[governance] visas for india?

[Hakikur Rahman]

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.

Best regards,
Hakik


At 03:15 AM 10/28/2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
>Hello All,
>
>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.
>
>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).
>
>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.
>
>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 !
>
>(Parminder could also offer his valuable Special Advice to the IGF 
>Chair on this)
>
>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
>ISOC India Chennai Chapter.
>
>
>On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:57 AM, Konstantinos Komaitis 
><<mailto:k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk>k.komaitis at strath.ac.uk> wrote:
>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.
>
>
>Konstantinos
>________________________________________
>From: Roland Perry 
>[<mailto:roland at internetpolicyagency.com>roland at internetpolicyagency.com]
>Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 8:09 PM
>To: <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>governance at lists.cpsr.org
>Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?
>
>In message 
><<mailto:4905D8AE.40007 at gmail.com>4905D8AE.40007 at gmail.com>, at 
>16:05:18 on Mon, 27 Oct 2008,
>Elena Pavan <<mailto:pavan.elena at gmail.com>pavan.elena at gmail.com> writes
> >Indian government should release a *gratis visa to the participants* to
> >the IGF in Hyderabad. i just called the agency the italian indian
> >consulate indicated me in milan and, apparently, gratis visas will be
> >released only for those who own a UN passport
>
>In the UK many Indian visa applications are handled through an agency
>appointed by the consulate. They say they know nothing about this "free
>Visa" arrangement, and looking at their online application process I
>think it will fail if I don't include the standard "Conference visa"
>fee. I live over two hours from London and was hoping not to have to
>travel and queue all day (as is apparently required when applying in
>person).
>
>The next obstacle is whether or not they will accept the email from the
>secretariat as a "signed letter of invitation". And will they also
>require a letter from my employer (in this case RIPE NCC in
>Netherlands).
>--
>Roland Perry
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