Me and 30 others in my class are still waiting for our Indian entry visas. We went to the TT Visa Services in Oslo almost two weeks ago, and still no visa has been dispatched.
We're neither tourists or students, so entry visa is our only way in to Kerala.
I had to pay 50 kr extra because my parents aren't ethnic Norwegians... in total I had to pay 985 kr, while my ethnic Norwegian class mates paid 935 kr.
Apparently the rules have been stricter because of the recent terrorist attacks in India. What appears weird is that they asked for my father's name, his nationality and any previous nationalities. They didn't even ask for his date of birth -- so how can they check his background...?
On top of that, my application is supposed to take at least 11 days to process. Do they really need that much time to check out my father's background (without his date of birth)?
All of this smells very bureaucratic, and a way to suck money out of Norwegian pockets especially students.
TT Services is lousy when it comes to service. Our teacher sent them several emails asking if we could still apply for a entry visa since their website was not clear on this. Their reply was:
"Please look at our website for answers."
Great!
I just hope that we will get our visas on time --
Amanda
