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Perhaps, if the visa issuing authority acts positively the procedure
could be reduced. Obtaining the list from IGF, they can proceed. While
attending IGF at Rio, Brazilian consulate in New Delhi took less than two
hours to issue a gratis visa. All it needed a telephone call to the
respective person (available from the web site) while departing from
Dhaka (there were paper formalities, of course). I am sure, Government of
India will take necessary steps to solve these issues.<br><br>
Best regards,<br>
Hakik<br><br>
<br>
At 03:15 AM 10/28/2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hello All,<br><br>
By comparison, (or to inspire the Government of India), here is an
account of how the OECD Secretariat responded to a similar situation when
I sent an email to draw attention to my VISA application to visit Korea
to attend the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of
Internet.<br><br>
My trip was finalized so late that there was barely enough time for my
passport to reach the Korean Embassy in Delhi, just a day to process (the
Embassy usually takes three days) and barely enough time for the passport
to travel back from Delhi to Chennai. So I sent an email to the OECD
Secretariat asking them to send a second email to the Korean Embassy in
Delhi ( in addition to the invitation that had already been automatically
faxed from the OECD Secretariat to the Korean Embassy in Delhi to say
that I am an invited participant). <br><br>
My email was instantly forwarded to an Executive at the OECD Secretariat
for immediate attention, and he telephoned the Consul at the South Korean
Embassy at Delhi, then sent me an email to say that he has spoken to the
Consul and advised me to advise my Agent to take the papers straight
upstairs to the Counsel's Office. He also spoke to me to keep me informed
of his efforts, called me thrice more, sent two or three messages during
those two days to check the status and to ask me if it was done, and did
not stop until I told him that I got my VISA. My VISA was processed
on the same day and was rushed back. I made it to the OECD meeting.
<br><br>
Hopefully the IGF Secretariat and the Ministries of Commerce and External
Affairs in India prioritize VISA applications by IGF participants in
Indian Embassies around the world !<br><br>
(Parminder could also offer his valuable Special Advice to the IGF Chair
on this)<br><br>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>
ISOC India Chennai Chapter.<br><br>
<br>
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:57 AM, Konstantinos Komaitis
<<a href="mailto:k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk">k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk</a>
> wrote:<br>
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<dd>I am also located in the UK and they do not accept the email
confirming registration at the IGF. They say that they want a letter of
invitation, my passport has been held by the Indian authorities for the
past 2 weeks. They say that we need a letter of invitation even if we are
to apply for business visa.<br><br>
<br>
<dd>Konstantinos<br>
<dd>________________________________________<br>
<dd>From: Roland Perry
[<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">
roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>]<br>
<dd>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 8:09 PM<br>
<dd>To:
<a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>
<br>
<dd>Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?<br><br>
<dd>In message
<<a href="mailto:4905D8AE.40007@gmail.com">4905D8AE.40007@gmail.com</a>
>, at 16:05:18 on Mon, 27 Oct 2008,<br>
<dd>Elena Pavan
<<a href="mailto:pavan.elena@gmail.com">pavan.elena@gmail.com</a>>
writes<br>
<dd>>Indian government should release a *gratis visa to the
participants* to<br>
<dd>>the IGF in Hyderabad. i just called the agency the italian
indian<br>
<dd>>consulate indicated me in milan and, apparently, gratis visas
will be<br>
<dd>>released only for those who own a UN passport<br><br>
<dd>In the UK many Indian visa applications are handled through an
agency<br>
<dd>appointed by the consulate. They say they know nothing about this
"free<br>
<dd>Visa" arrangement, and looking at their online application
process I<br>
<dd>think it will fail if I don't include the standard "Conference
visa"<br>
<dd>fee. I live over two hours from London and was hoping not to have
to<br>
<dd>travel and queue all day (as is apparently required when applying
in<br>
<dd>person).<br><br>
<dd>The next obstacle is whether or not they will accept the email from
the<br>
<dd>secretariat as a "signed letter of invitation". And will
they also<br>
<dd>require a letter from my employer (in this case RIPE NCC in<br>
<dd>Netherlands).<br>
<dd>--<br>
<dd>Roland Perry<br>
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