Originally Posted by
VickiSoCal
For someone who travels once a year to India on business (visiting another office of same employer for general meetings, etc) would you recommend getting another 5 year business visa(will expire before next trip)- or just doing this process once a year?
Hmm...I don't know really. Probably in terms of cost, it's roughly a wash of doing this once a year versus one business visa (depending on your nationality). The TVoA allows for "casual business" in addition to tourism...who knows that's defined as. If you're really there on a business visit, it seems a bit safer to use the business visa. Then again, for me, the Toronto consulate was such a mess, and business visas such a pain to get, that's why I chose TVoA.