Most likely NO in my case, either I will be in Hyderabad or in Sydney...
No..
Some small risk has to be taken. You can’t be so afraid and paranoid about a few thousand Rupees. It’s not like you are investing all your life’s savings and it would bankrupt you.
I understand but my views are a bit conservative in this regard. But that is a great insight which @SSV sir just gave. Also I believe not everyone can spare so much capital all at once due to our day to day expenses and obligations we ought to meet.
No need. I have 3 citizenships from other developed countries but they look at place of birth, citizenship of parents and even grandparents. Last time, I applied, they even checked on the citizenship of my wife as well as any other citizenship held by her. I had to provide even passport details for my parents. So, your suggestion would make it a little better but it remains difficult. Now they have a visa on arrival as well as eVisa but it’s not allowed for foreign citizens of Indian origin, unfortunately. India has the same policy towards them and they sort of reciprocate.
3 citizenships... wow
I have two numbers:
SBI wouldn't give 3 credit cards, but @Lobogris has 3 citizenships.
If you are referring to airtel axis card.. yes it is definitely a worthy card...
No not true I ported my number to Airtel in May only I am getting cashback
You'll get the cashback, but one downside I faced in chortel is basically, as soon as your pack expires, you stop receiving incoming SMS & calls. Personally this was a deal breaker to me. I ported from Jio to chortel, experienced this bs and then ported back to Jio, because ironically 1 day my pack expired and for the recharge to go through using the axshit chortel cc I would have needed an OTP, which I wasn't receiving as the pack expired, so missed on the cash back, had to process the recharge through UPI; Plus with chortel you can't call a lot of bank's customer care numbers. You would need to recharge with separate voice and talk-time kinda packs like in the old days. Personally I have 2 numbers, and recharge them alternatively. In Jio I recharge 1 number for 84 days and then as soon as it expires, I recharge the other for another 84 days. In this way I keep both numbers active, because I don't exceed the 90 day period boss. Once you exceed the 90 day period without recharge on your number, you have good chances of losing out your number. So I at all times get Incoming calls and SMS in Jio on both my numbers (1 active + 1 inactive (no recharge) at all times) which I believe is the main reason of even keeping a phone at the first place, that one should receive a call/text.
I think they start giving 3 days Grace period for incoming
At least not in my Kolkata Circle. As soon as pack expires, you receive no OTP and Calls here. This is what I personally experienced at least. No Bank OTP received for trx. No calls received.
Is there a TRAI rule which states incoming calls and SMS to be functional till 90 days? Isn't it applicable to Chortel ?
There is no such TRAI Rule. TRAI rule is that if the number has not been recharged for over 90 days , telecom operators may discontinue your prepaid connection, i.e., your number is gone forever lala. But yes there's a grace period of 7-15 days (depending on the telecom operator's internal policies) beyond 90 days, i.e., you can pay a minimal fee of Rs. 15-50 (depending on the telecom operator's internal policies) and retrieve your discontinued number. But don't even think to go to that extent.
Are your incoming services active? Like SMS, Calls & OTP
