[governance] visas for india?

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Good afternoon:

For your information, the Embassy of India in Brussels thismorning accepted the IGF confirmation of Registration e-mail, supported by a copy of a faxed document dated 22.10.2008,  that the New Delhi Foreign Ministry has send to all Indian Missions Posts Abroad, to the effect that the Conference Visa should be delivered Gratis for IGF participants.

I was given a copy of the latter document by chance from a friend who is also going to Hyderabad. I guess it might be useful for some participants if the IGF Secretariat were to post a scan of it somewhere . . . 

Regards to you all,

CW


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Parminder 
  To: governance at lists.cpsr.org ; 'karen banks' 
  Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:09 PM
  Subject: RE: [governance] visas for india?


  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'.

   

  Parminder 

   


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  From: karen banks [mailto:karenb at gn.apc.org] 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 3:39 PM
  To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; William Drake; governance at lists.cpsr.org; Parminder
  Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?

   

  hi bill

  Who did the letter for you?

  karen

  At 19:51 03/11/2008, William Drake wrote:



  Hi,

  I went today and was told all is in order and I can pick up  
  tomorrow.  The interventions from Markus, Shanker/MAG, and folks here  
  seem to have made a difference. However, I was still asked to bring  
  an invite letter from the government, which I had, but shouldn't have  
  needed.  I hope more consulates will read the fax correctly, that  
  registration alone is sufficient.

  Bill

  On Nov 3, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Parminder wrote:





  The enclosed Govt of India's fax to all its missions abroad requesting
  gratis visa to be granted to all registered IGF participants is now  
  posted
  at http://igf2008.in/Travel.aspx.

  Parminder




  -----Original Message-----
  From: Roland Perry [ mailto:roland at internetpolicyagency.com]
  Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:02 PM
  To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
  Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?

  In message
  <fecfce260810311534v6c0f2380vef650e448b5014f8 at mail.gmail.com>, at
  04:04:48 on Sat, 1 Nov 2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
  <isolatedn at gmail.com> writes



  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."

  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


  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.
  --
  Roland Perry
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