Finnish I think.

Varma, are you sure that new "long-term" visa replaces the existing one? If not, you could just apply for a regular one. Have you contacted your embassy about it? http://www.indianembassy.fi/ . From what I can see it looks like you can still apply for a regular visa http://www.indianembassy.fi/index.php?id=90 : "Finnish and Estonian passports: 6 months €50 / 1 year €80 / 2-5 years €160 / Transit €12." They're not too clear on what the tourist visa deal is though. Give them a call.

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Nick-H

Varma; if you are of Indian origin you might look at other oprions available to you such as PIO or OCI.

ploink

"Long-term visa" (= 5-year tourist visa), 6-month tourist visa, 1-year tourist visa, ... - it doesn't matter what kind of a tourist visa you have, if you're a Finnish citizen in India on a tourist visa, you're allowed to be in India in 90-day periods only. Note that the first day of the 90-day period is your arrival day in India, not the day when your tourist visa was issued. And note that the first day of the 6-month/180-day (for example) period of the visa does begin on the day it is issued. I have checked with the embassy in Helsinki/Finland - called them twice - but certainly it doesn't hurt to check your particular situation with the embassy.

Don't know about being of Indian origin, though... I'm not.

Also about the long-term visa, see http://www.indianembassy.fi/index.php?id=84:

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Tourists wishing to visit India are normally granted short-term tourist visas, effective from the date of issue. Tourist visas are non-extendible and non-convertible. Travel agents who have to visit India frequently may be granted tourist visas for a longer duration.
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Nick-H

Varma is an Indian name; made me wonder.

Ploink is a ......very nice name







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ploink

Oh, thank you, Nick...

Varma

Yes absolutely as I and the finnish ploik has asked.

machadinha

Ouch, hmm, that doesn't bode too well on those other countries' situation either then, including mine...

I'd say the question is rather how do you intend to get into Pakistan without one? And mustn't you get your Indian visa stamped at the Indian embassy there? So, no, it's not just a matter of walking in and out I think (but I've never done the visa run, so I'll be glad to stand corrected). I also don't know actually how they treat using this 90-day limit just to hop in and out of the country; kind of defeats the purpose it seems. With the 180-day deal you'd be applying for a whole new visa I think; it's not "extending" one, which doesn't seem possible.

(At least that's my understanding of it; I'm getting myself severely confused now, sorry.)

ps More confusing still, both Home Affairs and the Dutch embassy still mention only the old 180-day deal: http://mha.gov.in/fore.htm , http://www.indianembassy.nl/page181000.htm.

Could be both are not up to date, but esp. with the former this seems weird to me. The Finnish site doesn't seem to list exact stipulations, at least not in English. I believe you on your phone calls, don't get me wrong; I was just wondering what my own situation might be. Guess I'll find out when the time comes

Nick-H

According to other posts all the Indian missions in the affected countries are not implementing this at the same time. They'e catching up as and when.

ploink

Nowhere on the Embassy of India (Finland) website can I find the information that all tourist visas have a 90-day limit! I picked up the information, by chance, from a Finnish travel forum, www.pallontallaajat.net (in Finnish!), and checked with the Embassy myself. I guess the visa will have the information on it!


The embassy also told me that I only need to cross the border, and I can cross the border back to India! I believe that to cross the border, I need a visa - to Nepal, for example - and I've been interested in countries that offer visa at the border / on arrival, for example, Nepal, the Maldives... mmm, the Maldives... (expensive, though, but if I stayed in Male only, hmm...)
(except I think there won't be Martinis there...)