Moving to Mumbai: Getting Here, Getting In, Getting Organized -
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You will probably arrive late at night, and find yourself in an airport filled with people, stunned by the number of roaming dogs, and wonder, What Happened?

Learn about entry visas, airport procedures, and more in the Mini Namaskar Mumbai, the guide for expats by expats currently living there. From the MNM:

To accomplish personal business in India, you will need to provide much more documentation than you may have experienced in other locations. The following items should be hand-carried with you en route:

Passport valid for six months beyond visa validity
Work Visa
Passport photos (20 or more copies – you will attach one to everything including museum memberships and charitable donations)
Birth and Marriage Certificates
Inoculation and medical records for yourself, children, pets
And ten more items recommended by the members of Mumbai Connexions!

Expats living in India have the opportunity to travel and see wonders of the world
Expats know how to enjoy India once the formalities are finished!

Find out what timings, geysers, and auto-rickshaws are. Learn how to get your taxi driver to take you to your destination. Tips for surviving and thriving in Mumbai and in India, for expats by expats!

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—About our writer:

Elizabeth Wilder is an expatriate American living in Mumbai. Previous overseas postings have included Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Fribourg, Switzerland. Elizabeth is a member of Mumbai Connexions, the largest expatriate women’s club in Mumbai. She volunteered to write Mini Namaskar Mumbai in order to provide the information compiled by hundreds of Mumbai Connexions members in an e-format to people relocating to Mumbai.

In her previous life, Elizabeth was an expert in the area of low income housing and served on a number of non-profit boards of directors in her home town of Houston, Texas. Her personal motto is Why Not?

Elizabeth is a mother of three grown children. Her hobbies include volunteer work with the NGO Muktangan, which provides English-medium education within the Mumbai public schools. She also enjoys travelling and sports of all kinds.

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