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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As per MAG discussions and also IGF website
FAQs (new addition) if the IGF registration does not work, one has to write to
Dr Govind at drgovind[at]nic.in. To quote ‘you will need to provide your
full name, nationality, profession and passport number’.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Parminder <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> karen banks
[mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 04, 2008
3:39 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> governance@lists.cpsr.org;
William Drake; governance@lists.cpsr.org; Parminder<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] visas
for india?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>hi bill<br>
<br>
Who did the letter for you?<br>
<br>
karen<br>
<br>
At 19:51 03/11/2008, William Drake wrote:<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi,<br>
<br>
I went today and was told all is in order and I can pick up <br>
tomorrow. The interventions from Markus, Shanker/MAG, and folks
here <br>
seem to have made a difference. However, I was still asked to bring <br>
an invite letter from the government, which I had, but shouldn't have <br>
needed. I hope more consulates will read the fax correctly, that <br>
registration alone is sufficient.<br>
<br>
Bill<br>
<br>
On Nov 3, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Parminder wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><br>
The enclosed Govt of India's fax to all its missions abroad requesting<br>
gratis visa to be granted to all registered IGF participants is now <br>
posted<br>
at <a href="http://igf2008.in/Travel.aspx" eudora=autourl>http://igf2008.in/Travel.aspx</a>.<br>
<br>
Parminder<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Roland Perry [<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com"
eudora=autourl> mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:02 PM<br>
To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<br>
Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?<br>
<br>
In message<br>
<fecfce260810311534v6c0f2380vef650e448b5014f8@mail.gmail.com>, at<br>
04:04:48 on Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>
<isolatedn@gmail.com> writes<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As a person living in India, I sent a note to the Government of <br>
India<br>
to take note of this discussion four days ago and the Ministry of<br>
Information Technology was prompt to send a reply to say "I think <br>
the<br>
Visa issue stands resolved."<br>
<br>
The Government of India might already have taken steps to ensure <br>
that<br>
participants do not have problems with VISAs to visit India to <br>
attend<br>
the IGF. Perhaps it takes just a little more time for the steps <br>
taken<br>
by GOI on this issue to take effe<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Thank you for your efforts, and those of the organisers and Indian<br>
Government, in this regard. I understand that a copy of the<br>
"instructions to Indian Missions Abroad" will be available on
the <br>
host<br>
country website soon, which will confirm the gratis-Visa arrangements<br>
including the status of the registration confirmation as an <br>
invitation.<br>
--<br>
Roland Perry<br>
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