I've been to India 4 times before but not since the new visa requirments were issued. So, I have a couple of questions after reading the new requirements from your website:
- Is it really necessary to book hotels and airfare before receiving a confirmed visa? This doesn't seem practical. If visa is rejected it would all have to be cancelled.
- Is a minimum 2-week stay required? I only want to go for 5 days.
- what is the "reference/referral form" in point 4? I can find no other mention of it on your site.
- I live in Phuket, so I'd like to know approx how long it would take to receive the visa after submission (as I will need to stay in BKK during this time). In the past its been only one day, but has this changed?