India Visa Blog Posts

Camel Safari in Rajasthan

India Visa 24 — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:48:47 +0000

Camel Safari through the Great Indian Desert is the right dose for any adventurer who dares to think beyond veritable ventures. In the vast desolate desert, camel safari is real tests where you are always on the toes to face the extremes that keeps on inflame your grit and determination. You can have an option to choose less rigorous path but true fun is to accept the challenges run in the brutal Thar Desert.

Indian rail travel guide

India Visa 24 — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:23:00 +0000

So many well-travelled people offered their advice to a readers' question about travelling around India by train that we decided to make a separate guide. The original question is below. Do you think the responses miss anything out? Let us know: been.there@guardian.co.uk
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Eco Tourism Indian Style As India's big cats face the growing threat of extinction, Kevin Rushby is both inspired and underwhelm

India Visa 24 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:25:08 +0000

We had just regained the path on the far side of the stream when Prasad stopped. So far our tiger hunt has been unsuccessful. A group of Malabar pied hornbills clattered through a tall fruit-bearing tree above us. Further away there was another sound, an urgent and repetitive bark. Prasad used his stick to draw two circles in the dirt around some marks. Neem translated his whispers.
"Leopard tracks - they are about 15 minutes ahead of us. A mother and cub. The barking is the langur monkeys giving warnings."

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Indian rail Travel Find out what visa requirements are needed!

India Visa 24 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:11:13 +0000

So many well-travelled people offered their advice to a readers' question about travelling around India by train that we decided to make a separate guide. The original question is below. Do you think the responses miss anything out? Let us know:
been.there@guardian.co.uk
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India Builds its own Eiffel Tower!!

India Visa 24 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:11:42 +0000

New Delhi, India (CNN)) -- India's British past stands imposing in some of its most splendid buildings. But the country is erecting a tribute to its French connection to attract tourists.
A former French colony tucked along India's southeastern coast is building its own Eiffel Tower, a small version of the massive Paris monument.
The former colony of Pondicherry, also called Puducherry, has already completed half of the four-phased construction of the Yanam Tower, named after one of the four coastal enclaves of the federally-controlled territory.

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Travelling to India? Why not head for the hills?

India Visa 24 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:35:33 +0000

For the traveler new to India, a good starting place is in the northern highlands along the border with the Himalayan kingdoms and China. Once the watering places of the British Raj escaping the intense heat of the plains, the hill stations are a cool and pleasant area from which to begin a tour of this fascinating land.

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Britain and US protest after India tightens tourism rulesTougher visa rules follow arrest in US of Mumbai terror suspect who vis

India Visa 24 — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:01:34 +0000

Britain and the US have lodged a diplomatic protest with
India after the government in Delhi introduced rules barring tourists from returning to the country within two months of any visit.

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Countdown to Indian Commonwealth Games

India Visa 24 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:51:49 +0000

Find out what visa requirements are needed to travel to the biggest democracy in the world that is hosting the 2010 Dehli Commonwealth Games.
All information that is needed can be found under:
http://www.cwgdelhi2010.org/

when there... why not go on a magical train journey!:

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Indian Caves in Mumbay

India Visa 24 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:14 +0000

Green spaces, clean air, tranquility and not a sky scraper in sight - surely we're not talking about Mumbai (Bombay)?
Located in the northern end of the crowded, over-populated, polluted island city of Mumbai is the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. A 104 sq km island of greenery in the urban jungle. Instead of being harassed by street vendors you get monkeys chasing after you for a snack or spotted deer obstructing your path.

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Taxi vs Hire car in India

India Visa 24 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:55:14 +0000

In India, when you hire a car you automatically get a driver included - which is a very good idea as I personally would not recommend driving in such a hectic town, especially if you're used to northern European/US traffic.
This is an ideal way to get from meeting to meeting, as the driver is at your disposal all day and will come and go as you require. It also works out to be a cheaper alternative to booking individual taxis, especially if your company has a set rate with a particular hire car company.
Major hire car companies such as Hertz, Avis, etc.

General place names for mumbai beaches in the heartland of Indias financial city

India Visa 24 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:58 +0000

Beaches in Mumbai:
Chowpatty Beach Mumbai

Juhu Beach Mumbai

Marve and Erangle Beaches Mumbai

Gorai Beach Mumbai

Marine Drive Beach
Versova Beach Mumbai

Tax issues regarding Indian Employment Visas

India Visa 24 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:07:34 +0000

Following the change in rules regarding both business and employment visas, and the subsequent exodus from India (see http://www.indiavisa24.co.uk/blog/2009/10/indian-exodus-business-visa-ho... ), many expats may now be applying for Indian employment visas.

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FAQs on Business VISAS for India

India Visa 24 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:12:59 +0000

FAQs RELATING TO WORK RELATED VISAS ISSUED BY INDIA

Q1. What is a Business Visa?
Ans. Business Visa is granted to a foreign national who wants to visit
India to establish an industrial/business venture or to explore possibilities
to set up industrial/business venture, or wants to purchase/sell industrial
products in India. This Visa is granted subject to following conditions:-

(i) The applicant is a person of assured financial standing and

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FAQ on Employment VISAS for India

India Visa 24 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:41 +0000

Q.1. What is an Employment Visa?
Ans. Employment Visa is granted to foreigners desiring to come to India
for purpose of employment, subject to following conditions:-

(i) The applicant is a skilled and qualified professional or person
who is being engaged or appointed by a company,
organization, industry, or undertaking, etc. in India on
contract or employment basis at a senior level, skilled
position such as technical expert, senior executive, or in a
managerial position, etc.

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Hostels Indian Style from Treehouses...

India Visa 24 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:57:29 +0000

Hostels Indian Style from treehouses, villas, camps, palaces, bungalows and forts - up mountains and rivers to urban and rural locations the diversity is there to make your Indian travel a one in a lifetime experience that you will never forget. Transfom yourself by adopting new human experiences with yoga, massagees, meditation, rambling to adventurer- India can fulfill all the fantasies and can offer a thousand more

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Indian City Guide to Calcutta

India Visa 24 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:54:12 +0000

Calcutta is often discribed in the media and by travel guides as Indias soul. If in Calcutta its recommended also known by the locals as "Cal" a night normally starts at Kewpies, owned by a lady who runs the finest kitchen in West Bengal. Then head to Olypub, a shabby, lively institution on Cal's main drag, where students, artists and professional dilettantes get eye-rollingly drunk on bad whiskey. After midnight go to Venom, a club situated on the top of a tower block in the centre of town. On weekends it stays open till dawn, and you can see the whole of the city from its windows.

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India Goa Travel Info

India Visa 24 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:51:35 +0000

If travelling to Palolem Beach in Canacona, Goa, India go and visit this website. It lists lots of places to stay and things to do in the area. It is by far the best resource on Palolem on the internet, Its highly recommended by people who have travelled to this location. It even has a great forum where you can chat with people about Palolem and what they recommend, so is a must see if you are planning to visit the area.

www.palolem-beach.com/

How to make the Commonwealth Games terror free

India Visa 24 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:26:56 +0000

How to make the Commonwealth Games terror free

The 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi tops the radar of terrorist organisations according to sources in India's Intelligence Bureau.

While Indian security agencies are working hard to ensure that the Games go on without a problem, a lot more still needs to be done.

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NEW RULES REGARDING INDIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS APPLYING FOR VISAS

India Visa 24 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:56:05 +0000

The High Commission of Indian recently relaesed this statement:

"Under Indian law, Persons of Indian origin who have acquired Foreign citizenship are required to surrender their Indian Passports to the nearest Indian Mission/Post immediately after acquisition of foreign citizenship". This will obviously affect those applying for visas if they have a valid or invalid Indian passport. Regardless the embassy insists that you surrender it.

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Indian Exodus - Business visa holders asked to leave country

India Visa 24 — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:08:51 +0000

Authorities in India have begun tightening their guidelines

regarding what is deemed acceptable practice while holding a

business visa. A warning has therefore been issued that business

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