Originally Posted by
johnnie69
I'm only using the open jaw so I get a bed both ways as DEL to LHR has no option presently to MFU. I have no real need to stay in Bombay/Mumbai for long as I will be back there again for the next cricket tour
, so I guess I will apply for a tourist visa and only use BOM in transit. Would that work. IS there a maximum time limit between flights for a transit visa to apply and would a short time outside the airport count against me transit wise even if arrival and departure were same day? Cheers
You'll need a visa of some sort if you want to leave BOM airport. India does issue transit visas but these are valid 15 days from issue, so I guess you won't be able to do this in the UK, and will therefore have to go to the SL/Nepal offices. I'd still be wary as to whether they'd issue a transit visit when you have an active tourist visa, effectively as a work around to the 2 month rule.
You'll probably be ok but I'd still think the best option is to take all your paperwork to VFS in the UK and try and get your tourist visa specifically annotated.
(The are now suggestions that immigration officials are a bit more lenient on this for neighbouring countries, but you also have to convince check-in agents who may be even more unpredictable.)