[Inpycon] Conference visa requirements

[me kracekumar]

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:56 PM, me kracekumar <me at kracekumar.com> wrote:

> I remember Ashwan made research about this few months back, HasGeek
> conference has few speakers flying down, probably it is good to ask Zainab
> about this ?
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > http://pmindiaun.org/visa_documents_required.html#conf
>> >
>> > 2 months notice just to apply so we need to worry about this early if
>> > we're getting a foreign keynote speaker.
>>
>> Quoting it:
>>
>> ---
>> Applicants for Conference Visa are required to provide the following
>> documents :
>>
>> Invitation Letter from the Organizer.
>> Event Clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
>> Administrative approval of the Nodal Ministry.
>> Political Clearance from the Ministry of External Affairs.
>> Clearance from the State Government / UT concerned.
>>
>> In case of certain nationals clearance is required to be obtained from
>> the concerned authorities before issuance of Conference Visas, which
>> could take time.
>> ---
>>
>> Isn't it insane to get approval from Ministry of Home Affairs and
>> Ministry of External Affairs just to speak at a tech conference?
>>
>> Don't we have any better alternative?
>>
>>
Sorry, seems this is new rule.

> Anand
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