Each time I have visited India, I have requested a 6 month visa. However, every year there seemed to be a problem getting the visa. For example, last year a separate supplementary information document was required that I did not know about. The visa was also held up because the city on my visa application did not match the city listed on a copy of my driver's license. This year, however, I went for the 10-year visa and there were no problems. In fact, it took less than two weeks between the time I put the visa application in the mail and the time that the visa appeared back in my home mailbox. So, with the new long term visa, I will not have to go through the application process every time I visit India.