Medical Visa from Mozambique to India

Medical tourism to India for patients from Mozambique

HMSDESK in India is a widely trusted medical tourism service with healthcare options at the lowest prices for patients from Mozambique. As a leading facilitator, HMSDESK offers great assistance to those in need of various medical treatments and surgeries available in India.

The hospitals and clinics with which HMSDESK works have advanced facilities that conform to international standards. All treatment packages cater to individual patient needs and conform to global standards. This gives HMSDESK the requisite reach for patients to access quality medical care, along with a national network of healthcare providers from hospitals to nursing homes, surgeons, and physicians.

HMSDESK is committed to safety and best practices since it is an ISO-certified company, ensuring that patients traveling from Mozambique can rely on its services.

Affordable medical facilities and treatments in India are available for Mozambique patients.

If you are looking for excellent quality medical facilities, HMSDESK is here to assist all Mozambique patients looking for treatment in India. We provide complete information on medical tourism and various other healthcare treatments and procedures. Compare treatment rates in Indian hospitals, get assistance with the language, discover special packages, get second opinions, understand the process flow, learn about medical visa requirements, and find information on the Indian Embassy in Mozambique. Contact us through our email with any questions or concerns.

Why Choose HMSDESK

Should you consider HMSDESK for medical treatment or surgery instead of contacting hospitals directly? Here is why:

1. No Service Charges: HMSDESK does not charge any fees for its services to the patient. Our guidance and help are totally free.

2. A Complete Disclosure: The HMSDESK covers every aspect of your information relating to your surgery or treatment, including accommodation, travel arrangements in India, cab services, and much more.

3. An Opportunity to Contrast Hospitals and Doctors: It gives one an opportunity to compare various hospitals and doctors according to their specialty, experience, and more. This allows you to make an informed decision.

4. Free Services: In addition to the free services the patients get from HMSDESK, they also get moral support, interpreters/language translators, and any other essential service.

5. Medical Visa Assistance: The company helps patients secure a medical visa for their travel to India, providing guidance in applying for the visa.

6. Follow-Up and Medicine Delivery: We provide follow-up for the patient's treatment and deliver medicines to his home country.

Medical Tourism in Mozambique:

Due to the less developed and limited health care infrastructure in the country, citizens of Mozambique mostly go for medical tourism. Earlier, it used to be that only the rich could afford treatment abroad, but now it is progressively becoming available to the common man, including in Mozambique.

Mozambique Overview:

Mozambique is an attractive tourist destination, with varied landscapes and a rich culture. The country boasts magnificent scenery and a tropical climate that ensures tourist comfort.

Health Care in Mozambique:

Foreigners in Mozambique have limited access to public health services. Private healthcare setups are costly and poorly equipped for instant assistance; therefore, most visitors and expatriates choose evacuation or treatment abroad.

Insurance Policy

In Mozambique, insurance coverage is not compulsory within the law for travelers. Again, the general healthcare situation in the country is far from okay.

The health care system is pretty dangerous over there. In any medical emergency, elective surgery is diverted to their contact hospitals in Mozambique, which is unaffordable. Consequently, expatriates and tourists usually take up an international plan before boarding a flight to Mozambique. Apart from that, there are local hospitals and clinics in the cities and major towns.

An accident could happen to you while traveling in any remote area. Emergency evacuation may become a necessity.

Most travelers find such an activity to be prohibitively expensive. This is where your health insurance comes into play.

Options include international healthcare coverage or travel medical insurance. The latter helps you manage unforeseen travel risks.

Inquire about emergency evacuation and trip cancellation coverage in the travel medical plan. The latter is, therefore, insurable. Depending on how the cancellation is, your economy could, however, bear a serious blow.

You must have a return flight ticket. You should also have proof of hotel booking. The Airport Immigration Office will check all of these before permitting you into the country.

The cancellation of a trip nullifies every investment you have made. If those expenditures are nonrefundable, the effect on your finances is even worse.

Hence, standard travel medical plan providers include trip cancellation in their fine print. You'll need to pay a little more on your premium, which will shield you from a lot of unnecessary risk while having a good time. Trip Cancellation Cover consists of the following:

The rule provides for trip delay or cancellation for a reason detailed in the clause; it will cover either side's liabilities.

This also provides coverage for the loss of luggage or documents like passports.

Visa Policy

Every state in Mozambique provides different visas. Regulations differ in accordance with the nationality of the applicant. In addition, the purpose of a visit also plays a vital role in defining the types of visas to be awarded.

The Ministry of Home Affairs issues single or multiple entry permits to applicants. The purpose determines the choice.

Thus, short-term visitors are entitled to a tourist visa, visit visa, or business visa, depending on their reason to visit.

Travelers who plan to use the country as a corridor to another land can also obtain transit visas. They have not yet introduced the e-visa, but they are considering it.

Tourist Visa Policy

Anyone wishing to take a holiday in Mozambique is required by the administrative authority there to mandatorily have a visa.

Depending on your choice, there is a single-entry visa or multiple-entry visa for staying not more than 30 days per visit, and permits are usually issued at the embassy in the applicant's country. You can avail yourself of this privilege upon arriving at the destination, however.

Some selected countries enjoy free residence for the purpose of visiting this land.

Medical Travel

Medical tourism refers to going abroad to obtain treatment for a medical condition. Patients consider most cost-effective quality outputs prior to engaging in such trips. This means the host country shall have to prove that it provides more appropriate treatment for a given ailment or at least comparable quality but much cheaper.

India has also turned out to be a fantastic medical tourism place among foreign patients in search of affordable yet quality health care. Initially, most of the Indian international patients came in from countries such as Bangladesh and Mozambique.

Currently, patients visit Indian hospitals from almost every corner of the world, including the Middle East, Mozambique, Russia, and several Commonwealth nations. In fact, even people from the United States are now increasingly considering India when it comes to treatments for fatal ailments, owing to the high-standard services but at lower costs of the Indian healthcare providers.

An Indian medical visa for Mozambique citizens

You will get a medical visa easily in India. If you can fulfill all the information online properly, it will be great. If you are facing any issues or there is some dough, you can connect with us. We will assist you in getting a visa.

Eligibility for a Medical Visa from Mozambique to India

A medical visa will only be issued when the purpose of travel is for medical treatment.

HMSDESK recommends that the patient seek treatment in any of the recognized, well-reputed, and specialized hospitals of India.

Only two medical assistants are permitted with the patient. It may include his or her family, friends, or close relatives.

In deciding on the grant of a medical visa, the following would be primary considerations, and serious diseases include but are not limited to organ transplantation, neurosurgery, spine surgery, joint replacement, ophthalmic disorders, renal disorders, cardiovascular conditions, cancer treatment, congenital disorders, plastic surgeries, gene therapy, etc.

The list of treatments is not exhaustive.

Validity

e-Visa will be granted for a period of up to 60 days with double-entry bookkeeping on e-Tourist Visa and e-Business Visa and triple entry on e-Medical Visa. In the case of an e-medical visa, an extension could be granted up to six months on a case-to-case basis based on the merits of each case by the FRRO/FRO concerned.

Basic Conditions for E-Visa

E-visas shall be non-extendable except in the case of e-medical visas. e-Visa is also non-convertible except in specific cases.

Post-Arrival Procedure in India

The Government of India has drawn up a regulatory authority in the name of the Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO)/Foreign Registration Office (FRO) for the registration of foreign nationals coming to India. If your age is above 16 years, you have to register at this center within 14 days of arrival in India. A licensed representative can also register on your behalf.

If you want to save the hassle, then you can register online by going through the official government website—https://indianfrro.gov.in/frro/. There is a provision for making online payment as well. In case you apply for an online application, you need to be ready to upload the required documents and your recent photograph. Failure to register within 14 days will result in a US$30 penalty, subject to change.

Keep These Documents Handy While Applying Online

Original and photocopied passports

Original and photocopied visas

Four recent passport photographs of the applicant

Proof of residence

An official letter from the Indian hospital scheduling the patient's medical treatment is required. You will also have to submit relevant medical documents with details of the estimated duration of stay. In case the patient is admitted to the hospital immediately after arriving in India, one can submit a medical certificate along with an attested photo of the applicant and a certificate from the doctor.

Can I Extend My Medical Visa?

These extensions should happen only if the doctor finds it necessary for the patient to remain in India for a few extra days/weeks or months for further recovery. A letter from a recognized hospital or reputable doctor, along with other medical documents, is required for a medical visa extension.

Documents Required

1) Print a completed and signed online visa application form.

2) Passport valid for six months.

3) Two-color passport-size photographs.

4) An official letter signed by the local doctor or hospital stating the attendant's need to have his/her treatment in India.

5) Copies of treatment records in Mozambique.

6) Yellow Fever Certificate (both original and copy).

7) An official letter from the concerned Indian hospital or doctor, providing details of the required treatment and mentioning the patient's name along with the medical attendant's name.

8) Copy the travel itinerary.

9) Proof of the relationship between the applicant and his/her medical attendant should be submitted.

Online Application

Click on "Regular Visa Application" to get an Indian visa online.

Be sure to fill every required field, such as your country name, high commission, date of birth, e-mail ID, nationality, expected date of arrival in India, and visa type.

The form consists of three pages. Once you fill in the details on each page, save it and proceed by entering an access code.

Enter your details and those of your family member's occupation, profession, and address.

If you're in India for medical treatment only with HMSDESK's assistance and do not have a reference there, provide the office address and contact number for HMSDESK. (Contact Details)

You can attach your picture, or you can cut and paste after you print to fill in the form. If you want to upload your latest picture on the online form, click on Upload Photo.

If there's any error, click on Modify/Edit.

If all the information you entered is correct, click Verified and continue.

Another new window will open after you've clicked on Confirm the Appointment, providing two options. Print or save the web application. Save the web application. Please refrain from printing it immediately, as doing so may result in losing the application.

Click on Print Registered Application to obtain the printed copy of your form.

If you haven't uploaded the photo online, please paste it in the photo box on page one. The photograph must be of the same size as the box (2 inches (ca. 5 cm) X 2 inches (ca. 5 cm)).

Sign in the rectangular box just under the photograph. Do the same in the box at the very bottom of the second page.

Finally, the application form must be submitted along with the required documents at the Mission Counter on the given date, mentioned in the right-hand margin of the application, during the working hours.

Processing Fees and Time

We issue a 6-month medical visa with three entries from Mozambique to India. The cost of this visa is approximately 200 USD. If you need to apply for an Indian medical visa from Mozambique, you should know that it will always be issued the same day (or a maximum of 3-5 days) from the filing of the application.

Travel to India for medical treatment via e-visa.

E-tourist visas are tourist visas. M-visas can be applied for whenever small treatments are needed that will probably not take much time or if a patient comes to India for check-ups.

Applying for an e-tourist visa is much faster and easier than applying for a medical visa; they can just apply from their computers or laptops.

With significant support from the Indian government for medical tourism, four certified tourist attractions consist of Mozambique patients who have traveled for various types of medical and surgical treatments. Key issues that propel these patients to travel to India include affordability in treatment options.

Mozambique can literally save loads of money, contrary to what it has to shell out for its country. Most of these treatments in India cost about a dime compared to the dollar they would incur in Mozambique.

A health tour would typically include a full-body comprehensive health check-up and tours to a few of the famous destinations.

The patient who has undergone full body checkups will then go through a detailed evaluation of these reports and counseling.

The trip will then be followed by a full day at a spa paired with a couple of days of touring the city to all major attractions.

Health tours prove advantageous for patients. Corporate and brand entities are buying executive packages to maximize these tours.

The process flows from arrival to treatment and surgery in India.

We will understand the process of coming to India for successful and economically priced medical treatment. The process begins with an email query and a review of the patient's medical record, followed by a phone conversation with a healthcare manager to discuss the patient's medical condition.

Our senior surgeons/physicians extensively study the reports and the case for a holistic medical opinion, which gets conveyed to the patient so that he can understand and plan the upcoming steps accordingly. As part of our protocol, at least three experts study and review all reports to provide comprehensive, unbiased medical opinions. After this, the patient can come to India on pre-fixed dates. Furthermore, medical visa facilitation is consulted for patients. We arrange travel arrangements, including accommodation and cab services.

Period of Validity

The e-visa will be provided for a maximum period of 60 days and may be used for double entry on the e-Tourist Visa and eBusiness Visa and for triple entry on the e-Medical Visa. An extension may be granted in the case of an e-medical visa up to a limit of six months on a case-to-case merit basis by the FRRO/FRO concerned.

Basic Conditions for e-Visa

Besides, in the case of an e-medical visa, it will not be extendable. The e-visa is not convertible unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Procedure After Arriving in India

In India, the government has set up a statutory authority called the Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO)/Foreign Registration Office (FRO) for registration of foreign nationals visiting India. If you are 16 years or older, you must register here within 14 days of your arrival in India. A licensed representative can also register on your behalf.

You can also file your application online by visiting the official government website—https://indianfrro.gov.in/frro/ if you want to lessen the hassle. There is a provision to make digital payment as well. If you apply online, be prepared to upload the required documents and your recent photograph. If you fail to register within 14 days, you will have to pay a US$30 fee, which is subject to change.

Keep these documents handy while applying online:

the original and photocopy of the passport, the original and photocopy of the visa, four recent passport-size photographs of the applicant, proof of residence, and an official letter from the Indian hospital where the patient is to undergo medical treatment. You'll even submit the relevant medical documents, which will entail details of the anticipated period of stay. If the patient has to be hospitalized immediately after getting to India, medical certificates can be submitted with the applicant's attested photo and certificate from the doctor.

What are the chances of extending the medical visa?

This is possible only if the doctor finds that the patient must stay in India for a few days, weeks, or months more for complete recovery. A letter from the doctor or a recognized hospital is required for the extension of the medical visa, along with some medical documents.

The processing fee for an Indian medical visa

The processing fee of an Indian medical visa for applicants from Mozambique is:

For a period of six months—USD 223/MZN 13860

For a period of one year, urgent processing: USD 303/MZN 18820.

For applicants from Portugal and Swaziland:

For a period of six months—USD 83/MZN 5180

For a period of one year—USD 123/MZN 7660

The processing fees for the Indian medical visa from Mozambique include three US dollars directed toward ICFW.

Contact Details and Working Hours for the Indian High Commission in Mozambique

Embassy of India in Mozambique

Address: High Commission of India, Avenida Kenneth Kaunda, No. 167, PO Box 4751, Maputo, Mozambique

Phone No.: (00-258) 21 492 437 / 490 717 Fax: (00-258) 21 492 364

Email: hc.maputo@mea.gov.in

Working Days: Monday - Friday

Working Hours: Consular Passport and Visa Services: 08:30 hrs - ^13:00hrs and hrs - 17:00 hrs.

Submission of Visa Applications: 0900 hrs - 1200 hrs

Collection of Visa: 1615 hrs to 1645 hrs

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