Applying for an Indian Visa in the UK: Your Questions and Experiences

should i just make up referee's and possible hotels then ?

cheers

Put hotels down as Indian referees, use friends as UK referees.

ok thanks alot =)

As long as I don't have to write it in welsh we will be o.k. Haylo - only taking the mick out of you about opening in Cardiff. It will certainly be more convenient and cheaper for us to go to Cardiff instead of London.

Sorry to say that most of your worry and trauma are of your own doing.

You didn't know you needed a visa, and your friend didn't tell you - whose fault is that?

You thought you could pay by cheque - where dod you read that...it's certainly not on the site?

You panicked because you could not change the appointment time? Did you not read the part where it says appointments are optional, and that you can just attend one of the centres and queue up to hand in your application?

You obviously did not read the website properly.

Granted, the system is far from perfect, and the signature issue can be frustrating - but your frustration was due in large part to your own ignorance, and crucially your failure to read the website properly before filling in your forms.

Is this normal? Not really, it happens very infrequently these days. Of late the vast majority of experiences related on here are primarly positive.

Thanks, I will go down there and explain - I'm sure it can be sorted out fairly easily.

HCI never (at least in the last decade) accepted cheques. It was cash, or, I think, Postal Orders --- those archaic things that aunts used to use to send us 7/6 on our birthdays!

Coo, I only used to get 2/6 from my aunts - but that was the price of a paperback so I guess that's not too shabby!

Only a matter of time...the Welsh Language Board are Out To Get You.
My favourite Welsh word? Sgwar. In English: square.
Great stuff.
Dealing with a lot of Gogs recently- all bore das in the morning. I just carry on in English, can't see what else I'm supposed to do.

What do you mean this isn't the Saesneg-speakers Moaning Thread?

Haha, my Welsh is definitely rusty, I read that as you saying your favourite word is siwgwr! You're sweet enough of course...

(In English: siwgwr = sugar )

Sorry I have no idea how to do the whole multi quote thing but this is in reply to asmithee's post

Sorry to say that most of your worry and trauma are of your own doing.

Yes, maybe, but I do think that the process could have been made easier.

You didn't know you needed a visa, and your friend didn't tell you - whose fault is that?

Mine, obviously. I didn't suggest it was anyone elses fault. I was just trying to explain my situation, in that I had already spent £600 on flights before making the application, which added to the pressure of getting it right.

You thought you could pay by cheque - where dod you read that...it's certainly not on the site?

I didn't, hence I knew it was a simple error on my part. Haylo has also picked up on this point. True, most retailers don't accept cheques, but when making a postal application I do find that cheques are the norm over postal orders. I'm quite sure that I used a cheque when making my passport application.

You panicked because you could not change the appointment time? Did you not read the part where it says appointments are optional, and that you can just attend one of the centres and queue up to hand in your application?

No - where is this? Again it is a shame that the website isn't clearer. Also, when I first spoke to someone at VFS-Global, re the signature issue, I was told that I could always go to the Birmingham office, but I would need to make an appointment, which I would have to do by making an online application. She didn't tell me that I could just turn up.

You obviously did not read the website properly.

Ok...?!

Granted, the system is far from perfect, and the signature issue can be frustrating - but your frustration was due in large part to your own ignorance, and crucially your failure to read the website properly before filling in your forms.

I read and re-read the website. I don't appreciate you calling me ignorant, simply because I have had difficulties completing this application.

Is this normal? Not really, it happens very infrequently these days. Of late the vast majority of experiences related on here are primarly positive.

Good. I am glad that people have found the whole process easier that I did! I had a positive response dealing with the Birmingham office direct. I just think that the information provided on the website and over the phone could have been clearer.

I am just detailing my experience. I have never been to India before, sorry! I therefore will be very 'ignorant' as to the whole application. I think that if VFS-Global are providing a service which is as good as you say it is, then this is seriously let down by the information provided on the website and over the phone. Thank you for your help.

I appear to have hit a nerve in my critism of the service. Do you work for VFS-Global?

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Cheers!

Can I quote you on that?

Whoa! Looks like Haylo has discovered the NOPARSE tag!

Welcome to Advanced Poster Status!

Claret, if you read some more of this thread, you'd probably find most of your issues covered --- and you'd also find multiple clues to Asmithee's "real life" job

I too have little patience for software or websites that are easy to break, or that won't accept obvious, normal, things like dates in different format, hyphens in names, etc etc etc. The first test for any software should be to type rubbish in all the fields and see how it behaves! Regrettably, though, there is a lot of it about, especially in web development. How about the fact that all credit card numbers are in the format nnnn nnnn nnnn nnnn but trading sites expect one to enter nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn? That's life!

Hope the trip makes all this worthwhile