I am a UK consultant and have to travel to Delhi for business meetings with my Indian customer company. I am trying to apply for an urgent business visa.
The online form asks:
- Have you ever visited India before? Yes / No
- Enter the address of stay during your last visit
- Cities previously visited in India
- Last Indian Visa No/Currently valid Indian Visa No.
- Type of Visa
- Place of Issue
- Place of Issue
- Date of Issue
and I have visited India, once, in 1980. I can remember one address (the Oberoi, Bombay as was, although I think the hotel has since moved) and make a stab at the cities visited, but have no idea about a visa. I no longer have that passport. So my question is: did UK nationals need a visa to visit India in 1980?
Any suggestions as to how to fill in this online form, please?
I've since found What if I don't know my previous visa number for the Indian e-Tourist visa application? which suggests just writing "unknown" in there. Is that a good idea?