Hello Roland,<br><br>All that I did was to bring this thread to the attention of the Ministry of Information Technology which has acted on this communication swiftly. I did send a note to thank the Government in my capacity as "a person living in India".<br>
<br>I am certain that the participants from the world over would have a pleasant and memorable experience in India during the IGF.<br><br>Thanks<br><br>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>India.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Roland Perry <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">In message <<a href="mailto:fecfce260810311534v6c0f2380vef650e448b5014f8@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">fecfce260810311534v6c0f2380vef650e448b5014f8@mail.gmail.com</a>>, at 04:04:48 on Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com" target="_blank">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>> writes<br>
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As a person living in India, I sent a note to the Government of India to take note of this discussion four days ago and the Ministry of Information Technology was prompt to send a reply to say "I think the Visa issue stands resolved."<div class="Ih2E3d">
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The Government of India might already have taken steps to ensure that participants do not have problems with VISAs to visit India to attend the IGF. Perhaps it takes just a little more time for the steps taken by GOI on this issue to take effe<br>
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Thank you for your efforts, and those of the organisers and Indian Government, in this regard. I understand that a copy of the "instructions to Indian Missions Abroad" will be available on the host country website soon, which will confirm the gratis-Visa arrangements including the status of the registration confirmation as an invitation.<div>
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Roland Perry<br>
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