First Time Traveler to USA
International Travel from India becomes expensive since April 2021
The last thing we wanted was yet another reason not to fly. Looks like we have it. Come April, 2021 and taking a domestic and international flight from India will cost you more than in 2020. Reason? Air Security Fee (ASF) becomes applicable from April 1st, 2021 in India. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has decided to [...]
How to Bring Money from India to USA
According to the RBI guidelines, an individual can transfer a maximum of US$2,50,000 from India to another country within one year. The high transfer limit may give you an idea that the regulations for bringing money to the US are lenient, although in reality, they are not. In fact, the Liberalized Reporting Scheme (LRS) has been revised [...]
How to Travel to USA on a Budget
According to data published in the Summary of International Travel to the United States report by the US Department of Commerce, ITA, National Travel and Tourism Office, almost 15 million non-US citizens visited America in the second quarter of 2017, including citizens of Mexico and Canada. Although following the travel ban by the Trump [...]
Forms To Fill When Traveling from India to USA
If you’re planning to travel from India to the United States of America, arm yourself with patience and a few spare pens, you’re in for a paperwork extravaganza! There are plenty of forms you will need to fill and submit, right from the visa application form to the travel insurance form, depending on the nature of your [...]
USA Travel Checklist – Items to Carry & Things To Do
Planning to travel or migrate to the USA? No better time than now. Of course, the pandemic has made it difficult for all of us, but folks who were holding on to their plans have begun to consider traveling to the USA, ever since the change in the White House. We’ve put together a list of documents you must carry to the [...]