[Inpycon] Conference visa requirements

[Anand Chitipothu]

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:

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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.
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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?

Anand