Hi Lozza,
you should be fine. I dropped mine off by hand at Hayes on the 25th Jan and got it back via post on the 29th Jan. Bearing in mind they were closed on the 26th they seem to be on the ball right now.
Hi PPC,
It also said that when I did my visa. I think they're just covering their backsides just in case.
Good luck
Alan

hi
i posted mine on 2 feb i go on the 19 feb.
hope im not to late

Hmmm.... sounds a bit tight!! It's my own fault.... well actually it's my boyfriend's, I've been nagging him for passport photo's for weeks now!!!

Oh well fingers crossed they don't send it back to me!

Thanks for the replies!
Lx

Someone I know posted theirs off last Monday and they came back today.

That sounds promising!!

i posted mine on friday 22nd january and had them back on friday 29th so they seem to be sorting them out fast enough.

Hi everyone - this topic appears to have gone quiet (unless I'm looking in the wrong place) Has anyone been successful in gaining re entry within two months on a tourist visa and if so was it very difficult?

Thank you Manxcat hope you have a fantastic holiday x

Lozza07 we go on the 15th of march and recieved ours today. You need to get them sent as soon as. Ours were returned and we had to resend them, all in all it took just under 3 weeks. So chuffed we have them now, YAY

good luck kazee x

Thinking of going in April if I can get permission from the hospital, I live near Manchester is there anywhere I can get a last minute visa?? Thankyou

No such thing as a last minute visa anymore.

There IS a VFS application centre here:
India Visa Application Center
C/o. Jain Community Centre
669 Stockport Road, Longsight,
Manchester, M12 4QE.

Working hours: 0900 - 1430 Hrs Monday-Friday

You can take your application in personally there but it will be returned by courier.
http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk/index.aspx

Thanks, will try that when I know for definate if I can go x

Hi, wasnt difficult to do but had to take a day off work and drive down to Birmingham. We queued at 0730hrs there where 6 in front of us , was done and dusted 1130hrs.
We needed to take a completed application form (downloaded from visa site) our passports, 1 photograph each, proof of flight, accommodation details and booking invoice to say we had booked holiday before the 2 month rule came into force. They also charge £7 per person we took postal orders ,but they where also taking cash at the desk.I also had to write a small letter explaining why we where going back.
They wanted us to come back to collect them 2 days later ( so obviously we where going to be accepted)I asked could they post passports to us as we
could not take another day off work the clerk agreed to this if I had a self addressed special delivery envelope, which i just happened to have
To anyone who has to do the same, I would photocopy all documents and also the current visa page on your passports and photo page of your passport with your passport number on it.
We received the passports back 4 days later with a stamp in it saying ... ........special permission granted and that we have to report to the F.R.O. within 14 days of arrival. ( the police station in Panjim)
is it all worth it?
scorpion.

We are currently in Goa and have friends who have 6 Months tourist visa's, who went to Thailand yesterday and will be coming back to Goa at end of February, they asked the immigration officer at Dabolim airport would they be allowed back in ref 2 month rule, he told them No they would not be allowed to return, they then asked to speak to someone of authority in immigration and asked him the same question and his answer was completely different, he told them it only effects 5 and 10 year x visas, not 6 month visas, they queried why they were initially told that they could not return, and the superior officer told them that they the rest of immigration dont know the rules, this is unbelievable that people are stopped from entering India by the people who should know the rules, it has become a lottery whether you get in or not and has made a mockery of the system, think the India tourist advert should be changed from Incredible to Unbelievable India.

I am going out on the 25th February and booked to come back on 6th March ( watch this space ) i was told by the FRO to go to the consulate in the country i am in before coming back to India to get a special form ???? and would then be allowed back in.

Sfelts it is all well and good that guy saying that to your friends but how will they go on if the authority in which ever country they go to say NO you can't go back in ?? or if they get to Mumbai or other airport and are not allowed in, they will just say the man at Dabolim doesn't know the rules it is a mine field where knowbody has a clue.

Mike

Yes Mike I know what you are saying, the friends were clued up and took the guys name and number if they got into trouble to phone him up and he would sort it, and they are going to Bangkok FRO as well to get letter to get from Thailand to India, its another case of watch this space and see if it all pans out well.

What a pallarva

Can't understand why they brought this in mid season, or even why they brought it in at all, but if they'd given everyone warning and implemented it next season at least people affected by it could have organised their travel arrangements accordingly. Everything they do seems to be designed to cause as much additional inconvenience and cost to the tourist as possible.............................Why?

Fizz

Can't understand why they brought this in mid season,

It's mid season for the people who holiday in Goa and Kerala, but they are quite small states in India - and maybe not even on the radar of the people who've made this decision at high level.

If (as they would have us believe) it's to deter terrorism, then they would want to implement it as soon as possible - as they have done.

Just a less parochial viewpoint - even though I agree it's very inconvenient and massvely unfair to those people who've got 6 month multiple entry visas and had holidays booked BEFORE they introduced this.

Hi All,

Do people generally send their own Self Adressed Special Delivery Envelope OR use the service provided online £7.40...? I'm just wondering which is best?

Thanks
L

Lozza, send your own, it's cheaper