How I got a 1-Year INDIA VISA in 2021 🇮🇳 Everything You Need To Know

[@suryacoapy5129]

Congratulations Ben.Very informative video with vital information for travellers. Celebrate your return to !ncredible India.

[@bjenks]

Thanks buddy!

[@M.Meljo11]

Glad to have you back, congrats 🥳 for me travelling is always stressful, feel like I'm missing some document even though I triple check to have what they say I need to have. I feel lucky to have OCI, at least the visa headache is off my head😄

[@PradeepRaajkumar1981]

Same here OCI from AUSTRALIA...

[@ronrash5895]

Congratulations!!! It worked for me!

[@bjenks]

Woot woot!

[@onlytruthandlove1232]

this is such a high quality video...im amazed... thanks for the help bro

[@bjenks]

Glad it was helpful 👊

[@angelofwar8930]

Ben I just love your channel , never stop uploading about incredible India 💓🙂

[@kanpurunplugged9970]

Dramatic yet informative

[@rahulbiswas6353]

I was waiting for Benjamin to suit up since he is now a businessman 🤣

[@bjenks]

Haha

[@DTreagust]

An excellent entertaining video - - it helps me so much - welcome back to India - woohoooo!. - keep the videos coming. - love ya work!! Merry Christmas cheers Daniel in Oz 😃😃😃😃

[@bjenks]

Great to hear Daniel 👋✌👍

[@monicamccarthy3932]

This was really helpful. I am planning a trip to Mumbai India in Feb, and omg, I am feeling so stressed out already. I'm from Philadelphia, and I have traveled to India back in 2018 for a week, but now with all the covid rules, I'm nervous.

[@christieplayspiano]

Thank you for sharing this video, currently have to get a new visa to come back to India, and this was helpful!

[@balasubramaniambalachandra9352]

Thanks for your valuable information in this critical situation,as a European or Western 👏👏👏🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🌹🌹🌹🤝 may God bless you and your family.

[@jsmurthy7481]

Very detailed info which ought to be useful to many

[@Just_forfun9140]

Columbo, I was thinking of him recently when I was watching vlogs from another YT channel, the grandfather in the vlog keeps coming back with another question to ask just like Columbo. Congrats on the visa, why only one year, you have to repeat the process again.

[@curiobill]

Thanks for your channel and great videos! Could you please update this video with details of the other visa options for westerners traveling to India? Many thanks!!!

[@TheEddieToro]

BUBBA I'm so ecstatically joyful 😊👍🏻 for you buddy. You got back in with basically no hitches except for those taxi 🚕 drivers in Sri Lanka cancelling on you a few times. I remember the feeling 🥳🎉🎊🎆🎇 I had when I successfully passed through immigration in 2019 in Delhi 🇮🇳. Woohoo 🎉! You're back in black 🖤 AC/DC style. Looking forward to more of your India travel 🧳 vlogs. Very informative vlog on getting that biz visa and all the airport stuff. You got my 👍🏻. Stay Happy-Go-Lucky and blessed. 🙏🏻🕉️

[@bjenks]

Thanks buddy life is good! Hope life is going well for you

[@TheEddieToro]

@@bjenks Ben life is getting better for me now that I'm in Envigado, Colombia 🇨🇴 with my mom and the content creator stuff is picking up steam 🚂. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year in case I don't get around to wishing it to you later. Keep enjoying Epic India 🇮🇳. I have put off returning to India till 2024 or for that matter leaving Colombia. It's getting way stupider out in the world 🌎🌍 right now if ya' catch my drift.

[@naveenvenkateshk]

The authorities saved you from getting ripped off by taxi drivers. Those guys who claim to help you with the taxi will actually rip you off by over charging you. The best option is always to book a cab through the taxi stands available at the airport and have a receipt with the correct amount you need to pay. Or you could book an Uber or Ola cab and go in that. It's my personal experience that taxi guys who approach you as you come out of airport are there to rip you off, if they come anywhere close to you, refuse them and ask them to leave you alone.

[@JoeyvanLeeuwen]

brooooo...this is the exact process i'm going through literally less than 1 week later...i just submitted my e-visa app a few hours ago. chennaikku varavearkirom matrum christmas valthukkal!

[@bjenks]

Good luck!

[@JoeyvanLeeuwen]

@@bjenks thank you anna...I sent you an email just now by the way. I would appreciate it soooo much if you could check it out.

[@kandasamy321]

Hi Benjamin glad you are back to India your love for India is so obvious The late author Nirad Choudhary wrote about some westerners fascination for India and he compared India ty Greek sorceress India enchants you then it enrapts you Even when you go back to USA India will not go off your mind, India it's people , it's culture and it's food will haunt you forever, Unless you decide to stay back in India, because in most of your videos you keep saying India is my home

[@bjenks]

I will need to read some if this authors work. Good quotes! I am very happy to be home

[@kandasamy321]

@@bjenks The book is "The continent of circe" by Nirad Choudhari I came across this quote in another history book " Coramandal, a personal history of South India" by Charles Allen Though I have not read"The continent of circe" Circe is the Greek sorceress who enchants people and traps them in her island

[@kamalakrsna]

Wow .. totally enjoyed your experience video. Few months ago - I appliedd 4 a student visa. X-2 Global Entry visa Cost me: 300$ to compile Rejected I know how complex... How difficult it is 2 du what you have done. Can anyone afford to fly SO FAAAR to lndia. Just for a 30 days visa? the infrastructure of lndia takes alot of time to deal with. I spent 12 years there they 40 years of time. So I know They should give 3 month tourist visas. India has all the ancient Hindu holy places. India could allow us foreign Hindu people time there to do sadhana in those places: Rishikesh Kanyakumari Ayodhya Udupi Mayapur & a thousand other places

[@katherinegreen9874]

Site kept crashing on me....lost money on 1st attempt...pdf failed me twice...had to get a paper copy 3 days before I left.

[@mirowestmaas4566]

You take taxi directly from airport? Better to order pickup from Tiru no?

[@bjenks]

Maybe. Cost was not bad tho

[@DeepakRao.01]

Hey Ben, apply for 5 years multiple entry visa of India.

[@assassingamingtamil7908]

Hey you should check out a place call Rajapalayam in virudhunagar. You can check out the special rare Rajapalayam training dogs and it has a special hotel named koorakadai. Maybe can we meet?

[@tamilpaiyan555]

Informative

[@votejohndoe1038]

please make lots and lots more videos

[@FlakkO8]

Do you need to be vaccinated to enter India

[@jayz2352]

No travel from UK ??? So want to come to India

[@cosmicworld5665]

Glad everything went with out any hitch. Loved that tv show of the 80's detective columbo. Did you get both the doses of the vaccine? Also just curious for long term visas are you supposed to visit the nearest police station for a verification/attendence. Back in the days this was a requirement. Not sure this rule still exists.

[@bjenks]

Yeah both doses. If I stay more than 180 days I would need to register w frro

[@jilliansawers108]

I know people who have gone there without vaccines. So think there is a way to manage with just PCR tests.

[@aakashmohapatra6437]

glad to have you back brother! what happended to the house you were staying at? going back there again or did you have to get some place else?

[@bjenks]

Thanks! Yeah I am staying in the same place

[@xtremegenerationjack]

Hey do you know how long you can stay in India with the 1year multiple entry Indian tourist visa? Some say we need to exit in 180days and come back. Some says it's 90days. Could you please explain?

[@bjenks]

depends your country and visa. USA, Canada, Japan is 180 days, other places can be less. But new rule also states only 180 days in a year, so I will have to leave for 2024 soon as it's getting close and I can't come back until 2025

[@jash123451]

Hi Benjamin, very informative video. Can you please tell me if my toddler has over stayed for 2 months on indian e-visa, do i need to apply for exit permit or register with FRRO? The portal says, anyone under 16 years age are exempt to register.

[@bjenks]

wish you well

[@bharathsf]

Did you make it, Benjamin?? I am outside, I can't really listen to the video

[@bjenks]

I will have to keep you in suspense :)

[@bharathsf]

@@bjenks haha.. Good One :)

[@avocadokitchen]

Hi, did u have any restrictions to re-enter India after u left India? I travelled to India on Mid Feb on e-tourist visa of 30-day with single entry. I returned to my country for 1 month now but my ETA expires on 26 April. Do u know when i can apply again for 1 year e-tourist visa with multiple entry? Thank u 🙏🙏🙏

[@Mayaspiral]

Also did you have to quarantine for 14 days when you arrived?

[@bjenks]

I did not, i think it is onky self quarantine if you test negative from at risk country please check tho they change it often

[@oriol108]

Are You going back to Tiruvanmalay ? or visiting other places of India ?

[@bjenks]

Will stay in Tiru and travel from here

[@rinafilmsyt]

Can I travel on tourist visa without being vaccinated? Is a negative PCR enough? Thank you and lovely video!

[@Mayaspiral]

No you have to show proof you were vaccinated

[@bjenks]

I believe vaccination is necessary

[@rinafilmsyt]

​@@Mayaspiral "Non-vaccinated or partially vaccinated arrivals must self-isolate for seven days" ,... - written in an article released yesterday. From this sentence I assume, I don't have to be vaccinated.

[@MrRiotpopper]

I want to move to India and stay for as long as possible dealing with visas as little as possible. Is this the best way? I have an indie game d I am selling and developing, would choosing to program that while living in india count for a business visa? I appreciate you making this video, I can't seem to find any other youtubers talking about how they are staying in india for so long

[@gradstudent584]

As far as I know, any income you make as a resident of India (a resident is anyone staying for more than 180 days a year) can be taxed. There are some technicalities like say you make some money on investments abroad. That profit cannot be taxed until you bring it into India. But, if you are receiving money from family, that will not be taxed since it's considered gift. So, decide accordingly how you would like to receive money. For the visa part, I am not very sure. But, I think citizenship requires 12 years of continuous residency in India or 7 years if you marry an Indian citizen. You will definitely have to ask a lawyer for details.

[@joejoseph4797]

Welcome home 🙏🙏🙏

[@tirlangiram3971]

But I think still it is easy as compared USA visa.

[@Mayaspiral]

Hi! Does your friend have to have a business? I'm interested in doing business with a friend but we haven't created it yet.

[@bjenks]

I believe many people are approved to explore setting up a business and the number I put was not verified

[@Mayaspiral]

@@bjenks it's been so hard getting information and it really means a lot to me that you responded. You have yourself a subscriber sir. Thanks from Colorado ❤️

[@bjenks]

@@Mayaspiral welcome!

[@Djpiwal]

Awesome

[@sabyasachipradhan5799]

Good information. However it's risky to upload such information on public platform. Indian authorities may actually look at it and cancel your visa 😂😂😂

[@TheEddieToro]

The Indian 🇮🇳 authorities will clearly see he's just giving helpful information for would-be travelers so as to ease their worries and make the whole experience of traveling to India that much more pleasant and not horrendous. It helps tourism to India grow.

[@bjenks]

I thought about that and hope it doesnt happen :)

[@sabyasachipradhan5799]

@@TheEddieToro what the authorities may actually see that it's a fake business card and a randomly selected visit purpose..

[@thebrokenconcept4526]

@@sabyasachipradhan5799 Well he's vlogging and gets paid for it. So technically he needs a business visa. Wasn't Karl Rock's visa cancelled because he was vlogging on a tourist visa.

[@diyadew7340]

What type of business you want to do in India?🤔❤

[@sardar_gurjot]

I recommend you visiting the holy city of anandpur sahib in Punjab as there is held a huge war like festival of colours by the medieval army of Sikhs, Nihangs, a day after the Holi.

[@barryobrien1890]

Glad you took the business visa as it's the correct one if you are doing anything in India that can derive income worldwide. Vlogging or writing software when in India is technically working and you can be in violation of a tourist visa if you do it for more than a short visit. Nobody wants s blacklist. Now that you have been in India for more than 180 days since April 1st 2021, you are technically a resident for tax purposes. I was always warned by my PWC accountants to carry my tax receipt when leaving India. I was never asked for it, but the accountants would freak out about trouble with the ED. It's not too bad. You need to pay 4 times of you are self employed. Tax is assessed on worldwide income so anything you get from investments prior to arriving in India you can get a credit on your us taxes which we all must file. It's likely that unless you received pandemic benefits your standard deduction will cover this and you will have no us taxes. In India all youtube and work as well as is interest is taxable as a resident it's global income for residents. It's a pain as there are few deductions, but if you have a company you can depreciate your assets. Best of luck You are doing things correctly so you will have no issues with immigration on any future visa runs. I think the paper buisness visa for USA citizens is 10 years, but it takes a week or two to get

[@bjenks]

Thanks for the details Barry!

[@jeeva7644]

8:04 😂

[@whythiskolaveridi1883]

To much BS bro, the India, I know would treat guests like God itself.

[@Princessarabeth]

These are hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@nuwnkumara8524]

😢👊👊👊👍