Saturday, October 9, 2010

Indian Tourist Visa Information for Travelling to India


If you are planning an India travel in the near future, then get ready with Indian tourist visa. Only when you are authorized with an Indian tourist visa, will you be permitted by the Indian government to visit India. All international travellers coming for an India tour need a valid Indian tourist visa, except the tourists coming from neighboring Bhutan and Nepal. Currently, India is offering an “Indian travel Visa on Arrival” facility for international tourists travelling to India from Japan, Luxembourg, Singapore, New Zealand and Finland. However, if you belong to a different country other than the ones mentioned, then, you must obtain an Indian visa before your India travel. Here are the things you need to know before you make your India visa application.
Types of Visa available for India tour
International travellers who are planning an India travel for 72 hours or less, can obtain an Indian travel visa called ‘Transit visa’. In other cases, the traveller will be needed to obtain an Indian tourist visa. The Indian tourist visas are usually issued for a period of six months, during which you can get enough time to tour the various tourist destinations of India. However, that again depends on the nationality of the tourist. Most India tourist visas are multiple entry visas, and so, you can obtain Indian travel visas valid for as short as three months or as long as one whole year! If you are a tourist travelling to India from the United States, then, you can jolly well obtain ten year India tour visas from your country. The Indian tourist embassies of select 18 countries even offer Indian tourist visas which remain valid for 5 years. These include the following countries – France, Vietnam, Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium, Finland, Netherlands, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, Brazil and Mexico. However, irrespective of the duration of your India travel visa, no international tourist is permitted to stay in India for more than 180 days at a stretch. Moreover, the 5 years India travel visas only allow the travellers to stay for a period of 90 days in India at a stretch.
Cost of Indian tourist visa
The Indian tourist visa cost differs from one country to another, according to the tourism agreements between the government of India and the individual countries. For example, if you want a six month tourist visa for your India tour, you can expect to shell out 70 dollars in the U.S, 30 pounds in the U.K and 90 dollars in Australia. But if you are from any of these countries like Japan, Argentina, Mongolia, Jamaica and South Africa, there’s good news for you! These countries have special agreements with the Ministry of Tourism in India, which relaxes the cost of the Indian tourist visas for the tourists coming from these countries. So, you pay comparatively less for your Indian visa when you are a tourist visiting India from any of these countries!
Indian Visa Application
One excellent news is that the Indian Embassy now has started to outsource the Indian visa application process to a host of private Indian tourist visa agencies in different countries to make the process easier, faster and definitely more efficient. So, if want to travel to India from U.S.A, you can acquire Indian visa for your India tours and travels from Travisa Outsourcing. If you are a tourist from another country planning to visit India, you can get in touch with the VSF India visa centers for acquiring VSF India visas. These VSF India centers are located in France, Thailand, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, China and Australia. To apply for Indian visa, you need to acquire the Indian visa application form from the Indian Embassy in your own country. To make the process easier and faster, you can simply fill up an online visa application form, always available on the Indian visa application processing agencies. To obtain your Indian tourist visa, you have to submit your tourist visa application, fee and passport, a recent passport sized photograph and your tour itinerary details. However, if you want things to get further easier and faster for you, just get in touch with –
India - + 91 - 80 - 42021383
Australia - + 61 - 2 - 80034494
United Kingdom - + 44 - 20 – 81440037
United States of America - + 1 - 347 - 4149002





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