Obtaining a Visa for India while abroad?

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Hi all,

I am planning a trip to Thailand, Vietnam and India. I want to do 6 months or so in India after my time in both Thailand and Vietnam. From what I understand once the India visa is issued that's when the countdown kinda begins?? My question is: Is it possible to apply for the India visa while in Thailand or Vietnam? I have looked up embassy's and it looks as though there is an Indian embassy in both Bangkok and Hanoi but I read that visa's should be applied for in the country that you're a passport holder of.

My main reason for this trip is to go to India so I would really hate to get stuck in one of those countries and not be able to go to India at all.

If this isn't possible or easily accepted should I just try to do India first? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Krista

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http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g293860-i511-k6642355-Indian_visa_in_bangkok_VFS_closing_HELP-India.html

Read this link. If you can go to India first it might be easier. The visa starts from day of issue.

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Hi

I have the same problem as you, living in Hanoi but want to go to India for 10 days from Hanoi. Did you find any more information?

Thanks

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If you apply for an Indian visa abroad (not your home country) in most cases, like Bangkok e.g,, you will only get a 3 months visa...

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We just got our Indian visa in Hanoi, in 4 days. We were given a 4 month visa, even though we asked for 3 month visa. It is a single entry visa. We filled out the forms online, and printed them off and brought them with us. We also had 2 hostel world bookings but they didn't even look at those and handed them back to us. They also gave us back our photocopies of our Vietnam visa, our passports and our entry stamps. All he kept was the forms, our passports and passport photos. The visa cost 63 USD each. I think since they announced back in February that from September, you can get visa on arrival, they have made the process alot easier and stress free when applying at embassies. We wern't asked any questions in the embassy, just sat down for 5 minutes and told to come back today to pick them up. So what they wanted was

Our Irish passports

Passport photos

Printed off forms.

They didn't even look at and handed back the following to us

Photocopies of our passports, Vietnamese visa, entry stamp

Hostel world bookings.

A very easy process overall.

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Looking at India Visas now. Traveling Feb 2015. If we get a Visa from the U.S. we'll have to get a 5year visa $250 x4 (4 people in the family) This price is a little hard to swallow. Should we risk getting it in another country? The visa on arrival starting in October is not a sure thing and then it's only good for 30 days from what I can find and we'll want 6 wks. Any advice? We'll be in New Zealand in Oct/Nov and Vietnam /Cambodia by December.

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We got our India Visa in Hanoi Vietnam.

All you need is:

1) completed online application form – printed and signed.

2) one passport photo attached to application form

3) 152 US dollars (british citizens)

4) passport

It takes 4 – 5 working days.

They only take US dollars. For a tourist visa you don’t need anything else.

Hope it helps other people.

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How long was the visa for hbell?

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My girlfriend and I have just submitted our applications for a visa in Hanoi. It was simple, as described above. Only needed printed and signed application, 1 passport photo and our passports. I paid $152 (I'm British) and my gf paid $63 (she's Canadian) and we pick them up between 11:30-12:30 on Friday (it's Monday today). Simple.

The visa is for 3 months

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Excellent fletch; good information. Thanks.

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Thank you! Very helpful!!!

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