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Indian Charted Flight Rules: Arrival and Departure must be by the same Charter flight/Co.? Looks like I am missing on something. The only thing I knew or heard of a rule where tourists were not permitted to stay longer than 3 weeks (or 4 weeks?) if arrived by Charter flights. (?) Can any one throw some more light on the rules or the below incidence? Else where in the news (TOI), it was also reported that - She had no Indian money so she had to rush nearest Foreign Exchange counter to get Indian currency - She did not complain at the airport as she had to leave on the same day since her visa was expiring soon. - She wrote/complain to the Goa Police from UK to take action against the officer. Well done Fatima! Quote: PANAJI: Even as Goa is working hard to promote itself as a tourist friendly destination, a British passport holder has complained that an immigration department official demanded and took a $100 bribe to permit her to board a charter flight earlier this month. In her complaint to SP (immigration) Tony Fernandes, British citizen Fatima Fernandes alleged that though she had a valid air ticket, on March 7, 2010, an immigration official at Dabolim airport asked for a bribe of $100 to allow her to board the charter flight to UK. Fatima said she was allowed to board the flight only after she paid the money in Indian currency to a PSI in the immigration department. Following the complaint, the police have issued the PSI a memo and sought to know why disciplinary action shouldn’t be initiated against him. Confirming the incident, SP Fernandes said, “I have sought an explanation from the PSI and am awaiting his reply.” Fatima had arrived in Goa on February 5 by a Monarch charter flight from UK and had a return ticket for March 7 by a Thomson flight. “There was a problem as the Director General Civil Aviation (DGCA) rules make it mandatory for foreign tourists arriving in the country by a charter operator’s flight to return by the same operator’s flight. In this case, the UK citizen had arrived by a Monarch flight, but was returning to UK by a Thomson flight. This can’t be permitted if one goes strictly by the rules. However, the rules were reportedly bent by the officer on duty after taking a bribe of $100,” police sources said http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5737060.cms [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/
