Fees & costs
Australia Visitor Visa Fees for Indians: From AUD 250, and What Sits on Top
The Subclass 600 tourist stream starts at AUD 250 per applicant, with a stay of up to 12 months. Health, biometrics and agent charges are extra.
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VisaGyan — the visa journal for Indian travellers: latest guides
Fees & costs
Japan Visa Fee for Indians: ₹500, While Others Pay ₹8,650
Fees & costs
Singapore Visa Fees for Indians: ₹2,100 Plus ₹1,300, and No Way to Self-File
Visas & documents
US Visa Processing Time in India: Two Clocks, and Only One Is Published
Visas & documents
Japan Visa Processing Time from India: The Five-Day Rule and Its Exceptions
Visa news
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Visa-free Malaysia still checks four things, and Indians get turned back on them
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.
Visa news
Lost passport with a US visa in it? Report it before anyone else uses it
The US Mission India urges reporting a lost or stolen visa as soon as possible: the risk is identity theft and someone else travelling on your visa.
Visa news
Thailand's arrival card: kiosks at five airports, and no reminder is coming
Thai Immigration's TDAC guidance: kiosks at five airports, 10 people per submission, transit exempt, and no reminder before your flight.
Visa news
The free way to get an earlier US interview in India, and its honest limits
The Mission spells out the expedite route: you need a confirmed appointment first, slots are very limited, and urgent travel is not a guarantee of approval.
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Canada Visitor Visa Processing Time from India: Why the Tool Is Not a Promise
IRCC publishes a processing-time estimate per country, and warns it is neither a maximum nor a guarantee. What that means for an Indian TRV application.
Visas & documents
UK Visa Processing Time from India: Three Weeks, and What Stops the Clock
The Home Office says a Standard Visitor decision usually comes within three weeks. What that covers for an Indian applicant, and what pushes it past.
Visas & documents
Schengen Visa Processing Time from India: 15 Days by Law, 45 in Practice
EU law gives consulates 15 calendar days to decide a Schengen visa, extendable to 45. What that means for an Indian applicant booking a summer trip.
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Visas & documents
GCMS Notes After a Canada Visa Refusal: How to Order Them from India
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.
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Bali in 7 days from India: three bases, real costs
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
Vietnam in 7 days from India: route, costs, direct flights
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
Dubai 3-Day Itinerary: ₹ Budget for Indian Travellers
Metro, dinner and the Burj Khalifa converted to ₹ at ₹26/AED (2 Aug 2026), plus which UAE visa most Indians need.
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Deported from Bali: what actually gets Indians sent home
Indonesia deports foreigners from Bali most weeks and Indians appear steadily in the notices. What the published cases show, and what it costs.
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Stories
Indian Passport Entry Friction Index 2026
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
Forty Seconds at the Window: a US B1/B2 Interview in Mumbai
One applicant's dated, minute-by-minute Mumbai B1/B2 diary: DS-160, the OFC visit, the consulate queue and the forty-second interview.
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वीज़ा रिजेक्ट होने पर क्या करें: 5 देशों के नियम
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।
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Refusals & reapplying
Visa Refusal: 5 Regimes, One Decision Tree
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.
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Travel tips
Ustraveldocs Login Scam: How Visa Agent Fraud Works in India
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.
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Appointments & status
US Visa Appointment Kolkata: Consulate, VAC and the Split
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.
