Conference visa now stalled
My experience with CKGS in San Francisco - trying to obtain a conference visa for a trip in mid Oct.
The visa application was delivered by FedEx on Friday 9/5/14. Receipt of the application was acknowledged on Monday 9/8/14. On Monday 9/15/14, a message was received that the application was held up due to lack of authorizations from the Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
I was told by CKGS online that it would take only 2-3 business days for CKGS to process the paperwork before turning it over to the Embassy for another 3-5 days of processing. It appears to have taken 5 business days for the CKGS review.
The conference organizers say that this is the first time they have heard of the requirement and are working on it.
Sigh...