5 years: Long Term Entry or Multi-Entry Tourist Visa?

[t1s2010]

Post is about a child who is holding british passport now; and earlier held Indian passport which has been surrendered. Parents hold Indian passport in UK.

For India visit plans, it makes sense to have 5-year 180days max visa as (1) OCI is slow process and (2) no plan to stay for kid for more than 180 days (3) OCI cost is no different than 5-year visa it seems.

However, after reading in.vfsglobal.co.uk website, I am confused about (1) difference between 'multi entry tourist visa with 5 year validity' AND 'long term entry visa 5 years'. (2) which one I should go for OR are they really different or VFS copy-paste in some sense?

I am confused because (1) Fee is exactly same £300ish and (2) documents needed are almost same.

Thus, considering parents hold indian passports in UK, child has indian passport surrender certificate which one we should go for? *Note: I saw X-visa comment on forum but that seems like 'entry visa' in VFS site, not 'long term entry visa'.

Please help...

[rmukherjee]

Post is about a child who is holding british passport now; and earlier held Indian passport which has been surrendered. Parents hold Indian passport in UK.

For India visit plans, it makes sense to have 5-year 180days max visa as (1) OCI is slow process and (2) no plan to stay for kid for more than 180 days (3) OCI cost is no different than 5-year visa it seems.

However, after reading in.vfsglobal.co.uk website, I am confused about (1) difference between 'multi entry tourist visa with 5 year validity' AND 'long term entry visa 5 years'. (2) which one I should go for OR are they really different or VFS copy-paste in some sense?

I am confused because (1) Fee is exactly same £300ish and (2) documents needed are almost same.

Thus, considering parents hold indian passports in UK, child has indian passport surrender certificate which one we should go for? *Note: I saw X-visa comment on forum but that seems like 'entry visa' in VFS site, not 'long term entry visa'.

Please help...

OCI is slow but not that slow. For straightforward cases e.g. children who had Indian passports but surrendered it, it should take about 2 months (unless the OCI team is overloaded with work / it's holiday season).

OCI fee is £175 according to the VFS page, not £300. So doing a trip on the basis of eVisa (£50) + getting OCI will still work out to be cheaper.

OCI has other benefits as well, which is why most people get the OCI card.

[t1s2010]

We need to fly next month and no OCI plans for now.
visa now + OCI later is around same cost of 5-year visa +/- 50 quids.

Thus, looking for differences in two visa options please..