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Fees & costs
Fees & costs
Appointments & status
Visa news
DHS filed a proposed $103,265 fee on cap-subject H-1B petitions on 25 August 2026. It is not in effect; public comments are open through 24 September.
Visa news
State Department's September 2026 bulletin: EB-2 India and EB-5 unreserved India are both marked Unavailable before FY2026 closes on 30 September.
Visa news
ICA refreshes the SG Arrival Card on 26 August 2026 with passport-scan autofill and seven more languages. Submission stays free; Hindi was already there.
Visa news
Malaysia's exemption for Indians removes the visa, not the checks: MDAC, passport validity, an onward ticket and funds are still verified at the counter.
E-visas & visa-free
Indonesia cut its visa-free list to a handful of countries in 2024 and has never included India. Indians travel on a paid e-VOA — here is exactly who qualifies
Visas & documents
Greece adds 5-8 India-specific courier days before its 15-day clock even starts, and its Indian visa centres run through GVCW, not VFS. What that changes.
Visas & documents
Austria confirms the standard 15/45-day window in its own words, then adds a mandatory prior-consultation step that can add 7 more days for some nationalities.
Fees & costs
The $185 MRV fee is paid in rupees at the consular exchange rate — ₹98 to the dollar since 25 May 2026. Non-refundable, non-transferable, and time-limited.
Where to go
A used Schengen visa opens simplified entry to several non-Schengen countries for Indians. How the concession works, and why lists go stale.
Where to go
A valid US visa unlocks easier entry to several countries for Indian passport holders. The mechanism is real, the lists online are stale.
Where to go
A seven-day Bali route built around three bases instead of one, with 2026 entry fees, the three mandatory payments and what a week actually costs.
Where to go
Real ₹ costs at the 2 August 2026 dong rate, the e-visa port-of-entry rule on a Hanoi-in, Saigon-out route, and the flood dates to avoid in central Vietnam.
Stories
Indonesia deports foreigners from Bali most weeks and Indians appear steadily in the notices. What the published cases show, and what it costs.
Stories
A source-linked index scoring entry friction for 24 destinations, plus fee, refusal-rate, funds and wait-time data where it can be sourced consistently.
Stories
One applicant's dated, minute-by-minute Mumbai B1/B2 diary: DS-160, the OFC visit, the consulate queue and the forty-second interview.
Travel tips
France-Visas' own FAQ: 35-40mm wide, face 70-80% of the frame, ICAO standard — a rectangle, not the square a US visa photo uses.
Travel tips
travel.state.gov's own spec: square digital file, 600-1200px, under 240KB — and eyeglasses removed from every new visa photo, medical cases only.
Appointments & status
Confirm a VFS location on gov.uk's own booking screen and it locks — no switching later. What that means when your nearest centre has no slots.
Travel tips
France runs the largest VFS network of any Schengen state in India, but only five offices decide the visa — and its own portal sets a minimum filing window
