[governance] visas for india?

[Konstantinos Komaitis]

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
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From: Roland Perry [roland at internetpolicyagency.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 8:09 PM
To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
Subject: Re: [governance] visas for india?

In message <4905D8AE.40007 at gmail.com>, at 16:05:18 on Mon, 27 Oct 2008,
Elena Pavan <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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