Converting X visa to student visa

ayamas · Oct 10th, 2009, 19:40

Hi,

My wife has a X visa which was extended couple of months back for second time for one year.Now she got admission for the Phd program in university.University is saying they need to have a student visa for that & the current X visa is unacceptable.
What I want to know is does she have to go back to her country to apply for student visa or she can do it in Delhi because Mumbai FRRO is saying that they cannot do it.
Also the current X visa where will it be cancelled?Here in India or in the Indian embassy in her home country.

Nick-H · Oct 10th, 2009, 19:59

ayamas, are you Indian? If so, a PIO card for your wife would be a solution to all problems, allowing her to work, study, and forget all about visas for fifteen years.

A person is not supposed to have two current visas; if she gets a new one, the old one should be cancelled.

Apart from that, I can't help. I'm just surprised that they will not do a student visa here for someone who is resident here on an X visa.

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Originally Posted by ayamas

I am an Indian my wife is from Turkey.

Go for the PIO!

ayamas · Oct 10th, 2009, 20:21

Thanks for your reply.

But getting the student visa is some what like changing the visa category which I heard almost impossible from the threads that I read on this forum.I guess you also had the same problems when changing it here in India.
Apart from that where will her current visa will be cancelled the Frro or in her home country.
Also applying for PIO will take sometime because FRRO are saying have to goto Delhi because Mumbai FRRO cannot do for her nationality.
The university needs the student visa urgently in about a month.

Nick-H · Oct 10th, 2009, 20:58

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The university needs the student visa urgently in about a month.

If at all possible then, perhaps she had better get it at home.

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Mumbai FRRO cannot do for her nationality

Now I remember you mentioning this in the other thread. I think you should ask to see PRO, Senior immigration officer, or even director. I don't know of any problem between India and Turkey, and I wonder if someone isn't holding out on you against the possibility of a, errr.... gift.

Cancellation of previous visa... it ceases to be valid when a new one is issued, so where, or whether they notice/remember and stamp it cancelled doesn't really matter, but they should do this when the next visa is issued.

ayamas · Oct 10th, 2009, 21:07

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

If at all possible then, perhaps she had better get it at home.Now I remember you mentioning this in the other thread. I think you should ask to see PRO, Senior immigration officer, or even director. I don't know of any problem between India and Turkey, and I wonder if someone isn't holding out on you against the possibility of a, errr.... gift.

Cancellation of previous visa... it ceases to be valid when a new one is issued, so where, or whether they notice/remember and stamp it cancelled doesn't really matter, but they should do this when the next visa is issued.

Thanks Nick.But I am still not sure "WHERE" to get it cancelled because lot of countries have a law that the X visas or Employment visas should be cancelled there itself.So once you go back to your home country the visa is no more valid.I just dont want that once she goes there the Indian embassy says that it should had been cancelled in India & refuse to cancel it & issue a new student visa.
About the gift hmmmm I dont think so thats the case because 4 times I tried it with different people at the FRRO I got the same reply.Seems like it is genuine.

Nick-H · Oct 10th, 2009, 21:10

No, you don't "get it cancelled", it gets cancelled when a new visa is issued.

Remember that she needs to have a valid visa to leave India.

ayamas · Oct 11th, 2009, 09:16

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

No, you don't "get it cancelled", it gets cancelled when a new visa is issued.

Remember that she needs to have a valid visa to leave India.

Thanks Nick for the info.I should had better tried for the PIO long time back.
My bad !!!

ayamas · Oct 12th, 2009, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

I'm just surprised that they will not do a student visa here for someone who is resident here on an X visa.

I was just wondering is it possible to get it changed at MHA Delhi??

Nick-H · Oct 12th, 2009, 23:27

You can but try.

Unfortunately, it is rather a long way to go to do the trying.

My experience of how FRROs work is that what they can't handle themselves, they pass to Delhi.

ayamas · Oct 13th, 2009, 20:51

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

You can but try.

Unfortunately, it is rather a long way to go to do the trying.

Thanks Nick but why do you think that is the case??
It is better than paying Rs 30000 for air ticket & go back to her country.

Nick-H · Oct 13th, 2009, 21:12

I have no idea. I got my first X visa back in London in just a few minutes, whereas an agent in Chennai had been screwing up on it for months.

I had to be back there anyway, as it happened

ayamas · Nov 5th, 2009, 13:39

This is in continuation of this thread

Converting X visa to student visa

Atlast my wife decided to go back to her country to get the student visa because in Delhi they have now invented a new rule.Now even X visa cannot be converted to any other type of visa not to mention it is not at all mentioned in any of the great Indian governments websites.
Now she has got a provisional student visa for 6 months & also mentioned on it is all that crap of registering within 14 days of arrival.I thought that it was necessary to register if visa is valid for more than 6 months.Damn all this Indian bureaucracy.

Nick-H · Nov 5th, 2009, 14:14

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This is in continuation of this thread

The way to continue a thread is to post to it, not to start another thread! aybe the mods will merge...

theyyamdancer · Nov 5th, 2009, 14:20

Mod Note:
Merged.

ayamas · Nov 6th, 2009, 13:47

Sorry I dint know that.
Anyways I still have one query.The Indian embassy did not put any cancellation stamp on her valid X visa my wife was holding before issuing her a new student visa.Will that be a problem???

Oct 10th, 2009, 19:40	#1
ayamas Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 27	Converting X visa to student visa Hi, My wife has a X visa which was extended couple of months back for second time for one year.Now she got admission for the Phd program in university.University is saying they need to have a student visa for that & the current X visa is unacceptable. What I want to know is does she have to go back to her country to apply for student visa or she can do it in Delhi because Mumbai FRRO is saying that they cannot do it. Also the current X visa where will it be cancelled?Here in India or in the Indian embassy in her home country.

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ayamas Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 27	X visa to student visa This is in continuation of this thread Converting X visa to student visa Atlast my wife decided to go back to her country to get the student visa because in Delhi they have now invented a new rule.Now even X visa cannot be converted to any other type of visa not to mention it is not at all mentioned in any of the great Indian governments websites. Now she has got a provisional student visa for 6 months & also mentioned on it is all that crap of registering within 14 days of arrival.I thought that it was necessary to register if visa is valid for more than 6 months.Damn all this Indian bureaucracy.

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Oct 10th, 2009, 20:21	#3
ayamas Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 27	Thanks for your reply. But getting the student visa is some what like changing the visa category which I heard almost impossible from the threads that I read on this forum.I guess you also had the same problems when changing it here in India. Apart from that where will her current visa will be cancelled the Frro or in her home country. Also applying for PIO will take sometime because FRRO are saying have to goto Delhi because Mumbai FRRO cannot do for her nationality. The university needs the student visa urgently in about a month.

Oct 10th, 2009, 21:10	#6
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,225	No, you don't "get it cancelled", it gets cancelled when a new visa is issued. Remember that she needs to have a valid visa to leave India.

Oct 12th, 2009, 23:27	#9
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,225	You can but try. Unfortunately, it is rather a long way to go to do the trying. My experience of how FRROs work is that what they can't handle themselves, they pass to Delhi.

Oct 13th, 2009, 21:12	#11
Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,225	I have no idea. I got my first X visa back in London in just a few minutes, whereas an agent in Chennai had been screwing up on it for months. I had to be back there anyway, as it happened

Nov 6th, 2009, 13:47	#15
ayamas Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 27	Sorry I dint know that. Anyways I still have one query.The Indian embassy did not put any cancellation stamp on her valid X visa my wife was holding before issuing her a new student visa.Will that be a problem???