Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site cheviot.uucp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!qantel!dual!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!seismo!mcvax!ukc!cheviot!santosh 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 Article-I.D.: cheviot.439 Posted: Tue Sep 24 10:56:03 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Sep-85 05:39:15 EDT References: <1106@columbia.UUCP> Reply-To: santosh@cheviot.UUCP (Santosh Shrivastava) Distribution: net Organization: U. of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Lines: 21 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. > >------- > 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!!! ................................................................ 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?