Visa Outsourcing - U.S. Experience

Just received my passport and visa back from Travisa Outsourcing, the U.S. firm in NY who processes visas.

To make a long story short, the service was fast and exactly as promised. It is not cheap, but the processing fee of $13 was a small portion of the overall cost when you take the embassy's fees as well as the express shipment fees (Fedex) into account. We were sending two passports together, and this rather complex transaction - hitting one of us for the shipping fees and not the other - was apparently done correctly.

If you have ever used a private visa service, Travista compares favorably in terms of cost and service.

I had the same experience with the location that handles the Chicago Area. Took less than a week there and back again.

Just got my and my wife's visas done through the NYC office. I found the staff to be very efficient, courteous, and competent. I dropped the passports off in the morning, and was informed in the evening that they're ready for pickup.

And they even had a status page where I could check to see how the applications were coming along.

One of the more pleasant "outsourcing" experiences for me.

Yo in maah 'burb.... and not stop 'fer some fine 'lickin indian food and brukleeen ale

i am in canada edmonton alberta. i am having terrible time getting visa. highly disorganized indians,between indian consulates and outsourcing company consulars do not know what they are doing. i have priority mailed my passports to different places; terrible and unethical creatures. i am indian with canadian passport.

Perry, you really should apply for OCI or PIO card if you are of Indian origin. The recent restrictions on tourist visas could cause trouble for you someday. However, the new rule for Americans of Indian birth (I don't know if it's also true for you) is that you have to provide your cancelled Indian passport or a previous Indian visa. That could be a hassle if you didn't keep it.

Gotta say the old SF office was pretty fast, one week turn around on ordinary mail. Its just they had they annoying habit of dumping documents willy nilly in the land fill..

That was the Consulate that was dumping old applications; let's hope Travisa is better at getting info shredded.

I went into the Travisa office on the day before Dusshera, so my visa took two days instead of just one... and consequenly, there was a huge number of people waiting for their passports to be returned. ... some with luggage, as they planned to leave that evening. Check your calendar before applying!

My mom is from Saskatchewan and just recieved her visa last week. You have to take your the passport and application with cheque or money order to:

Indian Visa and Consular services collection centre, Edmonton.
Address:
Indian Visa and Consular Services Center
Unit 207-2603, Hewes way
Edmonton NW, Alberta
T6L 6W6.

Intersection: 23rd avenue & Hewes way

Submission of Application: 0800 - 1430 Hrs
Passport pickup: 1530 - 1900 Hrs Monday-Saturday

Help Line number: To submit applications Applicants are requested to make an appointment by calling +17804655588(Between 0800 hrs - 1700 hrs) all applicants who wish to apply for Indian Visa/OCI/PIO/passport services can directly mail their applications to Indian Visa and Consular services centre in Vancouver.

Our Edmonton Helpline number is +1 780 628 6490; you may call us between 8.00am - 7.00pm (Monday - Saturday except designated Holidays)


It costs 82.20 with VFS Fees.

My experience with VFS (the outsourcing company for Indian visas) for both Visa as well as OCI has been nothing but excellent. Their website is quite clear on what to submit and where.