India: Multi-Entry Visa Rules Require 2-Month Gap for Tourists, but Exempt Medical Tourists
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
1 comment | January 19th, 2011 | Trackback
New visa rules have clarified the requirement that tourists on multi-entry visas must remain out of the country for two months before returning. If your itinerary takes you from India to a neighboring country (Nepal, for instance) and has you returning to India before going home, the two-month requirement will be waived so long as you have tickets confirming your travels. Likewise, medical tourists are now exempt from the two-month requirement, but they need to obtain a medical visa rather than a standard tourist visa. If you fit neither of these categories and are traveling on a tourist visa, you will need to remain out of the country for at least two months between visits.
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I was in India and left for Nepal 4 days ago - planning to return to India in 3 weeks.
As I went through immigration, I asked the officer to clear the confusion about this 2 months rule. He said that I absolutely DID NOT NEED to stay 2 months in Nepal as it is a neighbouring country and DID NOT NEED to get this re-entry stamp ( same as I was told last year when I re-entered India from Nepal, having gone through this rigmarole of spending nearly 2 days at the Indian Embassy in KTM to get the re-entry stamp needlessly and as a consequence having to spend another day to get it stamped in Delhi FRO).
I went to the Indian Embassy in KTM yesterday and they re-affirmed that I did need this re-entry stamp which Delhi immigration said I did NOT need, and also said that Nepali immigration will not let me out of the country without it. What a fiasco!