5years or 10 years visa for India

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i want to apply for 5 or 10 years visa for India.but on san francisco visa website they say "5year and 10 year Tourist visas are available only to US citizens under a bilateral arrangement" What it means.

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What country are you citizen of?

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My husband is US citizen and got his 10 year tourist visa to India stamped over a month ago. I understand that a bilateral agreement is a mutual agreement between governments of 2 countries granting similar visas to citizens of either. What I think it means is a US citizen can apply for a 5 or 10 year tourist visa to India and an Indian Citizen can apply for a 5 or 10 year tourist visa to USA.
You can always contact the travisa office in SFO (that is where my husband applied) and they are prompt and will answer your questions.

Hope this helps!!