Visa

All foreign visitors need to obtain an Indian Visa for travel to India.

Please contact the nearest Indian Embassy or Consulate in your Country, for visa related details.

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Documents for Visa from our side are below. Please see Clarifications sections (below) for details to check if they are necessary for you.

1. Clearance from nodal ministry (Min. of HRD)



Following only required for Conference Visa applicants who are citizens of China, Pakistan and Iran

2. Security Clearance for FPT 2011 from MHA + Clearance for citizens of restricted countries
3. Political Clearance for FPT2011 from MEA (including clearance for citizens of restricted countries)

Invitation Letter

The Organizing Committee, FPT - 2011, will be very happy to send you an Invitation Letter required for obtaining your Visa.

Please send us your passport details as given below, so that we can issue the Invitation Letter.

Title : Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms

Name    ………………………………………………………
(As on Passport)

Nationality ………………………………………………

Passport Number…………………………………………

Place of Issue……………………………………………

Date of Issue………………………………………………

Passport valid till ……………………………………………………

Affiliation    ………………………………………………………

Mailing Address    ………………………………………………………

Phone number    ………………………………………………………
			  
        

Since the visa process can take time, you are requested to send us the passport details urgently, so that Letter of Invitation can be issued on priority basis.

For an Invitation Letter, please send the details of your passport to the Conference Secretariat : icfpt2011@gmail.com

Clarifications

If you need a visa to visit India, please note the following.

A) Please send an email to the conference Secretariat icfpt2011@gmail.com with all the required information mentioned above. The local organizer will then issue you an invitation letter.

B) Please note that as FPT is a technical conference and the organizer IIT Delhi is a Government Educational Institution, no further clearance is required except for citizens from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, foreigners of Pakistani origin and Stateless persons. Please visit the following website for further details
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/FAQs-on-ConferenceVisa.pdf
More concretely, the following clearance documents are NOT required for conference visa application:

1. A copy of event clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India (GoI).
2. Administrative approval of the Nodal Ministry, Government of India (GoI).
3. Political clearance from the M/O External Affairs, Government of India (GoI).
4. Clearance from the concerned State Government (s).

C) Please include this letter with your visa application which clearly states that no clearance document is required.

D) If you are citizen of Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, foreigners of Pakistani origin and Stateless persons, we will provide you with the clearance documents after October 15th once all the authors have registered.

E) If you face any difficulty with the visa process, please get in touch with conference general chair Prof. M. Balakrishnan (mbala@cse.iitd.ac.in) immediately so that the appropriate documents can be provided.

F) Please inform Prof. Balakirshnan (mbala@cse.iitd.ac.in) once your visa application is successful.