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What are you confused? Everybody need a visa if not from Nepal an Bhutan. Visa on arrival is only available to Japanese.

 

The cruise company will not help you (even if you book excursion with them like in Russia, Cuba ...) and it is hell expensive. Not a happy news, but the truth you have to accept if you take a cruise that stops in India.

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Mamma make sure you do not pay way too much for a visa, do NOT book through a cruise line, P and O wanted 3 times the normal price for 'helping' us. Get in touch with your countries Indian embassy or consulate and ask them how to get a visitors visa.

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Mamma make sure you do not pay way too much for a visa, do NOT book through a cruise line, P and O wanted 3 times the normal price for 'helping' us. Get in touch with your countries Indian embassy or consulate and ask them how to get a visitors visa.

 

Hi Rusty, as we are visiting 3 ports, I know we are not eligible to apply for e-visa, so I will need to apply for full visa and take it to our local consulate here in Scotland. I was hoping that being on a cruise and not actually leaving Indian waters, we could have got away with the e-visa.

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What are you confused? Everybody need a visa if not from Nepal an Bhutan and it is hell expensive. Not a happy news, but the truth you have to accept if you take a cruise that stops in India.
The Indian visa cost is about the same as what the US charges Indians for a 10 year US visa, approximately $150.

And substantially less than what they UK charges Indians for a 10 year UK visa (a whopping £ 940)

Only the visa is a little expensive. Everything else in India is very cheap (taxis, guides, shopping, food, doctors, dentists, medicines). Almost one tenth of the cost in the US or UK, believe it or not!

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Only the visa is a little expensive. Everything else in India is very cheap (taxis, guides, shopping, food, doctors, dentists, medicines). Almost one tenth of the cost in the US or UK, believe it or not!

 

What is the sense comparing India with US or UK? By the way buying property in South Mumbai is one of the most expensive places in Asia. And I would not call the visa "little" expensive, I would call it one of the most expensive in the world, while in most other countries in South and Southeast Asia Westerners don´t need a visa at all and "everything else" is also "very cheap". I really have no idea why the cruise companies hassle their guest with this stops in India and the visa trouble. India is surely a good place to travel and if you stay a couple of weeks than the cost of the visa is worth it, but as a cruise stop it is just a unfunny joke.

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Yes, property prices in South Mumbai are the among most expensive in the world, not just Asia. In fact they are comparable to the prices in Manhattan!

Regarding costs for tourists in other south east Asian countries--Hong Kong and Singapore are 4-5 times more expensive, while Thailand is double the cost.

And though the Indian visa is expensive, it's nothing compared to cost of a UK visitors visa for Indians (INR 8642 for 6 months, 32,523 for 2 years, 59,099 for 5 years, 74,152 for 10 years)

https://visa-fees.homeoffice.gov.uk/y/india/inr/visit/all

Of course, there is no point paying so much for a visa just for an 8 hour visit/port stop. That is why the Indian government has the e-visa for cruise tourists.

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/visa-and-immigration/cruise-tourists-with-e-visa-exempted-from-biometric-enrolment/articleshow/62338047.cms

 

"In order to promote cruise tourism in the country, and make India an attractive cruise tourist destination, the Ministry of Home Affairs has, on request of the Ministry of Shipping, exempted cruise tourists arriving with e-visa from the requirement of biometric enrolment for a period of three years i.e. till December 31, 2020," Ministry of Shipping said in a statement.*

E-visa has been in place in the five major ports of Mumbai, Mormugao, New Mangalore, Cochin & Chennai.

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https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html

 

Lots of private companies wanting to tack on their fee and on the Indian government site they warn of fake sites charging you and no visa is given.

 

There are various different sites giving different prices but this may be correct - in US dollars.

 

* Free: Citizens of Argentina, Cook Islands, Fiji, Jamaica, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uruguay and Vanuatu.

 

* $75 : Citizens of US, UK, Russia, Ukraine and Mozambique.

 

* $50: Citizens of the majority of countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

 

* $25: Citizens of Japan, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

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Unfortunately e-visa is of no use as we will be visiting 3 ports and e-visa is only available for maximum of 2 entries.

 

Are you sure about this? Are your 3 ports in a row or do you exit to other countries and return between stops in India? Normally 3 stops in one country would not constitute the need for a multiple entry visa so by the same logic you should be able to use their e-visa service.

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