Thank you vinay for your reply; I asked because some of ma few friends say that you must carry 9 lacs - the amount which you shown at the time of processing ..... but when I checked with Thomas Cook they say that pof is the amount you must be having @ at the time of processing the visa , however , once you have visa then you could carry any number of amount. .....so again I'm planning to carry 5000 $ , will that do????? Please reply in little detailed