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Bahamas Visa Requirements for Indian Citizens
My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a
Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik |
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On 11 Nov 2004 06:42:18 -0800, Vik Mehta wrote:
My parents, who are Indian citizens, Cherokee or Apache? |
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Who would you rather believe...a travel agent not in the visa business, or
the official government office of the country you are traveling to? Nuff said? Get the visa. Mark T. "Vik Mehta" wrote in message om... My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik |
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"MarkT" wrote:
Who would you rather believe...a travel agent not in the visa business, or the official government office of the country you are traveling to? Nuff said? Get the visa. Except that the government people don't ALWAYS know what they are talking about. Having been one, I know. I would talk to the Bahamian office in Nassau directly. I think they will know better about tourists coming to the Bahamas than the office in Miami will - the Miami office mostly concerned with Bahamian citizens coming to the US. And check the long distance charges on your phone first and get some kind of service that doesn't charge a couple of dollars per minute to call the Bahamas. Mark T. "Vik Mehta" wrote in message . com... My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik grandma Rosalie |
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It would be more appropriate to ask the Bahamian embassy in India, since
that is where the traveler is coming from, and if a visa is required, they would be where the traveler would apply from. That said, as I understand it, both India and the Bahamas are parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and visas may not be required for citizens of member nations to travel between them. Again, check with the Bahamian embassy in India. -- I'm Tom Smith, and I approved this message. "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... "MarkT" wrote: Who would you rather believe...a travel agent not in the visa business, or the official government office of the country you are traveling to? Nuff said? Get the visa. Except that the government people don't ALWAYS know what they are talking about. Having been one, I know. I would talk to the Bahamian office in Nassau directly. I think they will know better about tourists coming to the Bahamas than the office in Miami will - the Miami office mostly concerned with Bahamian citizens coming to the US. And check the long distance charges on your phone first and get some kind of service that doesn't charge a couple of dollars per minute to call the Bahamas. Mark T. "Vik Mehta" wrote in message . com... My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik grandma Rosalie |
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"Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote:
It would be more appropriate to ask the Bahamian embassy in India, since that is where the traveler is coming from, and if a visa is required, they would be where the traveler would apply from. That said, as I understand it, both India and the Bahamas are parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and visas may not be required for citizens of member nations to travel between them. Again, check with the Bahamian embassy in India. Do you think they are actually coming from India? He said they were cruising out of Miami, which I took to mean that they were already in the USA. If they ARE in the USA with Indian passports, then I still think they need to ask the Bahamas immigration people IN NASSAU. They will know if they require a visa or not. grandma Rosalie |
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Tom, wrong on a couple of points. The parents appear to already be in the
US. No comment is made about them coming from India, just being Indian citizens. Second, India is an independent country, not a part of the British Commonwealth, which really doesn't exist any longer. The Bahamas have a bit closer tie, but are independent as well. Mark T. "Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote in message ... It would be more appropriate to ask the Bahamian embassy in India, since that is where the traveler is coming from, and if a visa is required, they would be where the traveler would apply from. That said, as I understand it, both India and the Bahamas are parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and visas may not be required for citizens of member nations to travel between them. Again, check with the Bahamian embassy in India. -- I'm Tom Smith, and I approved this message. "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... "MarkT" wrote: Who would you rather believe...a travel agent not in the visa business, or the official government office of the country you are traveling to? Nuff said? Get the visa. Except that the government people don't ALWAYS know what they are talking about. Having been one, I know. I would talk to the Bahamian office in Nassau directly. I think they will know better about tourists coming to the Bahamas than the office in Miami will - the Miami office mostly concerned with Bahamian citizens coming to the US. And check the long distance charges on your phone first and get some kind of service that doesn't charge a couple of dollars per minute to call the Bahamas. Mark T. "Vik Mehta" wrote in message . com... My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik grandma Rosalie |
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I was under the impression they were still in India. At any rate, the
Bahamian government should be the primary point of contact. As for the British Commonwealth of Nations, it is a grouping of independent nations that were former British colonies, which includes Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the Bahamas, Pakistan, India, and South Africa to name a few. It is much like the Organization of American States (the American continent and the Caribbean), the Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet Union republics), and the European Union (western, and now some eastern European nations). The official web site for the Bahamas is www.bahamas.gov.bs. That might be a good place to start. -- I'm Tom Smith, and I approved this message. "MarkT" wrote in message news:Lr6ld.48$qS4.4@trnddc09... Tom, wrong on a couple of points. The parents appear to already be in the US. No comment is made about them coming from India, just being Indian citizens. Second, India is an independent country, not a part of the British Commonwealth, which really doesn't exist any longer. The Bahamas have a bit closer tie, but are independent as well. Mark T. "Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote in message ... It would be more appropriate to ask the Bahamian embassy in India, since that is where the traveler is coming from, and if a visa is required, they would be where the traveler would apply from. That said, as I understand it, both India and the Bahamas are parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and visas may not be required for citizens of member nations to travel between them. Again, check with the Bahamian embassy in India. -- I'm Tom Smith, and I approved this message. "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... "MarkT" wrote: Who would you rather believe...a travel agent not in the visa business, or the official government office of the country you are traveling to? Nuff said? Get the visa. Except that the government people don't ALWAYS know what they are talking about. Having been one, I know. I would talk to the Bahamian office in Nassau directly. I think they will know better about tourists coming to the Bahamas than the office in Miami will - the Miami office mostly concerned with Bahamian citizens coming to the US. And check the long distance charges on your phone first and get some kind of service that doesn't charge a couple of dollars per minute to call the Bahamas. Mark T. "Vik Mehta" wrote in message . com... My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik grandma Rosalie |
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Bahamas Visa Requirements for Indian Citizens
Em sexta-feira, 12 de novembro de 2004 15:31:23 UTC-2, MarkT escreveu:
Tom, wrong on a couple of points. The parents appear to already be in the US. No comment is made about them coming from India, just being Indian citizens. Second, India is an independent country, not a part of the British Commonwealth, which really doesn't exist any longer. The Bahamas have a bit closer tie, but are independent as well. Mark T. "Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote in message ... It would be more appropriate to ask the Bahamian embassy in India, since that is where the traveler is coming from, and if a visa is required, they would be where the traveler would apply from. That said, as I understand it, both India and the Bahamas are parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and visas may not be required for citizens of member nations to travel between them. Again, check with the Bahamian embassy in India. -- I'm Tom Smith, and I approved this message. "Rosalie B." wrote in message ... "MarkT" wrote: Who would you rather believe...a travel agent not in the visa business, or the official government office of the country you are traveling to? Nuff said? Get the visa. Except that the government people don't ALWAYS know what they are talking about. Having been one, I know. I would talk to the Bahamian office in Nassau directly. I think they will know better about tourists coming to the Bahamas than the office in Miami will - the Miami office mostly concerned with Bahamian citizens coming to the US. And check the long distance charges on your phone first and get some kind of service that doesn't charge a couple of dollars per minute to call the Bahamas. Mark T. "Vik Mehta" wrote in message . com... My parents, who are Indian citizens, are scheduled to go for a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas from Miami. They've been getting conflicting information regarding their visa requirements. Carnival leaves the visa formalities to the passengers and does not offer any information, however Royal Caribbean explicity says that Indian citizens do not require a Bahamian visa as long as they have a valid visa to get back to the US. My parents' travel agent insists that they don't require a visa, however the Bahamas Consulate General office in Miami says they do! Anyone who knows more about this - please write. Thanks in advance. Vik grandma Rosalie mark are u there? |
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"Thomas Smith" -NO-SPAM wrote:
It would be more appropriate to ask the Bahamian embassy in India, since that is where the traveler is coming from, and if a visa is required, they would be where the traveler would apply from. That said, as I understand it, both India and the Bahamas are parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and visas may not be required for citizens of member nations to travel between them. Again, check with the Bahamian embassy in India. Do you think they are actually coming from India? He said they were cruising out of Miami, which I took to mean that they were already in the USA. If they ARE in the USA with Indian passports, then I still think they need to ask the Bahamas immigration people IN NASSAU. They will know if they require a visa or not. grandma Rosalie |
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