Scorpion, that is dreadful, this really is causing some big problems, hope you get sorted, shirley

You can also buy a 1 year multiple entry visa in Cambodia which is re-newable there....you never have to leave the country again if you don't want to. Bit different isn't it?

Sent hubbys passport back to vfs on monday. Hope they correct his visa properly as his surname was spellt wrong. Tracked it with post office and it was delivered to vfs on tuesday. Tried to track it and so far says no record found, will try again tomorow. Dont know as it has allready been processed if it will be on the tracking system, or if they will just get it corrected and just send it back. Really hope they get it right this time as only 4 weeks on sunday to go. Denham

Hi all - advise please. We have experienced the new visa rules firsthand. We had a year multiple visit tourist visa valid from Dec 08 - 14th Dec 09. We travelled in feb 09 as a couple, unfortunaltly due to work committments i was unable to travel in november, however my partner took the opportunity of a chill fortnight in Goa making the most - or so we thought of the visas running out. He travelled out 26th nov, getting everything ready for our trip 26th jan....or so we thought. Intro..new rules!!! As we have to reapply for a visa and as he didn't exit India until 10th December we cannot reapply until the 11th Feb

Dear Applicant,



Thank you for the query.



The two months gap we mentioned in the note starts from the last exiting date till next application date.



So when you apply for the next visa you need to have proper two months gap in between.



Thanks

Diana

Due to work committments we were then left with a very small window in which we could make our trip

We have managed to get flights leaving 22nd feb, however we need to sort the visas and as you can see its very tight deadline - 7 working days. Also it is not the easiest thing to get days off work prior to hols as we are going for 3 weeks, which has already required special permission! Its only Goa that keeps us sane

Although last year i processed the applications online and then dropped off at Birmingham one day collecting a few days later i cannot for the life of me remember whether i can book a specific date for the appointment or it gets allocated?

In summary
Can i book which day to take visa app's - therefore resolving work issue
Would we be better using an agent? Has anybody got any experience or advise re this

Help been Goa 4 times and love it but its getting more and more difficult

hi Shazzatrace,
I personally would use an agent, i dont know how far you are from Birmingham but add on petrol, parking and queueing up for hours and taking time off work the extra charge would be well worth it.
I dont know how you would get an appointment as they NEVER answer the phone anyway, so the other alternative is to queue from about 6 am to make sure that they see you on the same day.
scorpion.

Can anyone help me with some info? If i fill in the online application can i then go back to the application to print it from another computer?

I've read through most of this thread i promise!

Also, you don't have to pay online do you? I could take it into a London office myself so i'd like to pay then?

Thank you thank you!

yes print it off sign it and take it with 3 photoss and £48

Get to centre (not on 26th Jan its shut)

You will get given a ticket

wait for up to 3 hours

once called hand it all in get another ticket

go home

Check online 3 days later and keep checking until it says its ready.

Go back and collect a ticket

wait an hour

collect when called

check it

go home

Brilliant, thank you so much!

Can't wait to get there...i can almost taste the masala dosa already.

Hi everyone

We are due to return for our 2visit in less than 2 months arrived back in UK 12th Jan) so are having to apply for re-entry...........maybe a silly question but can anyone tell me if we both need to attend or can just one of us take all the info etc..........hubbys work more flexible than mine

Thanks in advance

After completing first visa and details disappearing when I tried to print it I emailed the address on the frequently asked questions page to ask for a web reference no which I did not see which would enable me to get back into my application. They emailed me back the next day to ask for my passport no and date of birth which I sent them. The next day they emailed me back again to say that they had no trace of my application and to try again or to print the form and complete it by hand.

Anyway started from scratch again and hey presto I got back in and filled both mine and husbands application in with no problem and also managed to book an appointment.

I have just got in from London, the Wilton Road Visa Office, and it all went smoothly in fact I was in and out in 30 mins. I was given a ticket downstairs and they sent me up to the first floor. They had two sequences of numbers - one set for those who had booked an appointment and another for those who had not (who apparently would have at least an hour longer to wait).

What made me really laugh was the amount of Indian people who were sitting filling out their applications while they waited, some of them multiple applications. When I think of how I agonised over our application I think perhaps I need to relax more!!!

Only just got my passport back after renewal ( then it got lost in the system). I'm flying out on the 8th Feb, whats the quickest way to get the visa. My local office is Hayes.
Alan

You can go to the Hayes office in person, if you fill in the application form on line it'll quicken up the process a bit, and you can also make an appointment. You won't get the visa the same day, for us it was taken in on a Friday, and picked up the next Tues pm.

Hope this helps

Thanks Liz I'll have to do it on Monday 25th, just before they close on the 26th for Republic Day