Hi My name is Nicolas. I am a French citizen who has come to Bangalore on a tourist visa as my girl friend is Indian. We are now looking at staying here and working. However when I checked I was not able to change my tourist visa to an employment visa. Furthermore my tourist visa will not be able to be extended. Therefore we both will need to get married in order for me to obtain an X visa or dependent visa to stay here for a longer period. I would like to know if I will be able to find employment and work here in India if I am on a dependent visa and usually for how long is a dependent visa valid for? Any advice and suggestions on these two questions would highly be appreciated.
Thanks.