Goa in December

Pollycat

This 2 month rule is a nightmare.

I've applied for numerous Indian visas, even before the process was outsourced to VFS Global and luckily never had any problems.

But many people have.

From what I understand from HT & TA, if you are Irish but live in England you need to provide additional documentation.

If you are a member of the Armed Forces, Police or a journalist you need to provide additional documentation.

If you're taking children (even your own with both parents travelling!) you need to provide additional documentation.

They move the goalposts with little or no notice.

They introduced the '2 month rule' (if you leave India you can't come back in for 2 months) almost overnight leaving people who spend the whole season in Goa (November to April) but like to pop home at Christmas with flights booked but unusable.

I do understand your problem, Soil.

whatyadoinsucka

a good place as any
just applied online for my visa to india

it asks for 2x 50x50mm (5cm Squared) passport style photographs, anyone know what companies do these cheap, just been recommended snappy snap but they charge £14.99 a set and its an hours drive 2 visas at £42 plus £6 special delivery envelope, and then another £15 for pictures,

what a joke tax

Bob_the_Saver

whatyadoinsucka wrote: »

a good place as any
just applied online for my visa to india

it asks for 2x 50x50mm (5cm Squared) passport style photographs, anyone know what companies do these cheap, just been recommended snappy snap but they charge £14.99 a set and its an hours drive 2 visas at £42 plus £6 special delivery envelope, and then another £15 for pictures,

what a joke tax

Ah, you've only just started the process!

cullet

http://www.indianvisaphoto.co.uk/ four photo's £5.50

Pollycat

whatyadoinsucka wrote: »

a good place as any
just applied online for my visa to india

it asks for 2x 50x50mm (5cm Squared) passport style photographs, anyone know what companies do these cheap, just been recommended snappy snap but they charge £14.99 a set and its an hours drive 2 visas at £42 plus £6 special delivery envelope, and then another £15 for pictures,

Don't forget to print & sign the Declaration Form too.

Make sure your signature on the forms are as near identical as the signature on your passport.

This is just one of the reasons applications get rejected.

whatyadoinsucka wrote: »

what a joke tax

How much do you think an Indian has to pay for a visa to visit the UK?

A clue:
more than you'll pay for your Indian visa.

whatyadoinsucka

thanks cullet for the cheap link, i guess i'm just going to have to pay up. I've just rung max spielman and its £9.99 for a set of 6 photos
i need to send asap so that i have my passport back before 12th august when i need it for a flight.

thanks pollycat for the tip of 'signature' I'll get practising, i have downloaded two copies of the declaration form, and got the 2 sheet application, i have a prepaid 'special delivery envelop' once i have my photo's tomorrow morning, i think i'm all done..
get to the post office..

any last minute tips,

I've also had 3x '4 day old (past use by date)' crumpets this morning
and so have been getting used to the delhi belly.. :0(

ps. yes it took me 2 hours to navigate around the site and make payment etc, what a terribly disorganised website

Pollycat

whatyadoinsucka wrote: »

thanks pollycat for the tip of 'signature' I'll get practising, i have downloaded two copies of the declaration form, and got the 2 sheet application, i have a prepaid 'special delivery envelop' once i have my photo's tomorrow morning, i think i'm all done..
get to the post office..

You need a prepaid Special Delivery envelope for VFS to return your documents plus one to send your application in.

And don't forget to make a note of the reference numbers of the SDEs so you can check they've been delivered and are on their way back to you.

DaisyGoodman

Goa is a lovely place. Although I would recommend taking a trip to to Kerala and checking out the backwaters, they're amazing and you can rent a house boat for 24 hours. And if you're landing in Mumbai spend a day or two there taking in the sights, shopping and night-life. I didn't have any problems with my visa...

amerste

No one has mentioned the two area's of Goa that are so different, the north I would call the Blackpool of Goa with the hustle and bustle while the south is much more relaxed and calmer.

Pollycat

amerste wrote: »

No one has mentioned the two area's of Goa that are so different, the north I would call the Blackpool of Goa with the hustle and bustle while the south is much more relaxed and calmer.

No, that's why I advised the OP to do his own research to:

1. decide if Goa is the right place for him
2. decide which area and resort would suit him if he decides that it is

Pollycat wrote: »

Both Tripadvisor and Holidaytruths have very busy Goa discussion forums and that's probably a good place to start.