Visa Services of the Embassy of India, Bogota, have been outsourced w.e.f. 17th August 2011.  The India Visa Application Centre has been inaugurated by H.E. Mr. R.V. Warjri on 17th August 2011, at the Aviatur's corporate office, at Calle 81 # 19 A – 18,Piso 5 Bogotá, Colombia. VFS Global-Aviatur Ltda have been given the visa outsourcing services contract for three years.  Simultaneously India Visa Application Centres have started functioning in Cali, Medellin and Cartagena.  Visa applicants can deposit their visa requests at one of the Centres ne [ … ]

H.E. Mr. Vivek Katju, Secretary (West), visited Colombia from July 9 to 12, 2011, and co-chaired the meeting of Foreign Office Consultations with Colombia alongwith Dr. Mónica Lanzetta, Vice Minister of External Relations at the Palacio de San Carlos, on July 11 2011.  Discussions were related to further strenghtening of bilateral, multilateral, economic & cultural relations between the two countries, including bilateral investments.  Mr. Katju later delivered a lecture on "India´s Role in Latin America & Caribbean Region in 21st Century [ … ]

 A 8 meber delegation of Software companies led by the Computer & Software  Export Promotion Council of India (ESC) visited San José to participate in Costa Rica Technology Insight 2011, an IT trade fair organised by the Costa Rican Agency for Foreign Trade PROCOMER.  On 31 May Embassy organised an IT & business meet in Collaboration with Costa-Rica India Association (CRIA).  In this event hundred Costa Rican & Indian businessmen participated.

Costa Rica Technology insight took place on 1-2 June 2011. Several IT [ … ]

On 13 May 2011, India  signed a Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with the Republic of Colombia for the avoidance of double taxation and for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income. The Agreement was signed by Shri Sudhir Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes on behalf of the Government of India and by Mr. Juan Alfredo Pinto Saavedra, Ambassador of the Republic of Colombia to India, on behalf of the Republic of Colombia.

The DTAA provides that business profits will be taxable in the source State if the activities of an en [ … ]

Mr. E. Ahamed, Minister of State for External Affairs visited Quito, Ecuador from April 30 – May 3, 2011 for the Third India-Ecuador Foreign Office Consultations.
The Minister was received by Vice President of Ecuador Mr. Lenin Marino, he had meetings with Foreign Minister, Defence Minister, Vice Minster for Trade and Industry,  in addition to having discussions with the Vice Minister for External Relations.  An MoU on Defence Cooperation was signed with Ecuador during the visit.
 
 


MoS for External Affairs of India Shri E. [ … ]