Planning an India trip? You may need to cancel it due to new visa rules

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• John says:

  8 Oct8 October 09:09

  Curious timing given Badenoch’s stated expectation of announcing some type of trade deal by the end of October…

  • J says:

    8 Oct8 October 11:54

    “We have negotiated fast-track electronic visa travel as part of our groundbreaking new trade deal with India”

    • John says:

      8 Oct8 October 16:20

      Perhaps, but unlikely if it were to apply in the opposite direction too?

  • KevinS says:

    8 Oct8 October 12:02

    They’re busy finalising the promised trade deal with America

• KevinS says:

  8 Oct8 October 09:10

  So we have to follow the same process that people from India have to follow when visiting the uk?

  Seems fair enough.

  • A says:

    8 Oct8 October 10:31

    Not fair when efficiency is compared

• Max says:

  8 Oct8 October 09:19

  Use an EU passport instead, if you have one…

• Paul says:

  8 Oct8 October 09:42

  I had an amazing trip to India in the summer, I was shocked that there was no evisa allowed for UK Passport holders so I dusted off my Irish Passport and used that instead. Worked perfectly. 2.5 hour control at Dublin Immigration and just said “Top of the morning to you!”

• Barnaby100 says:

  8 Oct8 October 09:52

  We had to cancel an avios booking for October as we were unable to get a visa appointment. We were away all August and so couldn’t try until late august and there were non before we travelled.

  With hindsight should have booked an appointment in June for September but at the time getting an appointment wasn’t an issue

• LewisB says:

  8 Oct8 October 10:36

  Will this also apply to those arriving via a cruise?

  • strickers says:

    8 Oct8 October 11:10

    I believe so yes, e-visa works for the major cruise ports but that isn’t available to UK passport holders.

• A says:

  8 Oct8 October 10:37

  The process is a nightmare. Have gone through the process in April 2022. One error and its the end of it. Rebooking involves multiple emails to the embassy to reschedule an appointment. ( which they never respond)The booking system won’t let one book additional appointment as personal details and ip address is already registered .
  Persoanlly will travel to India if e-visa reinstates or the process becomes efficient.

• Lady London says:

  8 Oct8 October 11:07

  What has caused this change?
  With the huge Indian diaspora in the UK , will they all have Indian passports so don’t have these barriers?

  Or is it a fee-earning / visa official employment exercise? Or just tit for tat if UK imposes same.

  Either way, not sure why the UK would expand trade or immigration acceptance with a country which has deteriorated their entry requirements for us.

  • Anouj Rajput says:

    8 Oct8 October 11:30

    Indian people are hugely inconvenienced too, not everyone can get an OCI (long term visa for people of indian origin). While even those that can, need to make an appointment in the same way as you apply for a normal visa.
    This is revenge because the UK government has not expanded visa access for Indians.

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