INDIAN VISA GUIDELINES

Guidelines to obtain Indian Visa
All foreign nationals intending to participate in the Congress/ meeting, except those of Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives, are required to obtain an Indian VISA.

A Tourist Visa-on-Arrival shall be granted to a foreigner who is a national of Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand , Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Myanmar and Indonesia.
For details, please log on to www.immigrationindia.nic.in/visa_on_arrival2.htm.

Others can apply visa in person or by post at the High Commission/Embassy based in the country from where the participant intends to depart for India.

VISA application form is available at the office of the Indian Embassy in the capital and other major cities of the country of your residence. All NRIs/PIOs, including children (who don't possess OCI or PIO card) need to apply for VISA in separate VISA forms. All the participants are advised to apply for either Tourist VISA or 'Conference VISA only. The required documents are as mentioned below:

Tourist Visa:
a. Passport valid for a minimum of 190 days with at least two blank pages.
b. Correct visa fee.
c. Two recent identical passport-size photographs.
d. Filled application form (all columns in the form are mandatory and must be filled)

Conference Visa:

• Duly completed and signed application form
• Original passport valid for at least 6 months
• VISA fee
• Two passport size photographs
• Supporting documents such as invitation letter sent by organizing body, letters of clearance from The Nodal Ministry, The Ministry of Home Affairs, The Ministry of External affairs, and The State Government, letter from the organization in the participant’s country which nominated the applicant to attend the conference, proof of residential address and, copy of birth certificate.

The VISA application, along with the enclosures mentioned above, must be submitted directly to the Embassy/High commission of country/locality.

The organizing committee is working on the required supporting documents as mentioned above and will upload the letter of approvals from the respective ministry at the earliest (These letters will be soon uploaded on the conference website in a downloadable format) We need to obtain prior and specific approval for attendees who are from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, foreigners of Pakistani origin and Stateless persons; Those residing in this category, please approach conference secretariat at the earliest, but before 31st January with the following information.

Please send a copy of the passport to yuvraj@cimglobal.net

Sl.no	Name	Father's/Husband Name	DOB	Nationality & Passport No.	DOI	Place of Issue	Date of Exp	Address

Participants from other countries can apply for visa directly without prior approvals, to the nearest Indian Consulates or offices of Indian Missions.

Delegates from Pakistan and China please see : http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/FAQs-on-ConferenceVisa.pdf

For more details visit: http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/FAQ-TVisa170510.pdf

In case of difficulties, please approach the conference secretariat at yuvraj@cimglobal.net

For Coling 2012 Visa Invitation letter please contact: yuvraj@cimglobal.net

Conference Secretariat		Professional Conference Organizer and Travel Manager:
Organizing Chair: Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharya Dept. of Computer Science, IIT Bombay, India E-mail: pb@cse.iitb.ac.in Main office: Kanwal Rekhi Building Tel: +91-22-2576 4729 / 7901. Fax: +91-22-2572 0022 Old CSE Building: Tel: +91-22-2576 7701, Fax: +91-22-2572 0290		604, Antariksh, Makwana Road, Off Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (E) Mumbai - 400 059 - India Tel: +91 22 4048 1777 Fax: +91 22 4048 1709 Mr. Yuvraj Mob: +91 8879030010 Email: yuvraj@cimglobal.net