[governance] visas for india?

[Jeanette Hofmann]

Hi, the visa issue is a mess. I got my visa last week but had to pay 95 
Euro for it. I have been in contact with somebody from the Indian 
administration about this and he promised this would be sorted out in 
the coming days.

Please be aware that there are further complications for expats. Seeiti 
from Brazil spent at least 2 days in Berlin waiting for a fax from the 
Indian embassy in Brazil to the Indian embassy in Germany to get his visa.
I will ask someone from the secretariat to provide more information 
about the current practice.
jeanette

Ahmed Swapan Mahmud wrote:
> Thanks for raising the issue. Last year Brazil government had the 
> provision forthe gratis VISA. Indian government can take initiative and 
> inform its consulate offices worldwide. However, Bangladeshi don't need 
> to pay VISA fee, only 200 taka as service charge.
> 
> Hope the local organizations can help out raising the issue to the 
> government.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Ahmed
> 
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Elena Pavan <pavan.elena at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pavan.elena at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Dear all,
> 
>     I have seen on the IGF website that each country abroad posts of the
>     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 (I did not even
>     know that there is a UN passport, mea culpa). for other participants
>     turistic visas for something around 70€ will be released or business
>     visas for 120€ (plus expenses to go to milan or to pay exeditions).
>     is it just me having heard this? not that it is a problem, it is not
>     so much money but if it is the way it works then maybe the host
>     country website should say that -the way it looks like now seems to
>     suggest that everyone will have a visa for free/gratis. it is also
>     possible that, as often happens, italian organizations might suffer
>     from some leak...in that case  i will deal with this -and i'm sure
>     money will have to be paid anyhow.
>     please, do let me know.
>     I'll see you soon.
>     Elena
> 
>     -- 
>     Elena Pavan
>     PhD Candidate
>     DSRS University of Trento
>     Piazza Venezia 41
>     38100 Trento
>     Italy
> 
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