Oh..I am sorry C'da. It has nothing to do with this 'Visa fee' issue. Ankur brought it up, and I was replying to him mail.
Alpana's email got hacked. Many people were getting emails supposedly from her. - even I got one, and responded back. Ram On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 8:55 AM, Chan Mahanta <cmaha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Jul 24, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > > > Yes, Ankur.. her email did get hacked... even I got fooled > > > *** Whose e-mail, Ram? Is it in reference to this issue? > > c-da > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are doing fine, hope things are going good for all of you. > > > > Ram da > > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Ram Sarangapani <assa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Dear Ankur, > >> > >> Please accept our sincere congratulations, Your efforts, in steadfastly > >> pursuing this matter, has paid off. This will be of great help and > >> convenience to a lot of people in Assam/ NE instead of going to > Calcutta. > >> > >> Great job! > >> > >> Ram da > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:36 PM, Ankur Bora <ankur_bora2...@yahoo.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> Dear All, > >>> There were a couple of postings on this issue recently in various Assam > >>> and North East based yahoo groups. It's about application payment for > US > >>> visa interview through HDFC bank. HDFC bank has been authorized to > accept > >>> the US visa application fee by the US consulate. However, the HDFC bank > >>> branches either in Guwahati or any other city of North East region do > not > >>> have the facility for accepting the money and issuing the receipt. This > has > >>> caused tremendous inconvenience as people have to go all the way to > >>> Calcutta to pay the fees. > >>> There was question posted - Does everyone travel to Kolkata just to pay > >>> the fee? - Unfortunately it was true unless he has frineds/relatives > there. > >>> We thought it is time for an initiative to make the US Consulate > accept > >>> fees at banks in the North East, given that there is more than a > trickle of > >>> traffic to US. > >>> I submitted an email to the HDFC bank. Intially they were reluctant > to > >>> pursue the matter. I however continued to pursue mainly I was getting > >>> supporting emails from the FASS and Noerth East India group. > >>> Finally HDFC bank informed that they received the approval from Embassy > to > >>> start collection of application fees at Fancy Bazar branch in Guwahati. > >>> Finally , Hemanta Bayan Deputy Vice President of HDFC bank informed > that > >>> the visa application fees would be accepted from 25th July 2011 at > Fancy > >>> Bazar. > >>> This is a successful collective effort and I am sharing the news > >>> Cheers, > >>> Ankur > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> assam mailing list > >>> assam@assamnet.org > >>> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >>> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > assam@assamnet.org > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
