Ben you're the man with the master plan 😎👍🏻!Hi to all Indians. I'm getting the 5-year tourist visa. I should be arriving in Delhi at the end of May 2023. I'll be in India 🇮🇳 for six months at a time. Maybe 🤔 we'll meet up along the way. I'll be heading up to the Himalayas around July or August to places like Manali, Tosh village, Dharamshal, Shimla, McLeod Ganj, Nainital, etc.... until around late September when I head down south to Madurai, Mumbai, Mysore, Kerala, Varksla, etc.... Jai Hind 🇮🇳🙏🏻😎👍🏻💪🏻!
This is really great content, in addition to the other stuff you do. We see so many videos about retiring in Bali/Thailand/Phillipines etc. maybe you could do one on retiring in India?
Epic bro! i appreciate this i was booking my flight to India and confused about the visa process and you uploaded this the same day haha you helped me out a ton with this video! so i will be exploring india for 6 months, you got any tips on wifi or how to get the Phone SIM card data plan of like 100+ GB monthly? i will be uploading a ton of youtube videos and i work online as a digital nomad so i need a ton of data. seriously this video was a game changer and saved a lot of my time! much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful! You can get airtel sim in airport, get airtelo esim as backup until you find Indian sim, look for jio sim shop as you go around for best one. I look for 3gb a day for 84 days. Airbnb has best WiFi places. Have fun!!!
Ben, just some additional information. The 180 days is only available to Americans and a handful of other nationalities. Most countries are only allowed to stay 90 days. Also I believe Brits need to apply at a consulate. No online visa is available if I recall. Also, under given name be sure to include your middle name if it is on your passport. I got nailed for not doing that. The argument I had was the form asked for given name and not names. Include what's on your passport. I got my visa back in 12 hours. One more trick. The payment section would not take my credit card but I was able to pay with Paypal.
The rules were different in the past but Brits can apply online and the 180 days is for more countries. Here’s most uptodate info I can findwww.mha.gov.in/PDF_Other/AnnexIII_01022018.pdf
14:34 Higher secondary is not college, its high school. You graduate from secondary school at 16, higher secondary at 18. There was an option for undergraduate.
Hey, in the Passport Details section you only have to provide the passport number again if you are carrying any other passport otherwise you need to select no and the option will be greyed out.
From news media came to know that waiting time for USA visa interview for Indian is 2 years . . I got visa for eu (for 6m), Australia , Uk (for 1 year) without any delay .
Oh Ben, Oh Ben, Oh Ben… my ticket to Delhi is booked for next month, my hotel in Rishikesh is booked also, in fact most things are sorted. I’m just filling out my visa application and I’m away.
Great tutorial and always super helpful. I never did worked out if its 180 days stay for the entire year only or its 180 days per visit. Hopefully the latter. Enjoyed your video of the Sri Lanka visa run as well . Heading to Nepal for my visa run next month. Cheers :)
I think it’s for the year so I’m confused when Ben said you could come back after like 1 day , if that’s the case then you would only need to be out the country for like 10 days of that 5 year visa , hmmm I’m also very confused
@@joeh9009 If you stay in India for 180 days or more you become resident like most of the countries. This changes your tax status in India and with the parent country from where you are ordinarily tax payer. India has got dual tax evasion treaties with most counties and this invites tax and declaration changes. So in a financial year you have to stay not longer than 180 days (considering you might spend 1-2 days on airport during transit). If you are going to make some business you can stay more than 183 days but prepare for tax applicabilities beforehand by visiting relevant websites and/or a consultant. Financial year in India is from 1st Apr to 31st Mar. The declarations usually are made 2 months in advance of year end. Actuals filing must be done by 31st of July (4 months) after the tax year end. Edit after Ben's reply: Above applies to Financial Visa's. Tourists visa stat tax free.
Hi you must visit Highest statue in the world " Statue of unity" bigger than American statue of Liberty and hidden gem of India " Lakshadweep island" 🙏♥️
Hi Benjamin, I love these videos. I too am an Indiophile......is that how you write it? Anyway I have just bought a 5 year e-visa. It says no land border crossings! My son lives in Lahore and it is my intention to cross at the Wagah border and then return into India via Wagah. I read on someone's blog that the second entry into India can be a land crosiing as long as the first one is an Indian airport. do you have any experience or knowledge of that?
Hello .. you are on the wrong page at 9:22 . That's for regular paper visa ...not E Visa ... Then you magically appear on the E Visa page ... Correct that
Hi ben im flying to Pune but have an overnight layover in Mumbai and im planning on staying in a hotel that night. Should I put Mumbai as port of arrival even though my final destination is Pune?
Ben. Is there a content creator / digital nomad visa. The tourist visa seems to preclude any type of work per the application form. It seems to say casual work like business meetings are ok, but is applicable for content creation. Is there any specific guidelines on creation issued by the Indian ministry of Home affairs. Seems like there are little published guidelines.
There is no mention of this it just says “sole purpose is sightseeing…” for tourist visa which I believe is covered since travel blogger sole purpose is sightseeing
@@bjenks Yes it's a grey area. Short visits should be ok, but technically earning money from any activities in India is against the terms of a tourist visa.
If you went to college, it could be Diploma or a bachelor's or Higher secondary depending on your circumstances. The higher secondary degree in India is obtained from high school and is same as senior secondary school (Kindergarten+12 years of formal education) elsewhere and one would later go to a college to do diploma or bachelors. But there are some colleges which offer year 11 and 12 for the higher secondary degree. In that case, the student joins college early for years 11 and 12 and obtain the higher secondary degree from college. Also, for the photograph, size is not the only criteria, the photo should not have shadows etc. My cousin's wife is European. Her application was rejected due to this. Actually, not rejected, but additional information was requested asking to send a proper photo.
Ben , Can you confirm the visa situation again because from your video I’m reading that after the first 180 days you must leave then you can come back after 1 day . Ultimately keep doing this until the 5 year visa expires. In essence you would only need to be out of India for roughly a period of 10 days or so over that 5 years . Is this the case or is the 180 days stay per 1 year of the visa?, Thanks
18:01, Ben you say it's a 180-day limit, then you exit and can come right back....My understanding was that you can ONLY stay in India 180 days per year. You seem to indicate that's not true. Can you clarify? Thanks, and I love your videos.
@@bjenks Sorry, that's not totally clear to me. I think you're saying then one CANNOT enter for 180 days, go out and come right back and restart the 180 days -- am I correct? And if so, that's a change from what was the case in reality up to now, correct?
@@whellockroad I think you can go and come right back, but do check for your specific country on the official visa site. I'm saying you can only stay 180 days in one visit. And 180 days in the calendar year
If u want to try out the spiciest curry in india goto nagpur and eat saoji chicken it will the spiciest richest curry on earth and it won’t be gimmicky like it is in the west
No I don’t think so. But do check your visa as it varies by country. With USA I think you can leave and come back right away. But you can only stay 180 days in a calendar year
26:21 Where on facebook should I put a post saying I am looking for a place to rent? Are there any specific groups or type of group that I should post in?
It’s because most foreigners who come to are returning back to their home country. Most Indians on the other hand never had the intention of returning back home. The moment we go as a tourist and returning back home we will less rejection. The US visa works like this “ more the people stays in more the rejection” and less the number of people stays in more the approval
HOW KOLKATA (AND INDIA AS WELL) GOT FAMILIAR WITH AN AMERICAN CITY NAME CHICAGO, THAT TOO BEFORE 1900s??? I don't know whether you know or not, let me share a Historical FACT. Swami Vivekananda is an ETERNAL YOUTH ICON of INDIA. We respect him a lot. He and his Guru Shri Ram Krishna Dev and his follower Margaret Elizabeth Noble (or, Sister Nibedita as we call her) had some finest Spiritual teachings for us. In 1800s and 1900s there were Dharma Maha Sanmelan or Mega Religious Gatherings and Talks in Chicago. Swami Ji or Swami Vivekananda was THE FIRST INDIAN AND HINDU to take part in those types of religious gatherings. All other speakers glorified their Religion by addressing "Ladies and Gentlemen" but Swami Ji was the FIRST SPEAKER to address the audience as "MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS". Audience cheered a lot hearing that. Later he gave their one of the finest speech of SANATAN HINDU Dharma of this planet. Nice to see you enjoying India, am not much away from Kolkata, let me know if you need any help. I'll be glad to assist you.
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Ben you're the man with the master plan 😎👍🏻!Hi to all Indians. I'm getting the 5-year tourist visa. I should be arriving in Delhi at the end of May 2023. I'll be in India 🇮🇳 for six months at a time. Maybe 🤔 we'll meet up along the way. I'll be heading up to the Himalayas around July or August to places like Manali, Tosh village, Dharamshal, Shimla, McLeod Ganj, Nainital, etc.... until around late September when I head down south to Madurai, Mumbai, Mysore, Kerala, Varksla, etc....
Jai Hind 🇮🇳🙏🏻😎👍🏻💪🏻!
Traveling Eddie welcome to India
@@kandasamy321 Thank you friend 🙏🏻. I'm from the United States 🇺🇸. I love India 🇮🇳.
@@TheEddieToro have u been to india before
U r most welcome bro.
@@kunalbhardwaj11190 Kunal how are you? Thanks 🙏🏻 for welcoming me back to Bharat 🇮🇳. I'll be there in 2023 I hope 🤞🏻.
Thanks for promoting tourism in India.. Welcome ❤️
Bro, You are doing absolutely great job.
Thanks ❤🌹🙏 to promoting tourism in India 🇮🇳.
Lots of love ❤ from Uttarakhand India 🇮🇳.
Love from india 🇮🇳❤️❤️
I’m from India and I can always help people give tourist visas
This is really great content, in addition to the other stuff you do. We see so many videos about retiring in Bali/Thailand/Phillipines etc. maybe you could do one on retiring in India?
Welcome to India from Assam..❤️❤️
Epic bro! i appreciate this i was booking my flight to India and confused about the visa process and you uploaded this the same day haha you helped me out a ton with this video! so i will be exploring india for 6 months, you got any tips on wifi or how to get the Phone SIM card data plan of like 100+ GB monthly? i will be uploading a ton of youtube videos and i work online as a digital nomad so i need a ton of data. seriously this video was a game changer and saved a lot of my time! much appreciated!
Glad it was helpful! You can get airtel sim in airport, get airtelo esim as backup until you find Indian sim, look for jio sim shop as you go around for best one. I look for 3gb a day for 84 days. Airbnb has best WiFi places. Have fun!!!
Ben, just some additional information. The 180 days is only available to Americans and a handful of other nationalities. Most countries are only allowed to stay 90 days. Also I believe Brits need to apply at a consulate. No online visa is available if I recall. Also, under given name be sure to include your middle name if it is on your passport. I got nailed for not doing that. The argument I had was the form asked for given name and not names. Include what's on your passport. I got my visa back in 12 hours. One more trick. The payment section would not take my credit card but I was able to pay with Paypal.
The rules were different in the past but Brits can apply online and the 180 days is for more countries. Here’s most uptodate info I can findwww.mha.gov.in/PDF_Other/AnnexIII_01022018.pdf
Hi mate! I just want to tell keep the good things up
I am an Indian still watched this video. Also I live in Gurugram as well haha
Thank you Benjamin sir for roaming in India 👍👍
14:34 Higher secondary is not college, its high school. You graduate from secondary school at 16, higher secondary at 18. There was an option for undergraduate.
idly is light and easy to digest . Good for long walking and easy on stomach !!!
Hi Benjamin almost one lakh subscribers congratulations
Great topic to cover! Thank you for all help!
no , higher secondary means 12th standard after inter(12th) college starts in India , graduate means college
I need to pay close attention to this video. 👍 Unbelievable, can get chai delivered.
It's truly splendid experience watching your videos
Hey, in the Passport Details section you only have to provide the passport number again if you are carrying any other passport otherwise you need to select no and the option will be greyed out.
From news media came to know that waiting time for USA visa interview for Indian is 2 years . . I got visa for eu (for 6m), Australia , Uk (for 1 year) without any delay .
Where are the Kolkata videos?
Coming
Lots of love ❤️
Oh Ben, Oh Ben, Oh Ben… my ticket to Delhi is booked for next month, my hotel in Rishikesh is booked also, in fact most things are sorted. I’m just filling out my visa application and I’m away.
Waiting for video
MANY MORE HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY 🎉🎂
Blated Happy Birthday .. 2 days late.. watched your video just now 😍
Many Many happy returns of the day bro...
Great tutorial and always super helpful. I never did worked out if its 180 days stay for the entire year only or its 180 days per visit. Hopefully the latter. Enjoyed your video of the Sri Lanka visa run as well . Heading to Nepal for my visa run next month. Cheers :)
I think it’s for the year so I’m confused when Ben said you could come back after like 1 day , if that’s the case then you would only need to be out the country for like 10 days of that 5 year visa , hmmm I’m also very confused
@@joeh9009 If you stay in India for 180 days or more you become resident like most of the countries. This changes your tax status in India and with the parent country from where you are ordinarily tax payer. India has got dual tax evasion treaties with most counties and this invites tax and declaration changes. So in a financial year you have to stay not longer than 180 days (considering you might spend 1-2 days on airport during transit). If you are going to make some business you can stay more than 183 days but prepare for tax applicabilities beforehand by visiting relevant websites and/or a consultant. Financial year in India is from 1st Apr to 31st Mar. The declarations usually are made 2 months in advance of year end. Actuals filing must be done by 31st of July (4 months) after the tax year end.
Edit after Ben's reply: Above applies to Financial Visa's. Tourists visa stat tax free.
@@HonestSatish Thank you for taking the time to explain this , it is very much appreciated satish 🙌🙏
@@joeh9009 It's my pleasure to host and welcome 🙏. Wishing you a pleasing and memorable stay whenever you come India.
Yea that’s right
Well done
Hi 👋🏼 I am visiting just for a few months, do you do any channel promotions?
Bro come and visit North-east India. its beautiful !...I stay in agartala. I can show you my state!
Very good work brother.
Boys show him some love and subscribe❤👆
Hi you must visit Highest statue in the world " Statue of unity" bigger than American statue of Liberty and hidden gem of India " Lakshadweep island" 🙏♥️
I want to
@@bjenks okay 👍
Hi Benjamin, I love these videos. I too am an Indiophile......is that how you write it? Anyway I have just bought a 5 year e-visa. It says no land border crossings! My son lives in Lahore and it is my intention to cross at the Wagah border and then return into India via Wagah. I read on someone's blog that the second entry into India can be a land crosiing as long as the first one is an Indian airport. do you have any experience or knowledge of that?
Hello .. you are on the wrong page at 9:22 . That's for regular paper visa ...not E Visa ... Then you magically appear on the E Visa page ... Correct that
100 k coming...
Before Christmas
It would be a great Christmas gift!
Hi ben im flying to Pune but have an overnight layover in Mumbai and im planning on staying in a hotel that night. Should I put Mumbai as port of arrival even though my final destination is Pune?
Ben. Is there a content creator / digital nomad visa. The tourist visa seems to preclude any type of work per the application form. It seems to say casual work like business meetings are ok, but is applicable for content creation. Is there any specific guidelines on creation issued by the Indian ministry of Home affairs. Seems like there are little published guidelines.
There is no mention of this it just says “sole purpose is sightseeing…” for tourist visa which I believe is covered since travel blogger sole purpose is sightseeing
@@bjenks
Yes it's a grey area. Short visits should be ok, but technically earning money from any activities in India is against the terms of a tourist visa.
I love his work keep going brother
If you went to college, it could be Diploma or a bachelor's or Higher secondary depending on your circumstances. The higher secondary degree in India is obtained from high school and is same as senior secondary school (Kindergarten+12 years of formal education) elsewhere and one would later go to a college to do diploma or bachelors. But there are some colleges which offer year 11 and 12 for the higher secondary degree. In that case, the student joins college early for years 11 and 12 and obtain the higher secondary degree from college.
Also, for the photograph, size is not the only criteria, the photo should not have shadows etc. My cousin's wife is European. Her application was rejected due to this. Actually, not rejected, but additional information was requested asking to send a proper photo.
Ben , Can you confirm the visa situation again because from your video I’m reading that after the first 180 days you must leave then you can come back after 1 day . Ultimately keep doing this until the 5 year visa expires. In essence you would only need to be out of India for roughly a period of 10 days or so over that 5 years . Is this the case or is the 180 days stay per 1 year of the visa?, Thanks
I think you can leave and come back. If I hear different will let you know
@@bjenks Many thanks , appreciate your swift response which I know you don’t have to give . Cheers 🙏
Awesome 👍
18:01, Ben you say it's a 180-day limit, then you exit and can come right back....My understanding was that you can ONLY stay in India 180 days per year. You seem to indicate that's not true. Can you clarify? Thanks, and I love your videos.
New rule: You can only stay in India 180 days in a calendar year. In addition to the 180 days in one stretch.
@@bjenks Sorry, that's not totally clear to me. I think you're saying then one CANNOT enter for 180 days, go out and come right back and restart the 180 days -- am I correct? And if so, that's a change from what was the case in reality up to now, correct?
@@whellockroad I think you can go and come right back, but do check for your specific country on the official visa site. I'm saying you can only stay 180 days in one visit. And 180 days in the calendar year
Hey can you tell me how to do a visa run? I can stay in india for only 90 days.
Happy Birthday 🎉
Higher secondary in India means high school graduate grade 12
If u want to try out the spiciest curry in india goto nagpur and eat saoji chicken it will the spiciest richest curry on earth and it won’t be gimmicky like it is in the west
only question i have is dealing with payment, i need a paypal? what is axis bank?
Wow i was waiting for Kolkata 2 vlog, u left for Delhi already??
Yeah but Kolkata clogs coming now
Did u get to see THIRUVANNAMALAI deepam
One of my fave times. Missed this year
@@bjenks oh that’s sad
Hiiiiee Ben🖐🖐
nice video. Another youtuber mentioned even though you have 5 year evisa, you can only enter the country maximum of three times, is that true?
No I don’t think so check your country though varies a but
How to link existing 5yr evisa to renewed European passport
Ben try going to tawang or ladakh.
After 180 days, doesn’t a tourist have to stay out of India for 2 months? Please let me know. Thanks
No I don’t think so. But do check your visa as it varies by country. With USA I think you can leave and come back right away. But you can only stay 180 days in a calendar year
If you are there on a tourist visa, but you basically live there full time how do you do your banking ?
So you can go to india before applying for the visa ?
26:21 Where on facebook should I put a post saying I am looking for a place to rent? Are there any specific groups or type of group that I should post in?
Look up the place and "expat" and "travel" and look for similar posts
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday Bro 🎁🎂🎂🎂, Just saw your date of Birth 🤣🤣🤣
With an Evisa, are you able to fly into Kolkata airport?
Yes
Nice 👍❤️🙏
It's my understanding that under the 10 year visa you must stay out of India for 2 months/60 days between 180 day entries.
Is this still true?
That was true years back. Not true now. You can stay out ten minutes and come back.
Not true
Love your videos.❤
Big mistake on your part though.
You should have been in Kolkata for Christmas…best time to visit, not in Gurgaon.
But it is difficult to get US visa for Indians.
It’s because most foreigners who come to are returning back to their home country. Most Indians on the other hand never had the intention of returning back home.
The moment we go as a tourist and returning back home we will less rejection.
The US visa works like this “ more the people stays in more the rejection” and less the number of people stays in more the approval
Benj 🌻
For US citizens only or applies to other countries too?
Other countries too
Mire Christmas bro in advance
Just noticed Belated happy birthday man 12/12 😂
HOW KOLKATA (AND INDIA AS WELL) GOT FAMILIAR WITH AN AMERICAN CITY NAME CHICAGO, THAT TOO BEFORE 1900s???
I don't know whether you know or not, let me share a Historical FACT.
Swami Vivekananda is an ETERNAL YOUTH ICON of INDIA. We respect him a lot. He and his Guru Shri Ram Krishna Dev and his follower Margaret Elizabeth Noble (or, Sister Nibedita as we call her) had some finest Spiritual teachings for us.
In 1800s and 1900s there were Dharma Maha Sanmelan or Mega Religious Gatherings and Talks in Chicago.
Swami Ji or Swami Vivekananda was THE FIRST INDIAN AND HINDU to take part in those types of religious gatherings.
All other speakers glorified their Religion by addressing "Ladies and Gentlemen" but Swami Ji was the FIRST SPEAKER to address the audience as "MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS". Audience cheered a lot hearing that.
Later he gave their one of the finest speech of SANATAN HINDU Dharma of this planet.
Nice to see you enjoying India, am not much away from Kolkata, let me know if you need any help. I'll be glad to assist you.
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I wanted to apply but i was already in India
Rickshaw fast then wi fi 😄😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
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I think you will get indian citizenship.
Modi hook me up!
Coming to a third world country is easy whereas if Indian wants to go to US, The waiting period is 800+ days.
true 😒😒
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