India, a wonderful place, full of wonder and wonders and people with looks of wonder...and cows.
On my list of travel destinations it ranks barely higher than Nauru.
I'm an optimistic pessimist, expect the worst but hope for the best. Low/No expectations mean no surprises.
Visa time and I have been advised by my Indian friends to use the photo booth at the visa office, as the visa people are very particular about visa photos. At $15 a pop I expect they are also very particular about their Christmas party as well because I'm sure the two booths in the office are a large source of the funding for said event.
So I was very particular with my photo shoot as advised, I read the instructions, I looked at the examples of bad pictures and looked at the examples with little green ticks. Determined this would be a $15 one off I was very pleased with the results. Little Miss ILuvBondi however failed to do any of this and her mugshots were just that, mugshots.
If I had one of those pics come across my desk I'd take out an AVO with an injunction not to let her within 5 km of me, let alone not let her into a country.
Visa application over for now as we didn't have time to get another $15 for another Max Dupain.
So I applied online, but you can't even though it says you can. Yes it's all very confusing and leads one to call the visa helpline. Which wants your credit card so it can charge you 99c a minute, I'm sure, to tell you in a long drawn out way just to turn up to the office and submit your application.
Also for the convenience of filling out the online form and paying online, you're charged a $2 online process fee and another small charge for the transaction.
So if you're going to India just go to the Visa office and wait.
First impressions have met expectations.
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