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From: santosh@cheviot.uucp (Santosh Shrivastava)
Newsgroups: net.nlang.india
Subject: Re: Visas at Canada
Message-ID: <439@cheviot.uucp>
Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 10:56:03 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 10:56:03 1985
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In article <1106@columbia.UUCP> sivan@columbia.UUCP (Sivan Mahadevan) writes:
>
>	I am posting the following article for my friend Ananth
>(Ananth_Annapragada%UB-MTS%UMich-MTS.Mailnet@Mit-Multics.Arpa) since he
>does not have direct access to usenet.
>
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>         A friend of mine from U of Mich whose Visa had expired went to
>Canada to try and get a new one. They gave him the ususal song and dance
>about "Go back to India and try from there." His response was that he
>was going to India on a weeks notice for his sisters wedding, that it
>was going to be held in some out of the way village, and that he wouldnt
>have time to coordinate a trip to the nearest consulate. He also said
>that travel in India was not like here; one canot catch a flight and
>leave; travel often means a month of waiting time for train reservations
>etc etc. Believe it or not, the consul relented and gave him a one year
>multiple entry!!!
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What conclusions are we to draw from this? That if you want a visa, convince
the authorities how things are bad (disorganized, falling apart etc) in 
India?