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| Vegan Barnsley | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
 Posted: 17:09 on 11th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 01:51 on 21st Dec 2008 Posts: 459 |
I'd personally pay online once you've sent it off special delivery. I included a special delivery pre-paid envelope for returning my passport and I guess you'll do the same. Some people on here insist on either going in-person or sending someone to do it for them rather than apply by post but go for what you are comfortable with. See you in the black hole.... |
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| plymouthjames | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 19:35 on 11th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 16:50 on 25th Jun 2012 Posts: 11 |
Yeah see you there, hopefully!! When are you heading out there? |
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| Vegan Barnsley | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 21:14 on 11th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 01:51 on 21st Dec 2008 Posts: 459 |
Only doing Calcutta and flying out on the Sunday before the Test. A couple of days soaking up the West Bengal rays by the lovely banks of the charming Hooghly river...alternatively 48 hours holded-up in a collection of windowless, pitch-black, back-street boozers with a dopping of demented and delinquent, barmy army wrong uns. |
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| plymouthjames | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 08:57 on 12th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 16:50 on 25th Jun 2012 Posts: 11 |
Vegan Barnsley Wrote: Only doing Calcutta and flying out on the Sunday before the Test. A couple of days soaking up the West Bengal rays by the lovely banks of the charming Hooghly river...alternatively 48 hours holded-up in a collection of windowless, pitch-black, back-street boozers with a dopping of demented and delinquent, barmy army wrong uns. Sounds delightful! We're not getting there until the Monday night and staying on the hhi, staying on a couple of days after the test. Where are you planning on sitting, I see block b has sold out? |
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| kev | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 13:39 on 12th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 17:06 on 4th Dec 2008 Posts: 276 Location: Walsall West Midlands |
Vegan Barnsley Wrote: Only doing Calcutta and flying out on the Sunday before the Test. A couple of days soaking up the West Bengal rays by the lovely banks of the charming Hooghly river...alternatively 48 hours holded-up in a collection of windowless, pitch-black, back-street boozers with a dopping of demented and delinquent, barmy army wrong uns. Where you staying mate? We'll have to catch up for some demented & delinquent behaviour. I'm in a place called Bawa Walson on Sudder Street. |
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| timbo86 | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 14:25 on 15th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 19:03 on 27th May 2008 Posts: 59 |
Making a last minute decision to go to Nagpur for the last test can anyone advise if its possible and the best way to go about obtaining a visa please it looks very complicated to say the least  |
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| Big Harvey | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 13:53 on 15th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 09:14 on 23rd Apr 2008 Posts: 2210 |
As long as you apply now you should be OK. Read the instructions on the VFS website very carefully indeed and follow them to the letter. It's worth ploughing through the 8 pages of this thread too because most potential pitfalls should be covered by now. Particularly easy to overlook is the size of the photos they ask for, which are not standard UK passport size. Thankfully most automatic photo booths now do them in the necessary size for a couple of quid extra. If you're still really confused an agent will handle it for you, but obviously they'll charge for their services. |
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| kev | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 20:38 on 15th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 17:06 on 4th Dec 2008 Posts: 276 Location: Walsall West Midlands |
timbo86 Wrote: Making a last minute decision to go to Nagpur for the last test can anyone advise if its possible and the best way to go about obtaining a visa please it looks very complicated to say the least Use an agent to get your visa mate, you'll get it within a week. The one I used charged £60 & if you do it yourself it's £42 + P&P & they take all the potential hassle away. Don't know where you're based but the agent I used was based in West Brom, can put you in touch if that's any good. Otherwise as long as there is an Indian community near you, there'll be an Indian travel agent sorting visas for people. |
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| cheshirevaliant | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 12:26 on 20th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 10:26 on 6th Nov 2010 Posts: 22 |
Has anyone had any problems in terms of time getting their visa sorted. Bit concerned that many seem to have got their passports back within a week and mine is apparently still at the High Commission for "further assessment", 8 days after sending it off. Supposed to be doing Kolkata but starting to get a bit edgy... Any reassurance would be much appreciated! |
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| Big Harvey | Post subject: Re: Potential Visa Pitfalls
Posted: 13:15 on 20th Nov 2012 |
Joined: 09:14 on 23rd Apr 2008 Posts: 2210 |
cheshirevaliant Wrote: Has anyone had any problems in terms of time getting their visa sorted. Bit concerned that many seem to have got their passports back within a week and mine is apparently still at the High Commission for "further assessment", 8 days after sending it off. Supposed to be doing Kolkata but starting to get a bit edgy... Any reassurance would be much appreciated! In practice it's not unknown for postal applications to take a couple of weeks. There were certainly some who went for the World Cup whose applications took that long. They reckon they normally process postal applications within 10 days, but "this does not include the period they are in transit to and from the High Commission or the Consulate General." Sounds like you're still within that time frame at the moment. |
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