A practical India visa blog: guides, tips and updates on processing times, rejection causes, category choices and requirements. Written by the consultants who process these applications every week.
The India tourist visa (30–120 days, up to 90 days per entry) is the most applied-for Indian visa — and the most common first-time rejection. Here is the complete 2026 checklist.
Read the guide →Every category has a different processing timeline, and the bottleneck is rarely the same. Here are realistic 2026 ranges and what you can control.
Read the guide →Both let a foreigner do business in India. Only one matches your legal structure. Choosing wrong means a restart — and sometimes a forced exit.
Read the guide →A rejection is not the end of the road — it is a diagnostic. Most refusals point at one specific, fixable problem in the file.
Read the guide →The e-Visa is faster and simpler; the embassy route covers long-stay, work-adjacent, and re-applicant cases. A practical decision framework for choosing between the two.
Read the guide →Who must register, when, what documents you need, and how the online FRRO portal process works — plus extensions of stay and the mistakes that cause delays.
Read the guide →Most rejections are file problems, not eligibility problems. Read the reason, fix the cause, verify the whole file, then reapply — here is the sequence that works.
Read the guide →A dependent visa is for accompaniment, not employment — but the compliant routes for a spouse who wants to work are clearer than most people assume.
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