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we’re planning our trip to the North Cape this summer. We bought a new vehicle for it. Unfortunately, the registration document is still being processed, and the delay seems long—I don’t think I’ll have it in time for our departure...
I have the transfer documents, insurance in my name, and all the supporting paperwork, but not the registration document. So my question is: does the ferry company require the registration document *mandatorily* when boarding in Denmark or not?
Thanks for any insights...
Forte augmentation des frais de visas touristiques pour l'Inde
by ActionVisas
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
Super, et grand merci pour l'info, je vais corriger ça dans mon site !
Bijoliane
Le but suprême du voyageur est de ne plus savoir ce qu'il contemple ; chaque être, chaque chose est occasion de voyage et de contemplation. Lie-Tseu
Bonjour à tous,
De nouveau une augmentation du prix des visas indiens mais, cette fois ci, pour la bonne cause. Plus d'infos ici...
Nicolas
De nouveau une augmentation du prix des visas indiens mais, cette fois ci, pour la bonne cause. Plus d'infos ici...
Nicolas
bonsoir,
faudrait peut être qu'ils arrêtent!
tu as raison éric. on passe pour des porte monnaie ambulants.
mais je pense que c'est voulu. l'Etat indien veut privilégier le tourisme indien.
Bonjour,
Sans vouloir faire de polémique, je trouve normal que les indiens (vu leur misérable salaire) payent moins que nous. Cela ne m'a jamais frustré de payer plus qu'eux.
Par contre, où je grogne quand même c'est sur le prix du visa....😠
Cette année, je vais essayer le evisa en espérant que tout se passe bien vu que je n'y connais rien en pixels, etc....
Cordialement
MARIE
MARIE
"Chaque voyage se vit différemment même si la destination est la même; c'est notre état d'esprit du moment et nos rencontres qui en font la différence"
Bonjour,
Sans vouloir faire de polémique, je trouve normal que les indiens (vu leur misérable salaire) payent moins que nous. Cela ne m'a jamais frustré de payer plus qu'eux.
Par contre, où je grogne quand même c'est sur le prix du visa....😠
Cette année, je vais essayer le evisa en espérant que tout se passe bien vu que je n'y connais rien en pixels, etc....
Cordialement
MARIE
bonsoir de là a payer 30 fois plus qu'eux....? cordialement
bonsoir de là a payer 30 fois plus qu'eux....? cordialement
Oui.... Ne gagne ton pas 30 fois plus que certains d'entre eux ?
MARIE
"Chaque voyage se vit différemment même si la destination est la même; c'est notre état d'esprit du moment et nos rencontres qui en font la différence"
Donc à te suivre, nous gagnons 30 fois plus qu'eux , on paye 30 fois plus.
Les thaïlandais gagent 3 fois plus, ils devront payer 3 fois plus.
Si je vais dans un autre pays ou je gagne 10 fois, je devrais payer 10 fois plus que les locaux ?
Et du coup, s'ils gagnent 30 fois mois que nous, ils doivent payer 30 fois moins sur les entrées des sites en France ?
Les chiffres sont des exemples pour illustrer 😉
Si je vais dans un autre pays ou je gagne 10 fois, je devrais payer 10 fois plus que les locaux ?
Et du coup, s'ils gagnent 30 fois mois que nous, ils doivent payer 30 fois moins sur les entrées des sites en France ?
Les chiffres sont des exemples pour illustrer 😉
Peu importe les chiffres, je veux juste dire que moi , ça ne me choque pas.
Et que ce ne serait pas mal de faire ça dans tous les pays. Que les gens qui visitent leur propre pays payent moins (nous y compris).
Fin de conversation.😉
Cordialement
MARIE
"Chaque voyage se vit différemment même si la destination est la même; c'est notre état d'esprit du moment et nos rencontres qui en font la différence"
On appelle ca la "skin tax" Les Americains ou Canadiens d'origine indienne, bien plus riches que nous la plupart du temps , ne la paient pas. Racisme caracterise? Par ailleurs, en parite de pouvoir d'achat, un nombre important d'Indiens gagnent leur vie tout a fait decemment , et seulement 2% de la population paie des impots. L'ecart se reduit neanmoins en matiere de pouvoir d'achat: a deux, nous avons paye un pdj tout ce qu'il y a de plus banal 650 rs (10 euros) a Goa , dans un hotel a Roissy, buffet a volonte 2 adultes+1 enfant= 10 euros. Beaucoup de produits coutent actuellement moins cher en France qu'en Inde, pour une qualite loin des normes europeennes.
Skanda
Temple de Pashupatinath a Kathmandou il y a 12 ans : Nepalais 20 Rs, Etrangers 250rs, entree du temple interdite aux non-Hindous, temple entretenu par l'Unesco aux frais de contribuables etrangers,
j'ai eu l'impression d'etre pris pour un con, j'ai enleve mes sandales, releve mon pantalon, traverse la riviere, et n'ai rien paye.
Skanda
Trés sympas la discussion sur le tourisme...
mais il faut savoir deux choses:
la première
le tourisme internationnal représente à peine 8% des données sur le tourisme indien.
Dans ces 8% de cette population qui franchit les aeroports internationnaux il y a un pourcentage d'indiens vivants à l'etranger qui rendent visite à leur famille ou découvrir l'inde car il sont nés en europe ou amériques. en gros ils s'en foutent un peu de nous foreigners, ce qui les interessent ce sont les touristes domestiques intramuraux. Tous les restaurants ou hotels préfèrent et de loin une clientèle indienne de classe moyenne qui dépensera plusieurs miliers de roupies par tête de pipe qu'un europeen qui va lesiner sur le prix d'un lassi.
la seconde Tous les monuments dont l'unesco a financé la remise en état , ont un prix d'entrée de 250 roupies au moins, car par la suite le cahier des charges est parfois trés lourd, par exemple a Agra il a été ordonné de faire le moins de pollution possible de la part des usines ou tout simplement des autorickshaw, des infrastructures spéciales ont été même construites contre les inondations ou catastrophes naturelles. Faut savoir aussi que les temples peuvent recevoir plus de 10 000 entrées par jour {comme le temple d'or} principalement des indiens ce qui dépasse largement les euros que vous y dépenserez.
enfin ce qui devient tres inquiètant pour mes compatriotes installés depuis des années sur le territoire, en guest house ou petites unites de business, c'est que le gouvernement indien ne renouvelle plus les visas sauf pour ceux qui font annuellement plus d'une crore de CA, ce qui est irréalisable avec une guest ou un restau. Donc il ne faut pas toujours se scandaliser pour des injustices qui sont impensables chez nous, mais apprécions ce pays magnifique qui change tres rapidement, mais qui court vers une révolution sociale certaine.
la seconde Tous les monuments dont l'unesco a financé la remise en état , ont un prix d'entrée de 250 roupies au moins, car par la suite le cahier des charges est parfois trés lourd, par exemple a Agra il a été ordonné de faire le moins de pollution possible de la part des usines ou tout simplement des autorickshaw, des infrastructures spéciales ont été même construites contre les inondations ou catastrophes naturelles. Faut savoir aussi que les temples peuvent recevoir plus de 10 000 entrées par jour {comme le temple d'or} principalement des indiens ce qui dépasse largement les euros que vous y dépenserez.
enfin ce qui devient tres inquiètant pour mes compatriotes installés depuis des années sur le territoire, en guest house ou petites unites de business, c'est que le gouvernement indien ne renouvelle plus les visas sauf pour ceux qui font annuellement plus d'une crore de CA, ce qui est irréalisable avec une guest ou un restau. Donc il ne faut pas toujours se scandaliser pour des injustices qui sont impensables chez nous, mais apprécions ce pays magnifique qui change tres rapidement, mais qui court vers une révolution sociale certaine.
Oui fin de conversation 😉
Et pour en revenir aux visas --> https://voyageforum.com/discussion/souci-e-visa-inde-d8220007/
Et pour en revenir aux visas --> https://voyageforum.com/discussion/souci-e-visa-inde-d8220007/
Je ne peux qu'approuver vos propos, j'ai vu ce pays changer superficiellement, du fait des apports technologiques et de capitaux etrangers, et la structure sociale rester immobile, et meme se degrader, avec le gouvernement reactionnaire au pouvoir actuellement et les manipulations permises par les nouveaux medias.
Je dois tout de meme remercier ce gouvernement de m'avoir accorde la (presque) double-nationalite, au titre de OCI.
Quant aux touristes occidentaux, il est tout a fait exact qu'ils sont noyes dans la masse, meme sur beaucoup de plages a Goa.La nouvelle autoroute Bombay- Mangalore qui longe la cote, ne va rien arranger pour les "useless tourists" (a moins de 10 000 rs/j) comme les decrit le gouvernement. Sri Lanka parait de plus en plus accueillant (et souvent moins cher)!
Skanda
Merci Madeleine!
Avant la limitation du visa ily a eu la suppression du tarif senior dans les trains pour les étrangers.
Et des changements de conditions depuis juillet 2017, passées quasiment inaperçues : les prix du train pour les billets "tourist quotas" ont été multipliés par 1,5. Et les conditions de remboursement en cas d'annulation aussi (remboursement réduit drastiquement). Et si vous allez dans les bureaux pour étrangers, on vous appliquera automatiquement le tarif "quota étranger", même s'il reste encore des places dans les quotas normaux.... Bref, c'est toujours l'arnaque à grande échelle...
Et des changements de conditions depuis juillet 2017, passées quasiment inaperçues : les prix du train pour les billets "tourist quotas" ont été multipliés par 1,5. Et les conditions de remboursement en cas d'annulation aussi (remboursement réduit drastiquement). Et si vous allez dans les bureaux pour étrangers, on vous appliquera automatiquement le tarif "quota étranger", même s'il reste encore des places dans les quotas normaux.... Bref, c'est toujours l'arnaque à grande échelle...
Temple de Pashupatinath a Kathmandou il y a 12 ans : Nepalais 20 Rs, Etrangers 250rs, entree du temple interdite aux non-Hindous, temple entretenu par l'Unesco aux frais de contribuables etrangers,
j'ai eu l'impression d'etre pris pour un con...
Euh, c'est pas JUSTE une impression.... Au Népal, le racket des touristes étrangers bat son plein ! Par contre, quand il s'agit de faire venir des volontaires étrangers pour reconstruire le pays à la suite des séismes, là.... Moi je n'ai pas remonté mes bas de pantalon, mais j'ai contourné au sud, sans passer par le poste officiel de passage. Enfin, idem à Agra et tous les grands sites indiens, où les étrangers payent en gros 10 X le prix demandé aux Indiens, alors que ces sites sont encore là grâce à des financements internationaux....
Euh, c'est pas JUSTE une impression.... Au Népal, le racket des touristes étrangers bat son plein ! Par contre, quand il s'agit de faire venir des volontaires étrangers pour reconstruire le pays à la suite des séismes, là.... Moi je n'ai pas remonté mes bas de pantalon, mais j'ai contourné au sud, sans passer par le poste officiel de passage. Enfin, idem à Agra et tous les grands sites indiens, où les étrangers payent en gros 10 X le prix demandé aux Indiens, alors que ces sites sont encore là grâce à des financements internationaux....
bonjour
je viens de faire le visa pour 6 mois chez VFS Marseille.
Avec le renvoi du visa à la maison par chronopost, le total est de 132.30 €
Détail :
98 euros c'est le total consulaire
+ service expédition de 25 €
+service sms mail de 1.50 €
+ frais de transaction de 0.84 €
et 8 jours après dépôt du dossier j'ai reçu mon passeport et visa à la maison. Ce fut rapide.
et 8 jours après dépôt du dossier j'ai reçu mon passeport et visa à la maison. Ce fut rapide.
Ce ne sont pas les plus grands discours les meilleurs. Je trouve tout à fait normal que nous devons payer plus que les indiens.... Si on est si près de ses sous, on reste chez soi. Ça vous va ça....
MARIE
"Chaque voyage se vit différemment même si la destination est la même; c'est notre état d'esprit du moment et nos rencontres qui en font la différence"
Temple de Pashupatinath a Kathmandou il y a 12 ans : Nepalais 20 Rs, Etrangers 250rs, entree du temple interdite aux non-Hindous, temple entretenu par l'Unesco aux frais de contribuables etrangers,
j'ai eu l'impression d'etre pris pour un con, j'ai enleve mes sandales, releve mon pantalon, traverse la riviere, et n'ai rien paye.
Excellent ! ne jamais se laisser prendre pour un con et ne jamais se laisser marcher sur la tête. Bravo. 😛
Excellent ! ne jamais se laisser prendre pour un con et ne jamais se laisser marcher sur la tête. Bravo. 😛
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Best regards,
Gilles
I’d like to know if anyone has already applied for a private visa to Russia with an invitation from a Russian resident. I traveled earlier this year with an e-visa, but since I want to stay longer, I’ll be visiting my friend who lives in eastern Russia. For the visa application, does the invitation need to be on an official paper form issued by the Russian ministry? And most importantly, do I need to present the original for the application, or is there an electronic version that can be sent directly to the consulate in France? Thanks for any info if you’ve gone through this process before!
Best regards,
Gilles
I filled out the B2 form to apply for a visa, created an account on Atvis to pay the visa fees and schedule a meet-up, but every time I try to pay with my Boursobank Visa 1st card, they refuse the payment with a message telling me to check my details (address), even though everything is correct. Does anyone know why this is happening, or maybe they don’t accept Visa cards? Are you aware of this?
Thanks for your feedback!
Elisabeth
Hi,
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted. Is this real or just a hoax? Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received. Thanks everyone.
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted. Is this real or just a hoax? Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received. Thanks everyone.
Hi there,
We need to apply for a B2 visa because we visited Iran in 2018. It currently costs $185, but they’re planning an additional $250 fee per person for the same visa—it’s been approved but not yet implemented. Does anyone know when this fee will take effect?
Thanks in advance!
Elisabeth
Hi there,
In November, we're heading off on a 4-month trip. We'll be landing in China and plan to leave the country via a land border into Vietnam.
I’ve read that China may ask for proof of exit within 30 days (flight ticket or other reservation). Since we’d be leaving by land, I’m wondering how this works in practice.
Has anyone here been in this situation recently?
Did the airline ask for an exit ticket before boarding? Did Chinese authorities require proof upon arrival? Is a train/bus ticket to Vietnam sufficient? Is a cancelable or flexible reservation accepted?
Thanks for sharing your experiences! 😊
Did the airline ask for an exit ticket before boarding? Did Chinese authorities require proof upon arrival? Is a train/bus ticket to Vietnam sufficient? Is a cancelable or flexible reservation accepted?
Thanks for sharing your experiences! 😊
Hi there,
Just a question that’s probably been asked before (though usually the other way around for my situation :))
My wife and I are heading to the US.
On her ticket, it only has her maiden name (e.g., Martine DUPOND).
On her passport, it’s written as Martine DUPOND épouse AVRY.
No issues for travel, I hope I did the right thing with the ticket?
Then for the ESTA, is just Martine DUPOND enough, or do I need to include the "épouse AVRY" part like on the passport?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there,
I’m spending a few days in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) and would like to cross the Argentine border to make a loop toward Salta and then return to Chile to drop off the rental car.
I’ve heard that crossing the border can be tricky!
Is it possible with a rental company’s authorization? Which company, and at what cost?
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Best regards,
Arnale
Hi everyone,
I saw on the French Embassy in Peru’s website and the Peruvian Consulate in Paris’s site that the rule is to have a passport valid for 6 months *after the arrival date* (not the return date).
I arrive in Peru on August 13, 2019 (for about twelve days), and my passport is valid until February 16, 2020.
That’s 6 months and 3 days after my arrival date in Peru. In my opinion, I’m good to go.
But could I still be denied entry if they say I don’t cover the return date or that I’m too close to the 6-month mark?
Thanks for your feedback.
I saw on the French Embassy in Peru’s website and the Peruvian Consulate in Paris’s site that the rule is to have a passport valid for 6 months *after the arrival date* (not the return date).
I arrive in Peru on August 13, 2019 (for about twelve days), and my passport is valid until February 16, 2020.
That’s 6 months and 3 days after my arrival date in Peru. In my opinion, I’m good to go.
But could I still be denied entry if they say I don’t cover the return date or that I’m too close to the 6-month mark?
Thanks for your feedback.




