Dummy Ticket for Proof of onward travel in Nanded – ₹699 / $9 Flat Rate

Every year a large share of visa files from Nanded are completed with a flight reservation rather than a paid ticket. The document looks and behaves like an airline booking because it is one — the only difference is that no fare was paid, so a refusal costs you nothing but a lapsed hold.

Why a reservation satisfies the itinerary requirement

The officer's real question is whether your trip is coherent: sensible route, dates that line up with your leave, accommodation and funds. Your reservation is one page of that story — make sure the page agrees with the rest of the file.

Then buy the ticket you actually want

Approval in hand, you are free to book the real fare on your own terms: price alerts, preferred airlines, sensible layovers. Applicants who buy before approval lock their dates to whatever was refundable that week; applicants who reserve first buy after, with the visa already in the passport.

Proof of onward travel, handled

Immigration and check-in desks ask for exit proof far more often than travellers expect. A reservation with a working booking reference shows the onward or return journey, satisfies the question, and costs ₹699 / $9 — compared with a purchased one-way ticket that is frequently forfeited when plans change.

How the PNR check actually works

Every reservation we issue carries a real booking reference in the airline's own system. Open the airline's Manage Booking page, enter the reference and the passenger surname, and the itinerary appears with your route from NDC, your dates and the passengers listed. That is the same lookup the embassy or visa centre performs, which is why the document survives scrutiny rather than falling apart the moment someone types the code in.

We recommend running the check yourself the day before submission. It takes two minutes, and walking into VFS Global Pune (nearest) knowing the officer will find a live, confirmed-status itinerary is worth more than any promise on an order page.

Pre-submission checklist

Sixty seconds before you leave for VFS Global Pune (nearest):

• Names on the itinerary match the passport exactly — every passenger.
• Dates match the application form, hotel and insurance.
• The PNR resolves on the airline site with confirmed status.
• Printed PDF in the file, plus a phone screenshot of the PNR check.
• Insurance and accommodation cover the full stay, not just the first days.

What to file alongside the itinerary

A flight reservation satisfies one line of the checklist. The lines next to it usually ask for:

• Hotel booking or invitation. Accommodation covering every night of the trip, or a host's invitation with their address.
• Insurance valid for the whole stay. Check the minimum cover your destination demands before buying.
• Financial proof. Statements that show the trip is affordable without an heroic last-week transfer.
• Ties to home. Employment letters, business documents or family circumstances that show the trip has an end.

The reservation, the hotel and the form should carry identical dates — that consistency is what reviewers actually score.

What a reservation cannot do

Honest limits, because you will read them elsewhere anyway: a reservation is not a ticket, so it cannot be used to board; it includes no baggage entitlement; it cannot be edited after issuance — a changed date means a fresh order; and it says nothing about whether the visa itself will be granted. What it does — a verifiable itinerary at ₹699 / $9, with nothing at stake — is precisely the job the checklist assigns to it.

When to order, when to verify, when to stop worrying

Three dates matter. The appointment date, which you cannot choose freely — book the order one to three days ahead of it. The verification moment, the evening before, when you check the PNR yourself. And the decision date, whenever the visa lands — after which you book the real ticket with no document deadlines at all.

Everything else is waiting, and a reservation costs nothing while you wait. That is the quiet advantage over a purchased fare, which starts burning money the day you buy it.