On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 20:32 +, Badri Natarajan wrote:
PS - The issue may become moot soon, anyway. The Indian govt is
planning
to introduce visas-on-arrival for citizens of a number of Western
countries:
wow! someone in govt found a brain cell!
i once heard an official in the indian
On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 15:06 -0800, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
This is not a restriction on journalism. It is a restriction on working.
the I visa _is_ a restriction on journalism. not on working. the visa
waiver restriction on working refers to earning money in the US, which
would apply for
On 27-Feb-08, at 3:35 AM, Charles Haynes wrote:
That's totally bizarre. Though I was amused by this sign in a
Bangalore bank:
No weapons are allowed inside the bank except for kripans by Sikhs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/871162228/
Curiously enough, the Delhi airport lists items
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote:
Curiously enough, the Delhi airport lists items prohibited for
carrying on planes, with the exception of kripans carried by sikhs
measuring under specific dimensions.
Last night at Garuda Mall, we saw a Sikh security person
Debbie and I are in the process of applying for 10 yr validity tourist
visas for India. Our applications are very similar, except I put down
Software Engineer as my occupation and Debbie put down Writer.
Big mistake.
I got my ten year tourist (T) visa with no problems or delays.
Debbie however
subversive sweetie a long term visa. They seemed concerned that she
should not write about India and sell it for some reason. I know that
there are third world dictatorships lacking a free press that are
anxious to control access by foreign journalists, but India?
Err..you mean the same
I got my ten year tourist (T) visa with no problems or delays.
PS - The issue may become moot soon, anyway. The Indian govt is planning
to introduce visas-on-arrival for citizens of a number of Western
countries:
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Badri Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
subversive sweetie a long term visa. They seemed concerned that she
should not write about India and sell it for some reason. I know that
there are third world dictatorships lacking a free press that are
Not that this is gonna help you now...but I *always* ask the Visa
Network folks for advice when filling out a visa form (for any
country). They've seen it all, and they've seen it more recently
than I have. They know for instance not to refer to any specific
conference when applying for
Tu quoque? The USA is certainly no paragon of visa issuing rectitude,
but I don't understand what rationale there might be for the
restrictions. Is it just tit-for-tat? I can respect that, I admire the
My point was only that it isn't that unusual even for democratic countries
to impose
Tu quoque? The USA is certainly no paragon of visa issuing rectitude,
but I don't understand what rationale there might be for the
restrictions. Is it just tit-for-tat? I can respect that, I admire the
My point was only that it isn't that unusual even for democratic countries
to impose
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Badri Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My point was only that it isn't that unusual even for democratic countries
to impose special immigration requirements on media.
As may be, but are all writers media? When asked she said she wrote
for her personal blog
Badri Natarajan [26/02/08 20:32 -]:
I got my ten year tourist (T) visa with no problems or delays.
PS - The issue may become moot soon, anyway. The Indian govt is planning
to introduce visas-on-arrival for citizens of a number of Western
countries:
I wonder if that will lead to
Charles Haynes [26/02/08 14:05 -0800]:
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Badri Natarajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My point was only that it isn't that unusual even for democratic countries
to impose special immigration requirements on media.
As may be, but are all writers media? When asked
I wonder if that will lead to reciprocity in visa issuance relaxations
from
those countries.
Reciprocity is one of the major principles in visa issuance guidelines by
the way. Either that or they might just reduce the visa fees to a token
amount.
Yes, but it is only one of several
On Wednesday 27 Feb 2008 1:39:41 am Charles Haynes wrote:
Debbie put down Writer.
Big mistake.
I got my ten year tourist (T) visa with no problems or delays.
Debbie however only got a 3 month journalist (J) visa.
I hope Debbie gets her visa, but I guess you don't know that writers are the
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:48 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I hope Debbie gets her visa,
Thanks! It turns out that living in India for a year may have taught
us useful skills in dealing with the bureaucracy. Rule 1, if you don't
get the answer you want at first, be persistent. Keep asking.
Congrats! I was *so* happy to get mine last year. Feels so
comforting to know I can go to India any old time.
D
On Feb 26, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
They just
issued her a 10 year tourist visa.
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:05 AM, Charles Haynes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My point was only that it isn't that unusual even for democratic countries
to impose special immigration requirements on media.
As may be, but are all writers media? When asked she said she wrote
for her
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