Are visa services being offered to Canadian citizens who are already in India?
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The only problem that case arise in your travel to India is:
- you go thru security here in Canada at the airport.
- your flight is delayed more than 12 hours or even cancelled for whatever reason
- in that case you have to exit the airport (and go thru immigration)
- if you are able to get your canadian passport before you leave, you must do that
Hi - I applied for exit visa on Nov 21 and waiting for an update on it. Has anyone else applied for it?
Sharing our experience on traveling with 2 passports. I got my e-visa prior to it being shut in August but this post is focused on my wife’s travels on 2 passports as we couldn’t have moved our trip as we had multiple destination bookings over the course of 4ish weeks. E-visa actually shut on the day of her oath and we had no time to apply for OCI nor an entry visa as it opened up a few days before our travels.
We did a multi city tour from YYZ, spending a few days in New York (traveled on Canadian passport by air), then a week in Italy (traveled on Indian passport with Schengen visa) and then finally ended in Delhi (my wife entered on Indian passport and no questions were asked nor she was asked to provide her Canadian status document) … this was the easier part of the trip.
On our return back to Canada from India, we ended up booking and canceling a few different routes (via US, via Korea, via London, Via Amsterdam) over the span of a few days to just ensure she has no issues leaving India and onward, but we decided on traveling via Dubai using a one-way ticket. My wife used her Indian passport with a Dubai e-visa (applied in advance as we did not want to use visa on arrival as US visa mentioned PR status) and checked-in after visa & passport verification in Delhi. Immigration in Delhi asked her no questions as the trip was shown only till Dubai. We landed in Dubai and used our Canadian passports to pass through entry & exit immigration, the UAE immigration asked if my wife had 2 passports and she said yes, and that’s about it…they stamped her entry into Dubai without any issues. We collected our bags and then had to check in again for our flight to Toronto via Amsterdam, we walked out of baggage claim and went upstairs to departures and checked in with Canadian passports without any issues. Even while exiting Dubai, no questions were asked and we conveniently boarded our flight to Toronto with a few hours transit in Amsterdam.
I know the risks we took with the above journey and please save the comments reminding us about it. Also, we travel A LOT for work and personal use so we know how to handle situations if they arise, and finding connections to make our trips work out…I do know that there will most likely be a fine that my wife will need to pay during surrender of her Indian passport which we will deal with.
We did a multi city tour from YYZ, spending a few days in New York (traveled on Canadian passport by air), then a week in Italy (traveled on Indian passport with Schengen visa) and then finally ended in Delhi (my wife entered on Indian passport and no questions were asked nor she was asked to provide her Canadian status document) … this was the easier part of the trip.
On our return back to Canada from India, we ended up booking and canceling a few different routes (via US, via Korea, via London, Via Amsterdam) over the span of a few days to just ensure she has no issues leaving India and onward, but we decided on traveling via Dubai using a one-way ticket. My wife used her Indian passport with a Dubai e-visa (applied in advance as we did not want to use visa on arrival as US visa mentioned PR status) and checked-in after visa & passport verification in Delhi. Immigration in Delhi asked her no questions as the trip was shown only till Dubai. We landed in Dubai and used our Canadian passports to pass through entry & exit immigration, the UAE immigration asked if my wife had 2 passports and she said yes, and that’s about it…they stamped her entry into Dubai without any issues. We collected our bags and then had to check in again for our flight to Toronto via Amsterdam, we walked out of baggage claim and went upstairs to departures and checked in with Canadian passports without any issues. Even while exiting Dubai, no questions were asked and we conveniently boarded our flight to Toronto with a few hours transit in Amsterdam.
I know the risks we took with the above journey and please save the comments reminding us about it. Also, we travel A LOT for work and personal use so we know how to handle situations if they arise, and finding connections to make our trips work out…I do know that there will most likely be a fine that my wife will need to pay during surrender of her Indian passport which we will deal with.
For sure, cheaper faster SC. If you are not travelling on Indian passport, no headache of obtaining exit permit either.
Thank you. Now, that e-visa is open, I am traveling on Canadian passport. Since, I'll be in India, easier to just surrender the passport and get the certificate same day. I'll come back to Canada on Canadian passport and apply for OCI in Canada using surrender certificate obtained in India.
Sounds like a plan! One less bls scam to deal with.
You can apply for OCI only after you've stayed fr 6 months on a temporary visa like entry visa. You cannot apply for OCI from India while you are on e-visa. You have to apply for an entry visa first and then apply for OCI after 6 months of stay.
The process seems to be similar to that in Canada. You fill the application online and then submit it at FRRO. I haven't done it yet. So not sure about the exact process
Your post above is not entirely for mango man (bole to aam aadmi)
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Okay…whatever floats your boat, sharing first hand experience on traveling with 2 passports as it’s been asked again & again.