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UK residents require a visa. In recent weeks the Indian embassies have suspended online applications and a visit is now mandatory. Take great care when completing any forms; the slightest error will be rejected and a new appointment required, which can take weeks. UK residents require a visa. In recent weeks the Indian embassies have suspended online applications and a visit is now mandatory for UK passport holders. They appear to be [[https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html|open]] for other nationalities. Take great care when completing any forms; the slightest error will be rejected and a new appointment required, which can take weeks.

1. DebConf data

DebConf23 will be held at Infopark, Kochi, India, 10th September → 17th September 2023.

DebCamp is from Sunday, 3rd September to Saturday 9th September, 2023.

2. Attending

Registration is not yet open.

Planning to attend:

Nick

DebCamp

DebConf

Further travel

Registration

Noodles

No

Yes

No

jmw

No

Yes

Delhi day trip on inbound

bootc

No

Yes

Delhi day trip on inbound

3. Accommodation and local transport

Hotel

People

Four Points Sheraton, Kochi Infopark

Noodles

4. Travel to/from Kochi

Flying seems likely to be the only viable option. Airport codes: COK (IATA), VOCI (ICAO)

4.1. Flying

There do not appear to be any direct flights to Cochin Airport from the UK. Qatar offer flights via Doha, BA or Virgin Atlantic will both fly to New Delhi or Mumbai and use various domestics to get to Kochi. Vistara is recommended for the domestic sector.

Name

Nick

Contact

Outbound

Return

Jonathan McDowell

Noodles

noodles@earth.li

BA0247 -> UK0885 arrive 9/9 19:10

UK0886 -> BA0142 leave 16/9 19:55

JonathanWiltshire

jmw

jmw@d.o

VS300 7/9, UK885 8/9 (planned)

UK886 17/9, VS301 18/9 (planned)

ChrisBoot

bootc

bootc@d.o

VS300 7/9, UK885 8/9 (planned)

UK886 17/9, VS301 18/9 (planned)

4.2. Driving

4.3. Railing

5. Entry requirements

UK residents require a visa. In recent weeks the Indian embassies have suspended online applications and a visit is now mandatory for UK passport holders. They appear to be open for other nationalities. Take great care when completing any forms; the slightest error will be rejected and a new appointment required, which can take weeks.

6. Customs

TBC.

7. Local SIMs

TheEarthWiki: DebconfTravel2023 (last edited 2023-08-14 16:51:26 by JonathanMcDowell)