Indian Visa

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• • prd34
    July 6, 2008
    61 posts
  • Does anyone know the easiest and quickest way to get a Visa for travel in India while living in Kunming? And if so, about how long would it take to get one?

    Regards,

    prd34

• • rlowe
    July 7, 2008
    25 posts
  • The answer is that there is no easy way. If you're not Chinese you must either go to Beijing and wait 5 days to get it there or pay a travel agency in Kunming who provides Visa services to do it for you. Expect to to pay about 500 - 700RMB for the service. If you drop down to Bangkok it's the same story, both an additional fee to the Indian Consulate to apply and at least a five day wait.

• • prd34
    July 8, 2008
    61 posts
  • Thanks for the info! Can you recommend a travel agency in Kunming that does this?

• • rlowe
    July 8, 2008
    25 posts
  • You might try Kang Hui Travel agency, its a few blocks before the train station. Their telephone number is 8021567. I'm not sure about their English language skills though.

• • bucko
    July 10, 2008
    246 posts
  • MIA can help you in Kunming. She speakes English.
    FYI, I am American, she is my wife.

• • prd34
    July 10, 2008
    61 posts
  • OK! Thanks! How do I make contact with MIA?

• • prd34
    July 10, 2008
    61 posts
  • Bucko, please ask your wife, MIA, to give us a call at 0871-516-1105.

    Regards,

    prd34

• • prd34
    July 10, 2008
    61 posts
  • Well, I guess whoever opens up a travel agency on Wenlinjie with an English speaking staff catering to the foreigners living and passing through here with visa services and cheap airline tickets is going to make a lot of money!

• • bucko
    July 11, 2008
    246 posts
  • Ok prd34, I will tell her to call you. I didn't want to post her number here right off. She will call Friday.

• • prd34
    July 11, 2008
    61 posts
  • OK Bucko! Thank you! If we aren't home, ask her to leave a message on our answering machine and we will call her back. Yes, we have one of those old-fashioned answering machines. Many Chinese people don't seem to know what one is and when they hear the message they seem to initially mistake it for a live person. "Wei Wei." When no one answers this, then they seem to fall into a quandary: "Why aren't they answering me?" :) Cheers! prd34

• • hubin
    July 16, 2008
    2 posts
  • hey y'all
    i am in dali and also want to fly to
    kalkutta from kunming
    is it possible to get get MIA to call me too
    i'm guessing she's experienced in this now
    cheers
    1315 06 498 06

• • bucko
    July 17, 2008
    246 posts
  • My post of a few days ago didn't get posted. But to answer prd and hubin it appears that this is not easy for you to get from China. Mia told me to pass on that the best option is to go to Bangkok where you can get the visa ina few days. Also flights from Bangkok will be a better price. It appears that India and China are still not on the best of terms, hence the delay and expense from China. Hope this helps.

• • hubin
    July 20, 2008
    2 posts
  • arrghh
    as much as i love china
    i'll never understand their logic

• • Ocean
    July 21, 2008
    122 posts
  • I got an Indian visa in Chiang Mai. Takes 5 working days (though possibly less if you cross their palms with silver!) and lasts for 6 months.

• • Miguel
    August 7, 2008
    1 post
  • Hi my name is Miguel! I've just arrived in Kunming and want to go to Chennai India. Is there really no way of getting the India visa here? Things are allways changing in this country. Any help in this kestion I will be very gratefull!!!

• • rlowe
    August 8, 2008
    25 posts
  • China is not really more difficult than anywhere else. If you are not a citizen of the country that you are applying in, the Indian Consulate sends a wire to your home country requesting a background check, hence the 5 extra days processing time and the additional fee. It the same whether you're in the Netherlands, Thailand or China. There are two options, you either go to Beijing or Shanghai or Bangkok and wait for 5 days and do it in person or you hire a Travel/Visa Agency to submit the documents for you.

• • Heinz
    August 8, 2008
    29 posts
  • Actually it's no problem, I did it earlier this year. Yes, need to send everything to a friend to submit, but they will send p/p back by EMS directly. All details are very clear at http://www.vfs-india.com.cn/ and I see they've just started an office in Guangzhou too.

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