Re: [Goanet] Goa to Portugal - the journey of art .......the three-day Global Goan Convention in Lisbon (Gabe Menezes / Jose Colaco)

[Zodiacs]

I agree with jose response to my message especially the portuguese 
government not trusting indian documents. However i would further add to my 
reply that;

1)Why has the portuguese government not obtain the records of 
Birth,marriage, death from the respective registrars of Goa, daman & diu and 
all these years ridiculously wasted in allegations.

Like the british government who left their colonies, they took all the 
records with them due to which there has been no fraud in getting british 
nationality.The portuguese governement has not taken any initiative to 
co-ordiante with the indian government in obtaining records before 1961 as 
applicable.

2)One cannot consider fraud or fabricated documents as an excuse for delay 
and it is the duty of the portuguese governement to see that No geniune 
applicant should suffer.

3) If the records are send for re-verification then it is the duty of the 
consulate authorities to co-ordinate and liaise with the registrar for the 
same.

4)Anyone approaching the portuguese consulate is never given the true and 
correct advice, No PRO, no helpdesk, emails unanswered and confirm replies 
are never given. Also there is no separate division formed by the portuguese 
authorities at Lisboa where an individual can express their grievences and 
directly communicate incase there is no adequate response from the 
consulate.

We all know that all the foreign consulate's are very meticulous and have a 
well to do system but this is not the case with portugal.

5)There have been even cases that despite being the original document 
produced, the consulate ask for more documents and it is always not possible 
to have all the documents for anybody.

Any articles posted by any journalist should not defer goans in lisboa to 
help geniune people.

Further Mr Gabe Menezes who is already enjoying the FOREIGN NATIONALITY 
really do not understand the crisis which is faced by a middle-class indian. 
It is very easy to cross-question anybody without knowing and experiencing 
the pains and hardship which a normal poor indians undergoes in india.

I hence feel the necessity to seriously bring this matter to the portuguese 
ministry as it is high time.

Shashikant.