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iah87
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 Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:45 pm Post subject: 60 day reentry permit for foreigners to India |
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| The 60 day reentry permit requirement for foreigners (except OCI and PIO card holders) will be abolished shortly, according to the newly appointed Mr. Chiranjeevi, Minister of Tourism. This will remove the hardship of many foreigners planning visits to India and other countries and reenter India. This was from a newspaper report in the Pioneer. |
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Jaysit
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thank goodness.
That 60-day nonsense was a bloated, knee jerk response to statistical improbabilities of some terrorist doing a circular milk run across South and SE Asia. Typical stupid GOI babu-giri.
It's bad enough that India doesn't have a visa on arrival for citizens of nations who, frankly, have no desire to permanently reside in India. |
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Spiderguy252
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Jaysit wrote: | | It's bad enough that India doesn't have a visa on arrival for citizens of nations who, frankly, have no desire to permanently reside in India. |
I take it that that refers to every nation aside from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan?
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| Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Good. It was an especially bad idea, which stood out in a basketful of bad ideas.
| Jaysit wrote: | Thank goodness.
That 60-day nonsense was a bloated, knee jerk response to statistical improbabilities of some terrorist doing a circular milk run across South and SE Asia. Typical stupid GOI babu-giri.
It's bad enough that India doesn't have a visa on arrival for citizens of nations who, frankly, have no desire to permanently reside in India. |
Oh, it was worse. What broke the camel's back was the discovery that some companies were importing Chinese labourers to make bridges and build roads.
True there was no need to import labour from CHina too (leave aside the likelihood that the Chinese labourers do a damn better and quicker job), the babu-mantri mandal decided to lump bank chairmen from Switzerland and Chinese begaris together.
Bad enough as that was, they didn't clearly inform anyone - including our own embassies and immigration officials - of the change, it's application or it's impact. Which led to all kinds of drama for a while.
Whilst a welcome move, I think it doesn't go far enough. We should remove visa restrictions completely for much of the world : Europe, the whole western hemisphere, the Japan-Korea-Singapore-Australia types and all the assorted little islands that have fewer people than one chawl in Bhuleshwar. And, yes, reciprocity for the sake of reciprocity is dumb, childish and retarded.
| Spiderguy252 wrote: | | Jaysit wrote: | | It's bad enough that India doesn't have a visa on arrival for citizens of nations who, frankly, have no desire to permanently reside in India. |
I take it that that refers to every nation aside from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan? |
I think the Bhutanese are happy where they are. But some Afghans and Burmese may want in.
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iah87
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| Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:27 am Post subject: India Relaxes Tourist Visa Rules To Boost Arrivals |
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http://visasblog.y-axis.com/?p=1419
It appears that the rule change may already be in effect as of now. However there is no publicity nor a press meet. Hope India's embassies and consulates abroad and also the Immigration department at various Indian airports know about this rule change.
The 60 day rule will still be in effect for citizens of China, Pakistan and Bangladesh and a few other countries. Foreigners of Pakistan and Bangladesh origin are still affected. Of course for many Bangladesh citizens, there is no question of reentry, single entry to India and they stay put in India. |
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stealthpilot
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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About time!! Moronic misguided policy in the first place.
| jasepl wrote: | | Whilst a welcome move, I think it doesn't go far enough. We should remove visa restrictions completely for much of the world : Europe, the whole western hemisphere, the Japan-Korea-Singapore-Australia types and all the assorted little islands that have fewer people than one chawl in Bhuleshwar. And, yes, reciprocity for the sake of reciprocity is dumb, childish and retarded. |
Completely agree. Visa free travel is not a security threat at all.
Reciprocity for the sake of it is for retards and hurts us way more than it hurts anyone else (if it does...)
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