I know it sounds ridiculous.
However, has anybody heard what has happened to any Non-Brit FNs, with regard to property purchases, are they stuck in the same way, are companies in their respective homelands pushing sales in India/Goa, have they been refused visas, have any of them been asked to leave. There are over 450,000 FN tourists a year, Brits make up a small percentage, so can we get a story from some of the F F Ns.

Hi Tony,

The Russians and Israelis are setting up there own communities in parts of Goa allegedly, according to CNN.

How are they achieving this?
Bribes?
Dont get me wrong i dont have anything against any Nationality, just like to know how they are doing this.
Maybe someone will enlighten us on this thread.

Regards,
Remy

Hi Remy exactly my point, there must be others in this boat, I would just like to know how they are coping with it.
As for the Russians and Israelis they seem to be the ones who are being blamed for all the drugs and land grabbing. Money talks as they say.
regards
Tony

LIKE THIS?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/goa-exmi...d/41610-3.html

You just CAN'T believe it can you? Bribes, whatever next? They should investigate it

Babush will investigate it.

I wonder how much it would cost to get him to come up with the truth, sorry answer, we could have a whip round.

i might offer himm a few bob aswell

is there an association/group of FNs that can represent FNs to the Goa govt?. Isnt the MP for Leicester of Goan descent who has been to Goa many times on behalf of the UK govt and on his own? Perhaps he could do something to protect our investments?

We should have asked Tony Blair to have stopped off in Goa and spoken to the politicians there on our behalf whilst he was "saying his goodbyes" to the world. We were paying for his travel, so he might as well have help our cause.

Hi wheatsheaf,

I admire your optimism, or is it niavity.

The place is a lunatic assylum, in practice you have no rights as a FN and have little chance of protecting your interest, whatever that is. Most FNs shouldnt even have been there in the first place.

Acceptance and fatalism is something we all discover at some stage, best look within for the answers.

regards

douglas

Dougie,

naivete is my trademark, but it has taken me happily to places I would never have dreamed off.

You should know however, that real Goans (not those who have immigrated into Goa in the past 2 -3 decades) have a 5 century history tied to the UK, much longer than India has. If a group, not so much a pressure group, but more a 'representation' is formed you can be sure to find a receptive ear in official circles within the Goa govt.

From conversations with Goans there is real concern for Fns on all the topics posted on this venue.

Hi Wheatsheaf
I think that you mean our R. Hon Keith Vaz, having been under investigation himself I am sure he would know how to deal with the politicians in Goa.
You could always ask him to ask a question in the House on behalf of the UK FNs in Goa, but it seems to me that unless FNs get together (seems very unlikely) and pool all their information so that they can come up with a proper brief with real and proven grievances there aren't any votes in it.
If you could get it together then the FO would probably be the best bet.
Only my opinion of course.

Hi wheatsheaf,

I accept that there is concern amongst some goans about the plight of FNs.

Equally there are goans who are very unhappy about FNs buying property in goa, or even fellow indians from outside the state.

When we were excluded, goan freinds of ours were most upset, but that didnt stop it happening. Government oficials in india are totally uncaring in my experience and they are the ones who make the decisions.

Central government will ride roughshod over anybody in the name of national security or the control of inflation, add in vested interests at state level and you have considerable and in some cases justifiable objections to foreigners settling in goa.

It is nice that you have a sense of justice and entitlement, but your moral indignation will count for nothing in goa i am afraid.

regards

douglas

Douglas,

wasnt it moral indignation that attracted the attention of politicians in the Shetty furor?. If the infringements are hard to define because the rules arent clear, all that is left is moral indignation. Indians understand indignation better than any law.