Originally Posted by
DesertNomad
...For India, we needed a copy of a utility bill in both of our names (having a Driver's License was not sufficient proof that we lived where was say we lived). A copy of the bill wasn't good enough, they needed an original and since my wife was not on it, it became a day-long nightmare trying to resolve it.
Wow! Were you getting a visa upon arrival? I hope it's not like that trying to get a visa in the States before departure.
I have a 10-year visa for India now, but I'll never apply for another so I have to get all my India travel in. They did want to know dates of entry. The Consulate people were rude and impossible, but at the immigration in Kochi it was no problem and all very nice.
How does a 10 year visa work, if your passport is going to expire sooner than that?