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  Nayaz Noor October 8, 2010 at 6:19pm

  Anil: The past few occasions i have been traveling out of India, none of the immigration authorities have asked me any questions. Even though i don't present my PIO card in the first instance.
  
  If any foreigner has a legitimate reason and an itinerary that matches their intentions, it should not be a problem.
  
  They used to stamp passports almost 8-9months ago that one could not return to India for 2months. I did not see any foreigners passport being stamped, at least when i traveled this year. And i did about half a dozen trips out of India and was actually curious about this rule...
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  Anil October 8, 2010 at 5:55pm

  Nayaz: Do you have any definitive source on the 2-month rule ? Is it on the MHA website ?
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  Max Pesling October 8, 2010 at 5:53pm

  Hi Mariellen! Yes, and I've also been reading about how everyone is appalled at how the housing, the running tracks, and so forth are a shambles. It's too bad -- India has so much to offer, but apparently is not ready for prime time in sporting events, at least.
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  Mariellen Ward October 8, 2010 at 5:45pm

  Not being part of the Commonwealth, the Americans on this list may not know that the Commonwealth Games are taking place in Delhi right now. The city has spent years building infrastructure projects (such as a metro and new airports) and sprucing things up for the Games. I was there Jan-Apr, earlier this year, and the entire city seemed to be under construction! I'm looking forward to going back this winter and seeing everything finished. I also would like to see the list of 17 monuments they have restored.
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  Nayaz Noor October 8, 2010 at 5:20pm

  commenting on the 2-month rule, as far as i know it has been scrapped....
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  Anil October 8, 2010 at 5:05pm

  Ed, which are these historical monuments ? I have a good sense of the architecture of the city; If there is something missing, I plan to be in DEL end of the month, I will definitely go take a look.
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  Ed Wetschler October 8, 2010 at 4:24pm

  17 historical monuments have been restored in Delhi and, from what I read, many visitors to the city are going to see them. But these are not the internationally known, A-List monuments. Have you seen these newly restored sites, and which are definitely worth visiting?
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  Sam Scribe September 30, 2010 at 6:58pm

  Here's something you might not know. According to the president of L'Orient Travel, "With a fauna species count of 89,500, India accounts for nearly 7.31% of the global fauna total, though it occupies only 2.4% of the total world area."
  
  Naturally (or unnaturally), this is all threatened by sprawl. What's to be done?
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  Ed Wetschler September 5, 2010 at 4:44am

  Thanks for shedding some light on this, Anil; now it makes more sense.
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  Anil September 5, 2010 at 1:06am

  While the 2-month rule has been in place, a while; and preventing terrorism the given official reasoning - It is to discourage people living in India on a back-to-back visas. India to begin with is not an immigrant friendly country. People were using tourist visas to do a back-to-back long term living. Long term (5-10 year) tourist visas were used to go outside for a day and return back to start the 180 day per visit restriction. Both UK an US are just posturing. Visitors can get a waiver or exception from local missions if there is a genuine need.
  
  Try entering US on a tourist visa and do the same thing ? Legitimate tourists are never prevented from re-entering if there is a detailed itn. for touring neighboring countries on a trip. The regulation was enforced towards the end of 2009. The only loud segment protesting are folks who go live on tourist visas for years.
  No one complains about the VWP visitors to US :-)
  
  An Old link from Dec 2009
  
  http://www.eturbonews.com/13391/us-uk-protest-indias-new-tight-tour...