All those looking to go to India for holiday, business or to visit family remember to get a visa. Be warned the Indian government is clamping down on people trying to get in without valid travel documents.

This comes as a Pakistani traveller found without a visa was sentenced to 5 years in prison for staying in India illegally. As the judge, Arijit Pasayat, said, “Considering the large number of infiltrators coming to India without valid documents, there is a need for imposing stricter sentences.”

“Applying for a visa to India is not a difficult process,” says Ajay Hasija of www.globalvisas.com. “It is just a matter of going through the process and abiding by the visa’

The Supreme Court in India has announced that they will show absolutely no leniency toward those in India without the correct papers no matter what the circumstances.