Everyone that goes to India be it for leisure or work must have an Indian Visa.

You need to apply for a visa in good time before you actually go.

Transit visas permit the individual to travel throughout the country within 3 days. India visas within the transit category must be used within 15 days. The requisites to qualify for this service is that the traveler is required to possess a passport that is valid for around 6 months and must be able to submit legitimate proof that they are travelling onwards with the visa application.

India visas for business

The India visas business travellers should be valid for around 6 months starting from the first day the individual arrives in India. In the scenario that your passport is valid for less than 6 months you will have to renew your passport.

The Indian visas in the business class need you to hold a valid passport along with the following:

• Duly filled in and signed visa application form
• Passport size photos
• US visa or green card
• Proof of the onward travel and schedule
• Invitation document from the host business in India
• Proof in writing from the India based company specifying the length of time needed for the trip and the reason for the visit and that the individual applying is responsible for travel expenses
• An example of utility bills, driving licence etc to qualify the applicants address.

Overview of the Indian tourist visa application process

Anybody who needs to travel to India have to hold a tourist travel visa unless they are inhabitants of Nepal and Bhutan. Indian visas for tourists are valid for around 6 months to a year from the date in which the visa has been issued. The validity of an India visa for business purposes can be up to two years.

If you need to travel in India for a extended period you can try to prolong your visa up to five years. Usually though, standard visits by travellers do not tend to be longer than six months. If you are going to apply for an Indian tourist visa you will need to be aware of these facts:

• Your passport is valid for a minimum of 190 days and comprises a minimum of 2 blank pages.
• Have selected the proper visa and paid the correct fee.
• Provide two recent passport size photographs
• A completed application form with all appropriate sections properly filled.

The price for a six month India visa for UK travellers is 30 pounds. If your staying period exceeds a year, you are required to pay £90 for a maximum stay of 180 days per visit.

Throughout the years, I’m happy to report, I have learned a thing or two about myself. My only regret is I have not learned more than a few things.

I could make a long list of things I have not yet learned in life. My hope is, of course, to shorten this list drastically. Presently, I want to zero in on one thing I have learned, which has stood me in good stead for many years; how to have an argument with yourself and win.

I once thought I could argue with my Significant Other and win. It took years to realize (1) women, wives in particular, do not argue like men.

(2) Even if I win, I lose, if you know what I mean.

In light of this important marital lore, I have long since ceased arguing with the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.

When sitting in my easy chair, minding my own business, and my wife flies around the corner and stands in front of me with both hands firmly placed on her hips, I immediately say, “It’s my fault, Honey, I did it and I’m sorry. I’ll never do it again.”

I don’t even try figuring out what I did wrong.

Because of this, I have focused on arguing with myself. It is, if I may say so, an art that takes years to master. The key to arguing with yourself and winning is having a good relationship with yourself. This in itself may take years to accomplish and some people, unfortunately, never achieve this in their lifetime.

Let me illustrate something that occurred this week.

A friend for over 35 years contacted me about his granddaughter living in the area and wondered if I might have some time to visit her. Naturally, I said I would be delighted.

I found her address and my wife and I stopped in several times without success. We stopped in the morning, in the afternoon and in the evening, but we never found her at home.

Then we had a breakthrough; we discovered she was working at a local restaurant. Within a few days, we stopped by the restaurant for lunch and requested her table.

She waited on us, took our order, brought our lunch and was a very gracious and wonderful waitress. We didn’t want to intrude, so we just had lunch and went home.

This past week I had some errands on that side of town, so I decided to drop in for lunch and introduce myself. It was one of those days when the traffic was dreadful.

As usual, I was running a little late with my schedule. I happened to look at my gas gauge and noticed I was on empty.

I did a little mental calculation and discovered enough money on my person for gas or lunch, but not both. My credit card, attached to my checking account, was “filthy-lucre-challenged” at the time.

At this point, I began arguing with myself. I could not get home without getting gas. Just a simple fact of life.

It’s not that I haven’t run out of gas before, for I have. And, it’s not like I run out of gas every week, contrary to the opinions of my Better Half, for I don’t.

My argument went something like this:

“This would be a good time to meet her. Just step out in faith and trust God.”

“No, get gas for the car, you can always get lunch some other day.”

Because of the traffic, I had plenty of time to debate thoroughly and heatedly both sides of the issue at hand. This went on for about 30 minutes.

Finally, I submitted the evidence on hand to God. “Oh God, I can’t do both and I don’t know which is the right one to do.”

A peace settled on me and I headed for the restaurant.

At the restaurant, I found the young lady was not waitressing, but was the shift manager for the day. When I was seated, I asked for her. Then I didn’t know what to expect. I really did not know her and she did not know me at all.

She came to my table and I introduced myself. I knew her grandfather, which was an opening for a very delightful conversation. She sat at my table for about 10 minutes and we chatted like old friends.

I finished my lunch and the waitress brought my bill. I stared at it for a few minutes and realized after paying for lunch I had a grand total of 6 cents left. Not quite enough to buy gas for the car. I chuckled one of those nervous chuckles when you don’t know what’s going to happen, but you know you’ve done the right thing.

Then unexpectedly my waitress came to the table, snatched up my bill and said, “Your lunch has been taken care of.” And with that, she whirled away leaving me in a semi-shocked condition.

Going to the door to leave, the young lady came to see me off. I profusely thanked her for the lunch, and she simply smiled.

Driving to the gas station, a verse of Scripture played on my mind.

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV.)

The best way to win an argument is submitting the evidence to God. He always has a workable plan.

About the Author

The Reverend James L. Snyder is an award winning author whose writings have appeared in more than eighty periodicals including GUIDEPOSTS. In Pursuit of God: The Life of A. W. Tozer, Snyder’s first book, won the Reader’s Choice Award in 1992 by Christianity Today. Snyder has authored 8 books altogether.

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