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You should carry with you documents that demonstrate ties to India and would help convince the counsel of your intent to return. Such documents may include:

1. Proof of land ownership

2. Economic and Social ties are very important: An applicant’s future role in a family business, academic institution, government agency, professional organization are all possibilities. Bring letters from appropriate parties to demonstrate such facts.

3. If other family members have studied in the U.S. and returned it should be mentioned.

4. Letters from prospective employers recognizing the need for specialized training offered in the U.S. can also serve to aid an application in the applicant’s home country.

5. Providing an explanation of why equivalent educational training is not available in your home country, if applicable.

Most importantly, Consular Officials want to hear from the applicant. At no time, is it recommended that the applicants bring family members with them to the interview.

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1. List of documents which are required at the time of registration with the Foreigners Registration Officers (FRO) in India. This registration is essential for all foreigners having visa for a period exceeding 180 days except the exempted categories and should be done within 14 days of first arrival at the nearest office of the Foreigners Registration Officer.
(i) Photocopy of the passport and initial visa
(ii) Four photographs of the applicant
(iii) Details of residence in India
(iv) HIV test report from one of the WHO recognized Institutions from people in the age group of 15 to 60 years, if the foreigner is visiting India on a visa for more one year.
(v) Copy of the marriage certificate in case of those seeking extension of Stay on ground of being spouse of Indian national.
(vi) Bonafide certificate from the University / College / Institution in case of student visa
(vii) Accreditation certificate from the Press Information Bureau in case of journalist visa
(viii) Approval of the Department of Company Affairs in the case of Board level appointments in Public Limited companies.
(ix) Copy of the approval from Government of India in case of joint venture or collaboration ( in duplicate )
(x) Copy of permission from the RBI in case of business/ joint venture , etc.
(xi) Terms and conditions of appointment and copy of contract or agreement in case o employment visa
(xii) Undertaking from the concerned Indian company on the following lines in case of employment / business visa

UNDERTAKING

We take full responsibility for the activities and conduct of Mr./Mrs.________________________________________________ national of _______________ during his/her stay in India. If anything adverse comes to notice during this period, we undertake to repatriate him/her on our cost.

Date: Signature of Competent Authority

Seal:

2. Addresses of  Foreigners Registration Officers (FRO) :

i) FRRO , Hans Bhawan ,
Bahadurshah Zafar Marg ,
ITO , New Delhi .
Te1e : 011-3319489

ii) FRRO, Tata Press Building,
2nd Floor. 414 So V. Marg ,
Mumbai
Te1e : 022 -262 1169

iii) FRRO ,
237 , AJC Bose Road ,
Calcutta.
Tele : 033 -2470549

iv) CHIO .
Shastri Bhawan Annexe
26 , Haddow Road, Chennai .
Tele : 044 -8277036

At other places .the Superintendents of Police of the Districts are foreigners registration officers .

3. Certificates of registration will be issued by the registration officers. The foreigners should surrender their certificates of registration to the registration officer of the place where they are registered or of the place from they intend to depart or to the immigration officer at the port/check post of exit from India. If the certificate is surrendered to other than the immigration officer at the port/check post of ” exit, the foreigners should produce the receipt indicating such surrender of the document to the,” immigration officer at the port/check post of exit.

4. Registration is required to be done only once during the validity of a visa irrespective of the number of times the foreigner leaves / re-enters India on multi-entry facility .

5. Following categories of foreigners are exempted from registration:

i) US nationals holding 10 year tourist / business visa , provided their continuous stay during each visit does not exceed 180 days .

ii) Foreigners holding five-year tourist visa, who are actively engaged in tourism I travel trade, desirous of visiting India frequently over extended periods for promotion of tourism .etc , provided their visa contains an endorsement that” Continuous stay should not exceed 180 days ” .

iii) PIO card holders , if their continuous stay during each visit does not exceed 180 days.

iv) Foreigners below the age of 16 years .

6. Foreigners can visit restricted / protected areas only after getting a valid permit as visa alone is not enough to visit such places.

7. Foreigners coming from or through yellow fever countries must come with valid vaccination certificate.

8. On arrival/departure, foreigners should fill up Disembarkation /Embarkation cards

When are the UK Application Centres open?
The Application Centres are open from Monday to Friday, except on Public holidays and holidays specified by the British High Commission.The Application Centres in New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai are open from 8.00 am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 4.00pm to submit applications. The Application Centre in Kolkata is open from 8.00am to 5.00pm to submit applications.

The Application Centres in Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Cochin and Bangalore are open from 8.00am to 12.00 and 1.00pm to 3.00pm. The Application Centres in Pune and Ahmedabad are open from 8.00am to 2.00pm to submit applications. .

How much does it cost to apply for a UK visa, and are there any other charges applicable?
The visa fee depends on the category of visa applied for. The fee for processing your visa fee is Rs 455 (inclusive of all taxes). We also courier passports to your address after assessment. If you would like your passport couriered, the charge for this is Rs 170 (inclusive of all taxes). The courier service is optional and not compulsory.

What should I do after submitting the visa application?
You can check the status of the application the next day after submitting your application

How do I check the status of the application?
Helpline:
You can call the helpline after 5.00 pm the next day to check the status of your application.

In person:
If you have submitted your application in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkata you can check your status after 6.00 pm the next day.

If you have submitted your application in Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Pune, Amedabad, Cochin, Bangalore or Hyderabad you check your status after 5.00 pm, 2 days after submitting your application.

SMS:
You can check the status by sending a text message to VISA UK PASSPORT NUMBER to 7333.

What could the status be?
Once a Visa Officer has assessed your application, s/he will make the decision to either issue or refuse your visa; or invite you for an interview. This process is the same, whether you are applying for a settlement visa, or a non-settlement visa. If you are invited for interview, your name will appear on the interview list.

What will happen if my name appears on the list?
You should come to the VFS Office where you submitted your visa application, to collect an interview letter.

Where will my interview be held?
At the British High Commission in Delhi or at the British Deputy High Commission in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. The letter will inform you the date & time.

What do I need to carry for the interview?
The interview letter & any original documents which you did not submit at the time of submission.

Do I need a medical examination?
This will depend on the requirement of specific visa and that of British High Commission / British Deputy High Commission.

What will happen after the interview?
You will be told whether your visa will be issued, or whether the application has been refused.

If the visa is issued:-
Courier Case: If you have paid Rs 625/- your passport will be delivered to your residence through Blue Dart Courier. You need to hand over the stamped photocopy to the courier person to get the delivery.

Non-Courier Case: If you have paid Rs 455/- you will be able to collect your passport from the VFS office.

If the visa is refused:-
Your passport & other documents will be handed over to you at the British High Commission / British Deputy High Commission after the interview or at the VFS centre where you applied, on the next working day.

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Want to study in US? Now you can follow these 4 easy steps and fulfil your dream

1) Get your passport made.

2) Acceptance of the applicant by an institution of learning for a full course of study is essential. Evidence in support of this requirement consists of a Form I-20 (Certification of Eligibility)
filled out by the accepting school, and signed by the applicant and presented with the visa application.

3) You may need to show the proof of financial support if you or your parents are going to fund your studies in USA. A bank letter may be necessary. You might want to find out from your embassy about the types of documents they may accept regarding the proof of financial support.

Get an “Affidavit of Support” form from the U.S. Embassy or Consulate if the studies are going to be sponsored by your relatives or others who are currently in USA. Complete this form with information about your sources of financing (letter of sponsorship), and submit it along with your other documents. The embassy may require a letter from the bank that holds the funds.

4) Obtain all the necessary documents mentioned above. Now, you are ready to go to the U.S. Consulate for a visa interview. If your visa is rejected twice, you may need to apply by mail. You can apply for a student Visa not earlier than 90 days before the registration date specified on the FORM I-20. If the registration date is already passed or the applicant cannot reasonably expect to arrive at the school by the registration date, the applicant should obtain an amended I-20 or a letter of extension from the issuing institution stating by what date the applicant may arrive.

If you prove to the Consular Official’s satisfaction that you intend to come to the U.S. solely for the purpose of study and will return to India upon completion of the program, a visa stamp will be affixed to a page in your passport. You should apply for a multiple entry F-1 student visa. With a multiple entry visa you can travel between US and India during the duration of your stay in the Unites States. See article about proof of non-immigrant intent

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The accuracy is highest in such questions, and the time spent solving them can be quite less if one has done a good amount of practice. The questions that are asked in logical reasoning require one to find out whether the given conclusion is valid or not. For example:

1. All drunken drivers meet with an accident.
Salman is a drunken driver.
Conclusion – Salman will meet with an accident
This one is pretty straightforward. Since Salman belongs to a group, all members of which meet with an accident, he would meet with an accident.

2. Most males are intelligent.
Mr. X is a male
Conclusion – Mr. X may or may not be intelligent
Here there are two possibilities. Either Mr. X is a part of the group of intelligent males or he is not. Hence, it follows that he may or may not be intelligent.

In the exam the questions that are asked have two statements followed by two conclusions and you have to determine which conclusion is correct. Obviously the questions are not so easy as the above examples and may require one to draw venn diagrams to solve the questions. E.g.

1. Statements –
some students are smart
all students are hardworking

Conclusions – (i) some hardworking students are smart
(ii) some smart students are hardworking
Solution – Both the conclusions are correct, as some students are definitely both smart and hardworking.

2. Statement–
tennis players get married only to models

Conclusions – (i) Madhu is married to a tennis player
(ii) Madhu is not married to a tennis player
Solution – Here either Madhu can be married to a tennis player or to someone who is not a tennis player. So either conclusion (i) or (ii) follow but not both.

3. Statements –
some roses are red
some red are black.

Conclusions – (i) no black is a rose.
(ii) no rose is a black
Solution – Here both the statements are possibilities. It may be that some roses are black or no roses are black. Hence neither of the conclusions follows.

by Jasveen Grewal *

If you are one of the aspirants looking forward to “bell” the CAT this year, I’m sure you’ve already started with the preparations of brushing-up your “sectional” skills. As a teacher of verbal ability, I often come across students who are befuddled about why this particular examination has questions on ENGLISH USAGE! Through this article I hope to satisfy such queries.

An MBA from the IIMs or other top-rung B-schools is a dream worth pursuing. A couple of years of rigorous training and you emerge dynamic managers with strong personalities - ready to conquer the world!

And today, as aspiring MBAs, you are awestruck by the corporate leaders. But, what if you are listening to the speech by a manager (someone with an aura, someone you have admired for his persona & are glad to be able to listen to) and he makes the mistake of saying ‘oversee’ in place of ‘overlook’. (To ‘oversee’ & to ‘overlook’ - two seemingly similar words, aren’t they? But the meaning of these two words is totally different. The two words are almost antonyms.)

The demi-god image of the manager shatters right in front of you, does it not? The situation analysis, I guess, answers the most vital question of most of the students taking various competitive exams, that is, why do we have the English Usage as a part of any competitive examination? The answer simply lies in the fact that competitive exams, especially CAT, select or reject a candidate by gauging him upon parameters, which are necessary for the candidate to be successful in the field he wishes to pursue.

Believe me, no one would like to opt for you as a student in one’s college if one has to build you up right from the scratch. One would prefer to shape you up & galvanize your skills. The drive should be present in you already! Therefore, to check your potential for the future you plan to have for yourself, you get various questions in the examination, including the questions on English Usage.

You need to adopt different approaches for different passages.
These are as follows:

Read Passage –> Answer Questions:

This is the traditional way or reading the passage first and then approaching the questions.

Answer Questions -> Read Passage –> Answer Questions:

This approach most commonly used is to have a look at the questions first and then read the passage, underlining part of the passage where an answer to the questions read may be found. After reading the passage, one can go to the questions and if need be just revisit the underlined part. However, while one is reading the questions, one must not waste a lot of time reading any inference-based questions and just keep a look out for names, events and terms that can be found in the passage.

Answer Questions -> Read Passage -> Answer Questions -> Read Passage:

In this approach, one never ends up reading the passage. A question is taken one at a time and its answer is searched for in the passage. Obviously not many inference-based questions can be answered in this way, so these questions will have to be left. But if it were a fact-based passage, these types of questions would be minimal. Also one can take advantage that usually the answers to the questions would lie sequentially in the passage.

You could also follow this approach. Around one-third of the passage is read, which gives one a fair idea of the structure of the passage. Then questions are looked at and all those questions whose answers lie in the part of passage read are attempted. Then for the remaining passage the same approach is followed. This also helps in saving time searching for the answers as the amount of passage unread is less and also one understands the flow of the passage. A few inferential questions can also be answered using this approach.

The above approaches coupled with a proper selection of the passages to be attempted should help one comfortably clear the cut-offs of the Reading Comprehension section.

Selecting the correct passages:

The number of passages asked will be minimum five. If 3 are attempted it is a fair attempt. Passages should be selected based on the following.
1. The Comfort level with the topic of the passage
2. Degree of Difficulty level of the language used
3. Trying Understanding the structure of the passage
4. Knowing Length of the passage and number of the questions asked

Management:

1. Any Edition of Harvard Business Review
2. Case Studies of Businessworld Magazine
3. What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School - Mark H. McCormack

Physics/Science:

1. Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
2. Any work of Isaac Asimov
3. The Tao of Physics - Fritjof Capra

Philosophy:

1. Zen And The Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance
2. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

Abstract Topic:

Futureshock, Power Shift, Third Wave - Alvin Toffler

Literary Works:

1. God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
2. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie

Business:

Made In Japan - Akio Morito

Religion:

Any book written by Swami Vivekanand

Sports:

Idols - Sunil Gavaskar

General:

Uncommon Wisdom - Fritjof Capra

Law:

Any of John Grisham’s works

Medical:

Doctors - Erich Segal

Anthropology/Sociology:

1. Manwatching
2. The Naked Ape - Desmond Morris

Note: The above list is just an indicative list.

Lessons in Imperative Sentences-
Study the following base form of the verbs and see how they are used in the imperative sentences. Imperative sentences are the sentences, which express commands, advice, and suggestions. The second person ‘you’ is always addressed in the imperative sentences.

In the following sentences, ‘you’ is the subject, though understood: -

1. Believe in God.
2. Worship Ma Sarswatiji, Ma Durgaji, Ma Luxmiji.
3. Don’t be superstitious.
4. Don’t deceive anyone.
5. Always speak the truth.
6. Vishwamitra said to Rama, “Send Ram and Lakshman with me. Don’t suspect my intention.”
7. Get up early in the morning. Have a long walk. Do exercises and yoga to keep yourself fit.
8. Never lose your patience. Be brave and courageous.
9. Don’t pluck flowers, as they enhance the beauty of nature.
10. Drink eight glasses of water daily, as it is very conducive to health.
11. Never tease the poor and the weak.
12. Do justice to get justice from God.
13. Don’t advise anyone unless you are asked for.
14. Work at the behest of your conscience.
15. The officer said to the servant, “Bring a glass of water. Always keep the office neat and clean.”
16. Be considerate to others and never think negatively.
17. The principal told the students, “Discipline yourself at every step of your life. Attend your classes regularly and punctually. Don’t come late. Pay attention to what your teachers teach you.”
18. Be honest, as honesty always pays; sooner or later.
19. Try to understand the motive of your opponents before you take any step against them.
20. Mother said to her son, “Mend your ways, if you want me to lead a happy life.”

Pay Attention: In the above-mentioned sentences, the verbs in their base form are “believe, worship, be, deceive, speak, send, get up, lose, do, pluck, drink, tease, advise, work, bring, keep, think, discipline, attend, come, pay, try, mend”.

Lessons in Modal Auxiliaries-

Modal Auxiliaries:

The modal verbs are - shall, will, can, may, must, should, would, could, might, ought to, need, dare.

Pay Attention: Most of the modal verbs are always followed by the first form (bare infinitive) of verbs in Active Voice, and be + 3rd form of the verb in Passive Voice.

A.. ‘Will’ and its past form ‘Would’

It (will) is used with second and third persons (you, thou, he, she, they, all the nouns).

in Future Tense -

1. Time will decide what will happen in coming days.
2. What will you decide in my absence?
3. The best students of our college will be awarded by the manager.
4. The problems regarding the condition of the poor will be discussed later on.
5. Who will feed you if you don’t work?
6. Nothing will be done if we await the right time.
7. I asked my friend when he would go to Mumbai.

Pay Attention: Conjunctions showing time and condition are not followed by ’shall’ or ‘will. Such conjunction are - if, till, provided, in case, supposing, unless, until, till, as long as, so long as, as if, as though, before, when, as soon as, since, while, after. The past form of ‘will’ or’ shall’ (would, should) is also not used.

1. Will you take your bath before you leave for your office?
2. As long as atom-bombs continue to be made, threats of war will remain.
3. The students will continue their agitation till the Government takes its decision back.
4. We shall hold a meeting after the students have gone home.
5. As soon as we discard ‘laziness’, we shall find that we shall be able to do a lot.