je suis désolé, mais mon premier post sur ce forum est une question chiante de paperasses...
on part en voyage avec ma copine dans un mois en commencant par le sri lanka, les billets aller sont achetés. on pensait ensuite aller en inde, puis au népal, et sans doute revenir en inde avant de rentrer en france
se pose une petite question de visas... pour arriver au sri lanka c'est ok, on peut faire la demande juste avec le numéro de passeport sur un site dédié, mais la question qui se pose est pour l'inde.
comme ma copine est en train de faire renouveler son passeport (valable que 4 mois) et qu'elle ne l'aura que dans 15 jours, soit deux semaines avant le départ, nous n'aurons pas le temps de faire une demande de visas pour l'inde par courrier car les délais sont trop longs et nous risquerions de ne pas pouvoir partir en l'absence du passeport (il faut envoyer le passeport par la poste)
du coup il nous faudra faire la demande a colombo, jusqu'ici pas de problème, délais d'une semaine environ pour les avoir depuis le Sri Lanka
par contre j'ai lu (sur ce forum me semble-t-il) qu'il était difficile d'obtenir un visa touriste de 6 mois multientrées pour l'inde depuis colombo, souvent seul un visa touriste de 3 mois est accordé... si j'ai bien compris le visa multientrées sert à pouvoir quitter l'inde et y revenir ?
ma question est la suivante: est-ce possible avec ce visa touriste de 3 mois, de faire un tour en inde de disons deux mois, puis passer un mois au népal (ou plus) et redescendre ensuite en inde prendre l'avion pour la france? nous faut-il absolument des visas multientrées?
y a-t-il d'autres solutions? demander un autre visa à kathmandu avant de revenir en inde peut être? en dernier recours on pourra rentrer du népal mais les vols sont souvent plus chers que de Delhi
merci à celles / ceux qui ont pris le temps de lire... et eventuellement de répondre :)
peace !
edit -- je viens de voir qu'il y avait une catégorie"formalités administratives" sans doute plus appropriée, quelqu'un(e) pourrait déplacer le sujet svp? -- merci
Hum, ta question n'est pas évidente, j'imagine que seules des personnes ayant vécu la même chose que toi pourront te répondre (ce qui n'est pas mon cas)
Tout d'abord, tu pourrais simplement prendre un vol Kathmandu-Delhi pour ensuite prendre ton vol à Delhi (ainsi, pas besoin de visa si tu restes en zone internationale à l'aéroport).
Sinon : vaudrait mieux communiquer directement avec l'ambassade ou le consulat indien à Paris, afin d'obtenir des informations précises sur les visas touristiques de 3 mois!
Bonjour,
J'ai l'intention de faire un peu comme vous deux:
Sri Lanka (2 mois)
Inde (4 mois)
Nepal et retour en Inde
Alors pour le Visa Indien ça c'est passé comment pour vous????
Merci!
tu peux arriver sans problème au sri lanka sans visa pour l'inde, par contre la compagnie aérienne de ton vol aller pour le sri lanka risque de te demander un vol "retour" (peu importe la destination) qui prouve que tu comptes bien quitter le pays
ton cas est légèrement différent du nôtre, car tu comptes rester deux mois au sri lanka. il te faudra donc demander une extension de visa une fois sur place car tu dépasses les 30 jours (aucun problème pour l'obtenir d'après ce que j'avais lu avant de partir)
il faut que tu contactes ta compagnie aérienne pour leur expliquer ton cas précis, et leur demander si tu pourras embarquer en présentant un vol pour l'inde qui dépasse la limite des 30 jours du visa sri lankais, en expliquant que tu feras la demande de prolongation de visa au sri lanka, et que tu feras ton visa indien au sri lanka aussi
à mon avis ça passe sans problème, mais vaut mieux que tu sois sûre
dans mon cas j'avais envoyé un mail à saudia airlines et ils m'avaient répondu très vite: ils voulaient juste comme justificatif le visa sri lankais et un vol de départ (et passeport bien sûr)
on a pris des billets colombo-madurai (spicejet) à 40 euros juste avant de partir de paris, en se disant qu'on ne perdait pas grand chose si on changeait nos plans
une fois au sri lanka, tu peux faire ta demande de visa indien à colombo : la veille au soir tu peux aller dans un cyber café, remplir le formulaire en ligne sur indianvisaonline.gov.inet l'imprimer (je dis ça parce que les cyber-cafés qui sont a proximité des bureaux sont fermés le matin !)
et le lendemain matin tu vas aux bureaux de demande de visas, la photo se fait sur place, et les photocopies aussi. ils vont te donner un jour et une plage horaire pour venir récupérer ton visa) le délai est d'une semaine environ
on a demandé des visas 6 mois multi-entrée pour l'inde et on les a eus sans problèmes en cinq jours :)
d'après ce qu'on nous a dit sur place, tu peux aussi faire ta demande de visa indien à kandy mais c'est plus long, compter presque deux semaines.
pour le népal je ne peux te répondre, on est restés plus longtemps que prévu en inde du coup on n'y est pas allés, mais j'ai entendu que tu peux avoir ton visa à la frontière si tu y vas en bus
si j'étais à ta place je crois que je resterais un mois au sri lanka et cinq mois en inde et au népal... c'est tellement grand, le temps y passe différemment, tout prend plus de temps (et c'est "temps mieux" ! )
Mon questionnement était surtout pour l'inde. Car avec tout ce qui circule comme infos concernant les changements au visa indien je m'y perds un peu avant c'était long mais plus simple. Après le Sri Lanka je veux rester au moins 4 mois aller 1 mois au Népal et revenir en Inde 1mois.
Je connais un peu l'inde et cette fois j'aimerais visiter le sud un peu plus, aller aux Andamans et remonter la côte est puis me rendre en bus au Népal, ça il n'y a pas de problème pour le visa à la frontière terrestre je l'ai déjà fait mais je veux être capable de revenir en Inde pour 1 mois. Je vais faire comme tu dis acheter un billet low cost pour sortir du Sri Lanka quitte à le perdre et faire le visa là-bas à Colombo.
Tu écris de Birmanie j'espère que tout se passe bien pour toi là-bas, j'y ai passé un mois en 2012 et c'était vraiment bien, que de merveilles à découvrir dommage que ce soit si peu entretenu.
encore une fois merci pour ta réponse et bonne route !
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