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What we could check ourselves, written down. Every fact links to the government page, public register or official notice we read, and the date we read it — so you can check it instead of trusting us.
This is general information about process and paperwork, not medical advice. Infirmy does not diagnose, recommend a treatment, or tell anyone what care to seek.
Indian medical visa document checklist, from Bangladesh
Three questions, then the document list the Indian government and IVAC actually publish for that situation — every line with the source it came from and the date we read it, and every place the official sources contradict each other shown as a contradiction. Nothing you answer is sent anywhere.
A tool, not a guideAfter you arrive in India on a medical visa: what applies to you
Five questions about the phase after you land — registration, who reports you, extension, overstay, and a different hospital — then what India’s Bureau of Immigration and its Gazette publish for that situation, with the questions no official page answers. Nothing you answer is sent anywhere.
A tool, not a guideHow to check an Indian hospital’s NABH accreditation yourself
Four questions, then the check step by step — where NABH’s own public register is, what each thing on a record means, and the ways we know of to read it wrongly — including a mistake we made ourselves. It looks nothing up for you and sends nothing to NABH. Nothing you answer is sent anywhere.
- Sources last checked 2026-09-11
Anatomy of a treatment quote: what should and shouldn't be a separate line item
The Indian government publishes, in detail, what its own hospitals may and may not bill separately from a package. It is the most detailed public itemisation of a medical bill we have found anywhere in India — use it as your checklist, even though your quote is a different, private one.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-11
What the CGHS rate list actually is — and why it is not your treatment quote
The Indian government publishes a real, dated rate list for thousands of procedures. Here is what it covers, who it is for, and exactly why it is not what an international patient will be charged — quoted from the government's own order.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-14
The dollar endorsement limit in Bangladesh, and how much money you can take to India for treatment
Bangladesh Bank raised the annual travel entitlement to USD 18,000 on 6 September 2026. Treatment abroad has its own separate limit of USD 15,000, set in FE Circular No. 37 of 30 September 2025 — which states that it is valid for one year from issuance. Every figure here is quoted from the circular or regulation it appears in, together with that document's own date.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
How many people can travel with a patient? The Indian medical attendant visa, for Bangladeshi citizens
India publishes more than one answer to the question of how many. The Bureau of Immigration names three for Bangladeshi nationals. IVAC's own checklist names none. The e-Medical Attendant Visa route caps it at two. This page prints each in the government's own words, with the source and the date we read it, rather than picking one.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
After you arrive in India: FRRO registration, who actually has to report you, and the land-border question
Most short medical visits from Bangladesh do not need FRRO registration — the hospital reports you instead, within 24 hours, by law. Here is that rule, the e-Arrival Card, and a real contradiction on the government's own e-Visa page about crossing by land.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
FRRO permission to change hospital on an Indian medical visa: the rule is published, the procedure is not
India's Bureau of Immigration and the Indian Visa Application Centre in Bangladesh both say you need FRRO permission to change hospital. Neither publishes a form, a document list, a fee or a deadline for asking. Here is every official sentence we could find, with the URL and the date we read it.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
Indian medical visa extension for Bangladeshi patients: what happens when treatment outlasts your visa
India's Bureau of Immigration publishes the rule in one paragraph: apply before your visa expires, and if it is not granted in time you must leave. It also publishes a blank certificate form that a treating hospital fills in to ask for an extension. Here is both, with the source URL and the date we read it — and the numbers it does not publish.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-14
Indian medical visa fraud from Bangladesh: what the Indian High Commission itself says
The Indian High Commission publishes an advisory about agents who sell fake visa appointment slots. Here is what is genuinely free, what a real appointment looks like, and what nobody legitimate will ever ask you for.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
Indian medical visa from Bangladesh: the process, as of 11 September 2026
Medical visas for Bangladeshi citizens were not suspended — urgent medical cases continued throughout. The real constraint is daily appointment capacity, not eligibility. Here is the process, the documents IVAC publishes, and the one cost that is real.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-11
Indian medical visa from Kenya: the fee, the documents and the one contradiction on the government's own page
Kenya is on India's e-Visa list. The Government of India publishes the e-Medical Visa fee for Kenyan citizens at US$80 (table dated 15 April 2026). Here is what else it publishes, what it does not, and where its own page contradicts itself.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
Indian medical visa requirements from Bangladesh: what the rules are today
The High Commission of India in Dhaka published a document list in August 2026. IVAC publishes a different one, last dated 2017. They do not match on money. Both are official. Here is every difference, with the source URL and the date on each.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-11
Before you pay anyone to arrange treatment abroad: 13 questions for Kenyan patients
Some of these questions have a published official answer from SHA, KMPDC or the Regulations, which we quote and link. The rest are answered on no official page we could find. Includes the two registers you can search for free.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-13
14 questions to ask before you pay anyone to arrange treatment in India
A checklist you can use on any agent, broker or medical travel company. Some of these questions have a published official answer, which we quote and link. The rest are answered on no official page we could find, which is why you have to ask them.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-11
Treatment abroad from Kenya: how the SHA overseas referral actually works in 2026
The Ministry of Health's own page still says NHIF, which no longer exists. Here is what Regulation 39, the SHA benefit tariffs and the two referral forms actually require in 2026 — quoted, dated and linked.
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- Sources last checked 2026-09-11
Why every website gives you a different price for treatment in India
Three sites quoted $5,500 to $24,000 for the same kidney transplant on the same day, and not one of them named a hospital or an invoice behind its figure. Here is what a 'scheme rate,' a 'package price' and a 'quote' actually are, why they disagree, and what to ask so a number becomes comparable.
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