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Pack your bags and leave, Goa govt tells
foreigners
Pramod
Acharya / CNN-IBN
Published on Tuesday , October 09, 2007 at 10:11
in Nation section
Panaji: Goa has attracted
thousands of tourists from across the world. And some like Tedd, after having
fallen in love with the fascinating beaches and undisturbed greenery, have
opted to live here.
But now, Tedd and his wife, who came here first in
1991 and settled in 2000, may have to leave their adopted home.
After three months of putting in our application
forms, we were duly told they we werent being granted a visa and you have to
leave the country immediately, says Tedd.
We have got letters from government to leave the
country immediately without any reason. They have refused to extend our visa.
We have everything here.
The Goa government
has decided to treat all foreigners as tourists and refused to extend their
visas. It says there have been several violations of the Foreign Exchange
Management Act (FEMA) in the state, which necessitated the drastic measure.
We enquired into 460 cases of land deals by
foreigners in Goa. There are almost 350 cases
where FEMA is violated. We have referred these 350 cases to Enforcement
Department of RBI in Mumbai, says Additional Collector, North
Goa, Swapnil Naik.
The Goa government has far identified 50 cases of
foreigners overstaying in Goa without proper
documents. Soon action will be initiated against them.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pack-your-bags-and-leave-goa-govt-tells-foreigners/50194-3.html
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