India in efficient bureaucracy shock! Next week, south will be north and time will go backwards. Form filled in online, a couple of supporting documents posted off and a visa returned from London in under 10 days, excellent work! So thats a 12 month multi-entry visa sorted which is especially great news as they're not meant to issue visas for longer than 6 months without exceptional circumstances.
So one down, two to go and it's feeling a lot like progressing through levels a computer game. The first one was a bit of a test but really just getting you used to the idea. The next level is Pakistan that has no online service and need:
- visa form, about 10 pages
- passport & photocopy, fine
- invitation letter from sponsor, huh?
- ID of sponsor with address in Pakistan, no idea...
- bank statements, driving license etc, fine
- reference letter from workplace, saying what exactly, I have no idea
- itinerary & hotel bookings, well never been and nothing booked so far, help!
At least one guy in a travel agents called his mate who 'does visas' reckons I should just turn up at the embassy in Bradford and explain the journey and they'll be happy to sort a visa, even do it the same day. Well that's great, but I'll have to believe it when I see it.
Iran is the final boss battle on the last level by all accounts, but lets deal with that in time.
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