Withdraw cash from shops by swiping ATM debit card at POS point of sale or card swipe machines

India is in queue these days due to scrapping of old Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes but most of us do not know that we can withdraw cash from shops by swiping out ATM debit card at POS point of sale/card swipe machines. To my knowledge, currently this facility is offered by SBI POS for all major Banks including Axis Bank, HDFC Bank etc. in India along with State Bank Group Debit cards card holders.

This facility is also called mini ATM/Cash@POS and chhota ATM in hindi. POS (point of sale) is nothing but the card swipe machine at the shops where they swipe their cards.

Let us see how does it work. The SBI swipe machines having this facility will have three options.

1. Sale
2. Cash only
3. Sale and Cash

The sale is the default option when the card is inserted into the machine and is used to pay against your purchase.

If you want only cash from the shop then ask for cash only option.

If you want to pay against your purchase and also want cash then ask for sale and cash option. The shopkeeper has to enter both amounts separately. After successful transaction, the shopkeeper will hand over the cash to you along with the items you purchased.

This will keep the money rolling and help to take away queues from the ATM. Please share this among your friends to help other to circulate the cash.

Related links
FAQ on cash at POS or Mini ATM

Password to open e-aadhaar Card PDF file

The password to open your e-aadhaar card pdf file is your Postal Index Number (PIN code).

Postal Index Number (PIN) or PIN Code is a 6 digit code of Post Office numbering used by India Post. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972.

If you havn't  got  your eaadhaar card, then you can get it from eaadhaar.uidai.gov.in

China airlines non stop direct flight between India and Italy (Rome-Delhi)

China Airlines is the first airline to operate a direct flight between Delhi and Rome. Earlier there was direct flight from Alitalia which stopped after some problems.

According to the news, Starting on December 1 2009, China Airlines has started three round-trip flights each week from Taoyuan Taiwan to Delhi and Rome. The flight will start from Delhi around 1300-1400 Hours, unlikely other EU airlines with stats in mid night, and reach Roma Fumicino (FCO) at 1800-1900 Hrs. While going back, it will start Rome around 2200-2300 Hours and reach Indira Gandhi New Delhi international airport in the morning around 1100 Hrs.

Timing wise, I would say it much better than other airlines, at least for the Indian living in central and south Italy. The people living in North Italy should add around 100 EUR to reach Rome. The rates are quite cheap as you can get the min fare is 392 EUR, which comes to be 545 EUR after taxes.

If you have problem related to your permesso di soggiorno, then this could be best option.

Download Indian Railway Budget speech by Mamata Banerjee

Below is the link of the complete Indian railway budget speech given by Union minister of railways Mamata Banerjee..

You can download the complete budget in Hindi and English

2010-2011 Rail Budget
Hindi Speech
http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/Deptts/budget/budget-1011/RlyBudget_Hn_10-11.pdf

English Speech
http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/Deptts/budget/budget-1011/RlyBudget_Eng_10-11.pdf


2009-2010 Rail Budget
Hindi Speech

http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/Budget_2009-10/Speech_hindi_2009-10.pdf

English Speech

http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/Budget_2009-10/Speech_English_2009-10.pdf

For Budget Highlights:
http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/

Click here for Lalu 2009-2010 Budget

Newly built Bandra worli sea link (Rajiv Bridge Mumbai) areal view

The newly constructed Bandra worli sea link (Rajiv setu) was recently inaugurated and opened to the common public on 1st July 2009. It was very well discussed in media about its capability and 8 lanes where two would be dedicated to BEST buses. The day I saw the first video on YouTube, I was wondering that bridge is not fully constructed, only 4 lanes are ready and rest are under construction. Well, opening 4 lanes could give little bit relief to the commuters. But I do not understand why media has hidden this fact that only four lanes are constructed and other four lanes would take years to construct.

The bridge is open to public for the first few days, and then you have to pay Rs. 50.00 ($1.00) for one way and Rs. 75.00 ($1.60) for both ways.

The Google maps is not updated with the geographical view of this bridge.

View Larger Map

However you can watch the areal view video on you tube which was uploaded by TV9 Mumbai which was taken from helicopter, so you can feel how this bridge could look if you see from sky or from aeroplane.

Jyoti Amge video - The smallest Girl on the earth is from India

Jyoti Amge, born in Nagpur, India is the smallest teen on the earth. She has already attracted attention of many. Please have a look at these videos






You can also see some photos here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1191823/Jyoti-worlds-smallest-girl-set-make-big-British-TV-barely-feet-tall.html

Additional keywords: Jyothi Amge, Joti Amge, Jyoti AAmge.

Taxspanner: e-filing of IT returns for PNB internet banking customers.

The internet banking facility offers you wide range of services to make payment over internet by direct debit to your account.The facility provided the option of making payments towards various services/facilities availed over internet by click of a button.

In line with the vision of adding value through the services, the facility of making payments towards e-filing of the IT Returns through M/s TaxSpanner.com has been enabled.

Now you can make payment by direct debit to account towards services availed for e-filing of IT Returns through www.taxspanner.com

Along with Punjab National Bank customers, this facility is also available for ICICI bank customers.

Can one NRI (Non Resident Indian) cast the online vote from abroad?

As an Non Resident Indian, you can NOT cast the vote. Indian government does not allow online voting. However Indian government is the first one in the world to have the electronic voting machine.

Although some websites claims that you can cast the vote, but they only make money by attracting the visitors. Non of the single vote is counted. However they put is as "opinion poll" not the "poll" and put the results on their website.

As an Indian, You can NOT cast your vote, if you do not see your name in the election list. however you can request to add your name for the next general election. You can only cast your vote, if you see your name in the electoral list and have a valid ID card.

Only Indian defense service personal have rights to cast the vote other than their constituency (that is by means of post or by appointing a proxy by filling a form)

Anyway, the problem of online voting is too complicated; do you know how many constituencies are there in India for Lok Sabha election?? if one NRI is allowed to cast the vote, in which constituency he will cast the vote? However he identity can be validated by the passport number records.

Don't have Voter ID Card, Read this

How to apply for an Indian voter's ID card or Electors Photo Identity Card?

Many of us does not know that Voter’s ID card is not a mandatory document for Voting.., Voter ID card is only for Identity purpose.., if you have any other identity docs like Passport, PAN card or Driving license, Govt issued ID card, then you do not need a Voter ID card.

Want to Vote as an NRI, click here

For voting, you should have your name registered in the Voters list, once you have your name, you can caste your vote by showing any Identity document.

Still you want to voter’s ID card, then Government of India does not offer a single office where you can go and get your voter ID card as you can do for Driving license or passport. However you can request your name to be added in the voters list by filling up the form to your nearest Electoral Registration Officer (ERO). 

At specific time periods, generally before Lok Sabha or Vidhan Sabha elections, Election Commission of India (ECI) organizes campaigns to issue voter ID cards, you can find the ads in the news paper regarding this. You can visit the given location and apply for the Voter ID card. They will give you some time to collect your card.

Sometimes they come to your home, that is the easiest way to get the card. Once your card is ready, you can go and collect it.

After doing all these things, still you are not sure that your card will be ready. If your card is not ready before election, then you have to wait for the next election to come and a new campaign. 

Online Tax payment: e-tax or e-payment service by TIN NSDL to pay direct taxes.

e-Payment service by Tax Information Network (TIN) National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) facilitates payment of direct taxes online by taxpayers.

Procedure for e-payment:

• Click here to start
• To pay taxes online the taxpayer will select the relevant challan i.e. ITNS 280, ITNS 281, ITNS 282 or ITNS 283, as applicable.
• Enter its PAN / TAN as applicable. There will be an online check on the validity of the PAN / TAN entered.
• If PAN/ TAN is valid the taxpayer will be allowed to fill up other challan details like accounting head under which payment is made, name and address of TAN and also select the bank through which payment is to be made, etc.
• On submission of data entered a confirmation screen will be displayed. If the taxpayer confirms the data entered in the challan, it will be directed to the net-banking site of the bank.
• The taxpayer will login to the net-banking site with the user id/ password provided by the bank for net-banking purpose and enter payment details at the bank site.
• On successful payment a challan counterfoil will be displayed containing CIN, payment details and bank name through which e-payment has been made. This counterfoil is proof of payment being made.
  

To avail of this facility the taxpayer is required to have a net-banking account with any of the banks listed below, which are the only banks offering this facility at present.

Account Holders of Netbanking Facility
Axis Bank
State Bank of India
Punjab National Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
Canara Bank
Indian Bank
Bank of India
Corporation Bank
State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
State Bank of Travancore
State Bank of Indore
Vijaya Bank
HDFC Bank
Oriental Bank of Commerce
State Bank of Patiala
Bank of Baroda
IDBI Bank
State Bank of Mysore
Bank of Maharashtra
State Bank of Hyderabad
Union Bank of India
Allahabad Bank
Dena Bank
Syndicate Bank
ICICI Bank
United Bank of India
UCO Bank
Central Bank of India
Andhra Bank
Jammu & Kashmir Bank

Reference: https://onlineservices.tin.nsdl.com/etaxnew/Index.html

Online Recharge/ Topup your BSNL Pre Paid mobile SIM card with net banking or debit card

BSNL Prepaid Mobile introduces Only one click for recharge, a System to provide the facility of online recharge of BSNL Prepaid Mobile through BSNL Portal. Through this system BSNL Pre Paid mobile subscribers will be able to recharge, Topup their mobile connection online through BSNL Portal.

Unlimited calls from your BSNL mobile for just Rs.300/- per month, click here for details

Click here to register and recharge your Pre-paid connection

What you can do with this service?

Recharge Your Mobile

Denominations from Rs 25/- to Rs. 5515/-

Topup Your Mobile

Denominations Rs 55, 110, 221 and Rs. 552/-

Flexi Topup Your Mobile

You can enter the desired amount and recharge it

This service is presently available for Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamilnadu states only and will be extended to other States shortly.

Presently this facility is available to the netbanking holders of the following banks

ABN AMRO, Allahabad Bank, AXIS Bank, Bank of India, Deutsche Bank NetBanking, Corporation Bank NetBanking, City Union Bank Netbanking, ICICI Netbanking, IDBI Bank, IndusInd bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank NetBanking, Karnataka Bank Netbanking, Oriental Bank of Commerce NetBanking, Retail PNB, Corporate PNB, SBI, SBJ, SBN, SBP, SBT, South Indian Bank NetBanking, UBI, YBK.

You can also make the payment through union bank debit card.

You will be taken to the billdesk bsnl page, here you can select your bank and net banking and make the payment.

List of Indian, Bangla, Pakistani, Chinese or Asian stores in Milan Italy

Indian Supermarkets and Grocery Stores (Indian shop)
Via Castaldi 32, Milano Telephone 02 29510136

Milan Bangla Store
Via Lazarus Palazzi 8, Milano, Italy

Chinese or else
via settembrini, dietro caiazzo

Ambia And Sons Snc Di Khan Shakhawat Hossain & C.
Via Ponte Seveso,27
20125 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0266719253

Asian Food Products Snc Di Abello Leonida & C.
Via Pilo Rosolino,20
20129 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0229519043

Bangladesh Alimentary Snc Di Miah Abu Badsha & C.
Via Petrella Errico,19
20124 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0229400589

China Food Store
Via Rosmini Antonio,11
20154 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0233105368

Euro Asian S.N.C. Di Alam Md Shamsul & C.
Via Petrella Errico,21/Sc.A
20124 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0220404965

Friend'S Asian Grocery Snc Di Mohsin Mohammad E Hossain Moaz
Via Menabrea Luigi Federico,20
20159 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0266825265

International Food Xue Qin
Via Padova,27
20127 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 022613041

Jalalabad Alimentari Di Mohammed Anwar Hussain
Via Mincio,12
20139 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 0256816967

Yong Chun Market Snc Di Zhang Zhenci
Via Paracelso
20129 Milano
Tel.: (+39) 02201056

Indian , Lanka, bangla , chinese , pakistani etc.. These stores sell all our products. like tea , wheat flour, basmati rice, dry grains like mung daal, all kind of daal , masala, chilly powder, ginger powder, garlic powder, turmeric powder etcc. Some shops may not be available with time.., if you know more stores, please add it.

Indian general election 2009, BJP’s Agenda of IT Vision, IT for ALL

L.K. Advani releases Bharatiya Janata Party IT Vision Document for Transforming India, Empowering Bharat BJP’s pledge: IT for All

Har Hindustani ka bank khaata;
Har BPL parivar ko smart phone
Har gaon mein broadband suvidha;
Har school mein Internet shiksha;
Sabko rozgaar; Shaasan Janata ke dwaar.

हर हिन्दुस्तानी का बैंक खाता,
हर ब्प्ल परिवार को स्मार्ट फ़ोन,
हर गाँव में ब्रॉडबैंड सुविधा,
हर स्कूल में इन्टरनेट शिक्षा,
सबको रोज़गार ; शासन जनता के द्वार
To Download BJP's IT vision in Hindi, Click here

The highlights of the 30-page IT Vision document are:

1. Multipurpose National Identity Card (MNIC) with unique Citizen Identification Number (CIN) for every Indian citizen in 3 years; to replace all other identification systems.
2. 1.2 crore (12 million) new IT-enabled jobs in rural areas.
3. 1 crore (10 million) students to get laptop computers at Rs 10,000. Interest-free loan for anyone unable to afford it.
4. National Digital Highway Development Project to create India's Internet backbone, and Pradhan Mantri Digital Gram Sadak Yojana for last-mile access even in the remotest of villages.
5. Broadband Internet (2 Mbps) in every town and village, at cable TV prices (less than Rs 200/month).
6. All schools and colleges to have Internet-enabled education.
7. 100% financial inclusion through bank accounts, with e-Banking facilities, for all Indian citizens. Direct transfer of welfare funds, preferably to the woman of the house.
8. Every BPL family to be given a free smart mobile phone, which can be used by even illiterate users for accessing their bank accounts.
9. Number of mobile subscribers to be increased from 40 crore at present to 100 crore in five years. Internet users to equal mobile subscribers. India to equal China in every IT parameter in five years.
10. Video conferencing to be made affordable and universally accessible.
11. Primary Health Centre in every village to be linked to the National Telemedicine Service Network. Basic health insurance scheme for every citizen, using the IT platform. Cashless hospitalisation.
12. India’s ranking in the United Nations’ Human Development Index, which is currently 128, to be improved to 50 in five years, with the long-term objective of bringing India within Top Twenty by 2020.
13. Massive expansion in the use of IT in agriculture, rural development, SMEs, retail trade, and informal and unorganised sectors of the economy.
14. National e-Governance Plan to cover every Government office from the Centre to the Panchayats. The ‘E Gram Vishwa Gram’ scheme, launched by Shri Narendra Modi in Gujarat, to be implemented nationwide.
15. Government spending to be made corruption-free. A former Prime Minister had once said, “If I put Rs. 100 in the pipeline in Delhi, only Rs. 15 reach the end beneficiary.” In contrast to Congress governments’ Leaky Pipeline, the BJP’s IT Pipeline will ensure 100% benefit to people. Those who misappropriate public funds will be punished.
16. All post offices to be converted into IT-enabled Multi-Service Outlets. All telephone booths to be upgraded to Internet kiosks.
17. Citizens will have a simple 1-800 BSNL Toll Free Number, which will be accessible 24x7x 365 days of the year, to contact their Member of Parliament.
18. Unlimited VoIP access to all
19. e-Bhasha: National Mission for Promotion of IT in Indian Languages.
20. Special focus to bring women, SC/STs, OBCs and other weaker sections of society within the ambit of IT-enabled development.
21. Use of IT for the protection of India’s priceless cultural and artistic heritage.
22. Government to standardise on ‘open standard’ and ‘open source’ software.
23. Domestic IT hardware industry to be aggressively promoted to minimise dependence on imports.
24. Domestic hosting industry to be promoted to minimise international bandwith charges.
25. An independent body, Digital Security Agency (DSA), to be set up for cyber warfare, cyber counter-terrorism, and cyber security of national digital assets.

Reference: http://bjp.org/ Official web site of Bharatiya Janata Party

Tata sky new commercial video aamir khan in sikh sardar role

I love Aamir Khan's acting. You must have seen his innovative commercials of tata sky, like Half male and female Billo, Aamir Khan & Gul Panag ad etc. Now aamir khan comes in a new look of a 60 years old sikh sardaar ji in Tata sky compaign. Look at his picture.., he looks real sardar. This Commercial was aunched on Amir Khan's 44th birthday on March 14, 2009.

Tata sky Aamir Khan's Sardar Avtaar video

Video will be available soon

New Tata Sky plus, DTH Ad of Aamir Khan & Gul Panag


Tata Sky - Aamir Khan commercial doing role of Half male and female Billo


The Making

How to add or endorse Spouse/ Husband /Wife name of the passport

Just got married and looking for the procedure to include spouse name in the passport, Don't worry.., Its only one day Job..,

The rules have changed, see the new article about new rules to add spouse name.

Documents required.

1. Photo copy of your passport

2. Photo coupe of your spouse passport if she/he has.

3. Marriage Certificate issued by municipality or an equivalent affidavit (click here to download ANNEXURE ‘D’) with supporting evidence as joint photo, marriage card etc. This affidavit is compulsory if your spouse name is changed after the marriage.

4. Valid address proof of your present residence.

5. Completely filled form

Once you have all these documents, Just visit the passport office from where the passport was issued. In the case you are transferred to the new place, then visit the nearest Passport office with a valid address proof, like bank statement, telephone bill etc.

Step wise procedure.

1. Click here to download Form No.II(EAP-II) for Miscellaneous Services

2. Fill the complete form with service required as Adding spouse name.

3. Visit the passport office in the morning session (1000-1230 Hrs)

4. Submit the form along with all the necessary documents.

5. Pay the fee of Rs 300 or Rs 350, please check the passport office for latest fee.

6. Collect the endorsed passport in the afternoon (1530 Hrs onwards)

You are done!!!

If you are an NRI Abroad, then you need to visit the nearest Indian consulate/embassy/mission and follow the same procedure.., but in this case you need a legalized Marriage certificate with APOSTILE stamp from home ministry, Patiala house, New Delhi, India.

If you are an NRI, but temporarily present in India and want to add spouse name, then You can visit any passport office with an affidavit of NRI status.

You can also do the same with fresh passport but it takes longer time and a fee of Rs 1000. If you have lot of things to add in your passport, then better to go for the fresh passport.

The same procedure is applied for Police Clearance Certificate, Deletion of ECR Stamp, Inclusion of Spouse's name and change of address. The same Form is used for renewing a short term validity passport to its full term validity.

26/11 Mumbai terror attack, link with Pakistan

The Mumbai attack was very well organized terrorism which is not possible without the involvement of the technology and the Govt officials.

The terrorists in India were handled from Pakistan using USA virtual number. The Pakistani handlers had the added advantage of an Pakistan Govt Army telecommunication facility to guide terrorists in India. There had been several proof which indicate the involvement Pakistan government organisation - the Special Communications Organisation (SCO) - headed by Army officials, for giving telecom support to the conspirators in Pakistan and the terrorists on ground zero.

The SCO's role in the conspiracy was unraveled during the investigation into the mobile phone numbers used by the terrorists to remain in touch with their handlers in Pakistan. The calls made by the terrorists to their handlers were through an account created in a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service provider, Callphonex, based in New Jersey in the US.

The email ID used for the VoIP account was accessed from at least 10 IP addresses and one of them was that of one Govt official in Pakistan. This account has been accessed many times which shows the link of officials.

Click here to read How VoIP technolgy was used, with phots of the receipt and place from where the payment was made.

Ref: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/ 

Indian citizens resident abroad, How to register at nearest Indian mission/ post/ embassy/ consulate Milan

Have you gone through your passport completely after receiving in your hands? I hope yes, that is the reason you are here. The last page of the passport says that "Indian citizens resident abroad are advised to register themselves at the nearest Indian mission/post"

After reading this, you can have some questions in your mind

What is that registration?

What are the advantages of being registered Indian citizen abroad?

And you will think that it would be very useful to register as I thought the same.

So the simple question is, how you can do it?

There is no online way or link to register. You need to go to the nearest Indian mission (Rome or Milan in Italy) and fill up one form to register yourself. So you are registered in seconds....

Here I am going to write my real experience about my process of registration at Consulate General of India of Milano Via Larga, 16 20122 Milan, Italy

My experience at Milano:

One day, I personally went to Consulate General of India of Milano, When I asked for registration, they looked confusing and were not willing to do so but at the same time they could not deny. 

They did not know where is the registration form is kept; they took almost one hour to find one registration form for me.

I give him the filled form and he put in the bunch of all the papers, 

I asked him if they provide me any registration number.., He said Nooooooooooo

I asked him, what the use of this registration is; he said that I (me) should know it because I came to register. 

So I am sure that If I or you ask him the registration details of mine, one hour after I applied, our Indian embassy would not be able to provide you.

Conclusion:

It is not worth to register and loose your time as well as money to go to Milano or Roma for this purpose.

Reason:

Indian embassy in Italy is heavily loaded with the work, as lot of illegal immigrants would like to stay in Italy which is a headache for our embassy and consulates. 

Union Budget 2009-2010 speech by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, download, read and watch

Honorable Finance Minister and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Interim Budget for 2009-10 in Parliament on Monday, 6th July 2009.

You can read/download the complete budget in Hindi and English

Main Budget July

Hindi Speech
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10/bs/hspeech.pdf

English Speech
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10/bs/speecha.htm


Intrim Budget February

Hindi Speech
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10(I)/bs/hspeech.pdf

English Speech
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10(I)/bs/speecha.htm


As said by the Mister, this budget is for common man and for rural India, I do not know how it is going to help a common man.

More Info:
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10/speech.htm
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2009-10(I)/ubmain.htm

Indian railway budget speech 2009-10: Click here

Keywords: Union Budget, Indian Budget, India, Budget speech, Indian Finance Budget

How to invite wife or spouse to Italy

Its really difficult to bring your spouse to Italy when you come here. Generaly, for wife family visa is required and for that Entry clearance certificate "Nulla osta per ricongiungimento familiare" from the local police "Questura" To get nullaosta issued, you need hell amount of documents. First of all You do not know Italian and if you have to inquire in Italian, then gone case..., Italian beurocracy is similar to India. I am here for two years and still find problem.

In this article I am going to describe the simplest way to bring your wife/ husband/ spouse / friends or parents to Italy for maximum 90 days on tourist visa (visto tourismo)

Here is the list of Documents required.

In addition to the application form, valid passport and recent photograph, You need the following docs.

1. letter of invitation (from sponsor)
Download Invitation letter  and complete it.

2. Attested copy of all pages of your passort, attested photo copy of permesso di soggiorno, should be valid during your spouse entry, if not then the attested photo copy of expired permit and poste italiana ricevuta.
Attested means, attested from your local commune or tribunale. Ask you commune for the procedure. You can find some agents doing this for 100-200 EUR.

If you are in India to bring your spouse, then VFS-italy can attest this document by showing them the oroginal.

3. Medical insurance ( 30,000 Euros) / Overseas travel insurance
It will cost around 3000 INR for 90 days, you can ICICI lombard overseas travel insurance
http://www.icicilombard.com
You can calculate the amount before buying the insurance. It is calculated per day basis.

You can buy it online from anywhere in the world with your credit card, also for your spouse, just pretend that your spouse is buying in India.

4. Bank Guarantee from the sponsor.
Bank Guarantee is "Fidejussione bancaria" in italia, ask you bank if they are ready to give, You should have deposit of 3000 EUR per person in bank. The charges may very from 100-500 EUR.

Alternative of this is the Currency conversion endorsement on the passport of your spouse, you can ask any travel agent, and they can endorse for you or your spouse after taking 500-1000 INR. This is good option. If you are inviting for only few days, then better to go for real endorsement

5. Marriage certificate for Mumbai consulate (need not to be translated) and endorsement of spouse name on each other passport. This is must.

Your Wife or spouse in India must supply the following.

6. Covering letter, detailing purpose of trip, duration of stay and outlining the travel itinerary.
7. Flight ticket
8. One year Bank statement. (Open the account as soon as possible, if your spouse does not have it)
9. If they are working, then letter from the employer. If they are business man or house wife, then they can mention this in the covering letter.

Simplest way
If you are in Italy then Just sent the
1. Completely filled and signed invitation letter,
2. attested copy of passport, PDS and ricevuta(if permit is expired) from your side. (Attested from your local commune)

Ask your spouse in India to prepare
1. fill the visa form taken from the vfs-italy, (if there is a mistake, vfs will correct)
2. prepare the covering letter, you can prepare behalf of them
3. buy the icicilombard insurance by visiting any ICICI bank, (you can aslo buy online from here and send along will all other documents.)
4. Prepare the bank statement, need not to have lot of money,
5. Endorsement of around 2800 EUR on each passport by contacting any travel agent, (1500 for one and half months, for 90 days its 2716.68 Euro)
6. Confirmed ticket booking.
7. Employer NOC if they are working.

After having these documents ready, take the appointment and visit vfs italy, (you can also take the appointment for them online.)

I hope these documents are enough, If they require more documents, they will let your spouse know. they are very cooperative.

I have experience inviting my wife from Delhi,

they asked for my wife bank account statement even she is a house wife, I do not know why, I was lucky that she has 6 month old account with 5000 INR and only single transaction, they accepted that.

I think this is the simplest and cheapest way to call your parents or your spouse to invite to Italy.

Some rules are different for Mumbai / kolkatta consulate and Delhi embassy


If you have any question, please leave a comment, I would be very happy to answer.

More information
http://www.vfs-italy.co.in/
http://www.esteri.it/visti/home_eng.asp

Indiarailinfo: Checking Indian Railway schedule !! Get More

If you got bored of full of advertisement Indian Railway Website, we have found something new for you...

What about a website where you can ::

** Get all route maps on Google map at same webpage itself
** Get interesting information like train speed, total journey duration, number of halts, seat availability, fares , and also train rating
** PNR status
** And all this totally AD-Free



** If you are a Hindi Lover , This website is available in Hindi also **

One more exciting feature you can comment and discuss about trains. Well I don`t know whether any higher official will read this ,because its a private website. Its doesn`t have any connection with gov.

Click here to Go to Indiarailinfo.com

To book the tickets you can try cleartrip (click here)