Visa Service Referral Needed
I am wondering if anyone can recommend a visa service for my visa to India. Cox and Kings Global Services who contract with the Indian Embassy are awful. Your recommendations would be greatly appreciated
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You may think Cox and Kings is awful, but they will be who processes your visa - no matter what you do. You can add a visa service on top of this if you would like. I used Travisa back in the day when they held the contract for the Indian Embassy and I thought they were excellent.
I'm surprised that you are having problems with Cox & Kings, as the reviews I've heard from other travelers have generally been good. The previous contractor, BLS, was truly ghastly - stealing passports, in fact. Back when BLS was processing visas, there were people who found using Travisa was helpful in ensuring that they got their passport back. |
I've read so many negative nightmarish stories re: Cox and Kings. Did you do the e-visa or did you mail in everything? And, how long did it take for you to get your visa? Lastly, thanks for your response.
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I can also recommend Travisa highly.
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I've not gotten a visa from Cox and Kings. I got a 10-year visa a number of years ago through Travisa.
I'd take the "nightmarish stories" with a grain of salt. (are these reviews all on TA?) I understand that BLS employees were instructed to post terrible reviews of the new contractor. Given the posts by BLS employees here praising the services of BLS, I have no difficulty believing that. |
I highly recommend ambassadorpassportandvisa.com/ as a visa expeditor. We didn't use them for India because we got the Travisa 10-year visas a while ago. But friends recently used them for same-week Indian visas without a hitch. Ambassador also obtained a Chinese visa and extra passport pages for me overnight, even though I did not pay for the expedited service. And my son's company worked with them to get him a last-minute Brazilian visa. Their rates are reasonable and they are basically miracle workers.
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I can personally recommend C&K. They performed quickly and efficiently for me (ref. my comments in the thread "Visa for India" on this forum). This is my personal and recent (within the 2 months) experience. What prompts you to say they are awful?
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You can apply for the e-visa if you are eligible for it. You can check the information on the Indian government website.
https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/visa/tvoa.html Hope it helps.. |
Thanks everyone…..I guess I will go with Cox and Kings….
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Highly recommend Travisa. Got my visa for India in 5 days (no rush!) during the BLS hoopla where people were waiting months/passports were being lost.
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I just entered a response to your other visa post - Cox and King in SF was great for us a couple weeks ago. We got our visas couriered to our home within 72 hours of submitting our application.
The e-visa is only good for one entry - if you think you will be wanting to go to India more than one time, or over a longer period of time - the e-visa may not be for you. |
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