
Visa news
The US entry restrictions cover 39 countries — India is not one of them
Proclamation 10998 has limited entry for nationals of 39 countries since 1 January 2026. Indian passport holders are outside it entirely.
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The EU confirms its Entry/Exit System became fully operational on 10 April 2026. Indian travellers are now registered biometrically, not stamped.

Visa news
Indonesia's immigration chief proposed on 12 August raising visa on arrival to Rp750,000 online and Rp1 million at the airport. No effective date is set.

Visa news
From 1 July 2026 Japan charges other nationalities ₹8,650–17,350 at its Indian missions. For Indian nationals the fee is ₹500, single or multiple entry.

Visa news
GDRFA Dubai grants Indians visa on arrival only with a US green card or a UK or EU residence visa: 14 days, AED 253. The nine-country lists are wrong.
Visas & documents
File an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request with IRCC for CAD $5 — a Canadian citizen or resident files it for you; no paid consultant required.
Entry rules & changes
India is not on Korea's K-ETA-eligible list. Indian passport holders need a Korean visa, not a K-ETA, with one exception for direct Jeju flights.

Applying & documents
Indians get 30 days free on arrival with no application. The catch is the mandatory Traveller Declaration, filed within 96 hours of your flight.
Visas & documents
South Korea's C-3 visa costs Rs 3,600 (Chennai) or Rs 3,400 (Delhi/Kolkata) plus a Rs 1,380 VFS charge, verified 2 August 2026 -- no K-ETA route covers India.

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.

Where to go
Metro, dinner and the Burj Khalifa converted to ₹ at ₹26/AED (2 Aug 2026), plus which UAE visa most Indians need.

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
अपने refusal letter पर लिखा ground पढ़िए, अपील की समय-सीमा जानिए, और अमेरिका, शेंगेन, यूके, कनाडा व जापान के अलग नियम एक जगह समझिए।
Refusals & reapplying
Every future visa form asks about past refusals. Find your regime — US, Schengen, UK, Canada, Japan — and whether you have an appeal or only a reapplication.
Travel tips
An agent took the ustraveldocs login, changed the security answers, then billed in stages. What ports back in two days, what does not, and where to report it.
Appointments & status
The consulate sits on Ho Chi Minh Sarani; biometrics run separately in Salt Lake. Kolkata's district covers 11 states — the largest of India's five US posts.