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Hi,<div><br></div><div>Glad to know that he has publicly offered to help. Markus gave me his details but I didn't know he was open to any and all inquiries. For most people this really shouldn't be necessary, the IGF registration and invite letter on the web is supposed to suffice, but it may be that people from some particular countries or whatever need more targeted assistance.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br><div><div>On Nov 6, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Parminder wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div class="Section1"><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><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><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><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><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 [<a href="mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org">mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org</a>] <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> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; William Drake; <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>; Parminder<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [governance] visas for india?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><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><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 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: <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?<br> <br> In message<br> <<a href="mailto:fecfce260810311534v6c0f2380vef650e448b5014f8@mail.gmail.com">fecfce260810311534v6c0f2380vef650e448b5014f8@mail.gmail.com</a>>, at<br> 04:04:48 on Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br> <<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>> 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><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><br> 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> ____________________________________________________________<br> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br> <a href="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org">governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> <br> For all list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance" eudora="autourl">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt">____________________________________________________________<br> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br> <a href="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org">governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> <br> For all list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance" eudora="autourl">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a> <GratisVisa.pdf><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt"><br> ____________________________________________________________<br> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:<br> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> To be removed from the list, send any message to:<br> <a href="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org">governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org</a><br> <br> For all list information and functions, see:<br> <a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance" eudora="autourl">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">____________________________________________________________</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">To be removed from the list, send any message to:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org">governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For all list information and functions, see:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance">http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance</a></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>