Gautam John [26/10/10 20:47 +0530]:
(which, for indian citizens at least, needs an affidavit sealed by a
notary public)
Really? I applied for an Argentine visa last year in Bombay and it was
painless. And because I was going for a conference, they gave it to me
gratis.
Delhi, and the semi literate UP wala who was playing visa clerk in an
office that was basically the basement of the argentine ambassador's villa
Not just a notarized affidavit, which I produced. The SOB wanted me to
produce a FRESH affidavit that was typed, rather than handwritten by me
before being witnessed by a notary.
This desite my telling him (quite correctly) that I was going to a
conference organized by the argentine government.
I think a call from the argentine ministry concerned to the ambassador
helped sort that little contretemps out.
