2 e-visas at the same time?

You make an excellent point!
Thank you for all your help, both of you. I'll try and feedback what happens!
As an aside, any ideas what would happen if we overstayed by 1 day?

any ideas what would happen if we overstayed by 1 day?

Isn't this whataboutery?

No one can predict your circumstances. I would like to think that exiting at a land border, with a tour group all doing their paperwork at the same time, might work in your favour.

If you were flying solo (literally and figuratively) you would not be able to leave the country. There would be a red EV (expired visa) stamped into your passport and you would have to obtain an Exit Visa from the Bureau of Immigration / Foreigners' Regional Registration Office.

The next problem will be finding a hotel to take you as a guest. Each foreigner stay means the hotel lodges a Form C with the BOI; and legally, they should not provide accommodation to someone on an expired visa.

Then the fun of getting a Tourist Visa Overstay Exit begins. You'll need to provide a detailed written explanation of your overstay; you'll need to get those Form Cs from the places you have stayed as well as a separate declation of the dates of your lodging; you'll need more passport photos taken; and you'll need a Police Clearance Certificate. Lots of finger printing, lots of paperwork. That's a week's worth of Indian bureaucracy right there. Once you have all of that together, then the BOI might issue your exit visa; subject to paying a fine (the size of which will be insignificant to the heartache you've just been through).

EDIT: And, I think you can assume there will be a very dim view of any future visa application.

Loved #11. It shows you why you don't chance it although I know of a case like this where without a comment... It all depends on the officer:0. One lass left 2 hours late and was put into detention 24 hours and deported. Don't know about lasting visa status impact. I'm too old to gamble anymore..

Yeah that hammers it home as to why we won't be taking a chance!

For a final bit of whataboutery, do you think we would have a chance if getting the visa extended at a FRRO? I know there's an e-frro now but I doubt that will let me extend a visa that is not extendable. A person might?

do you think we would have a chance if getting the visa extended at a FRRO?

Almost none.

You would have to provide documented evidence of why you need the extension, and I rather fancy that "we messed up" won't cut it. You'd need a documented illness that prevented leaving on schedule; or a documented flight or sail delay which prevented you leaving on time.

If you are on a tour schedule, I can't imagine that you are going to have a week or so to spare, two weeks in advance of departure, to build a case.

Understood. Thanks again for all your help really appreciate the insights.

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