<div dir="ltr">++1 Tijani<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Hadja<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-13 9:04 GMT+00:00 Tijani BEN JEMAA <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn" target="_blank">tijani.benjemaa@planet.tn</a>></span>:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">We have to thank Turkey for offering a courtesy visa for all IGF
participants. I understand that some, who never had a problem with obtaining a
visa, complain about le cost, but our community from Africa and some other
regions will be happy with it, especially because they were prevented to attend
the ICANN meetings of Toronto and London because their application for an entry
visa was simply rejected.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#365f91">Yes, NetMundial was another example of inclusiveness because all
participants were given the necessary entry visa, including the ones rejected
by Canada and UK. I’m sad to say that, and I hope it will never happen in the
future.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#17365d">Tijani BEN JEMAA<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org</a>] <b>De la part de</b> Milton L
Mueller<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> mardi 12 août 2014 17:44<br>
<b>À :</b> Governance (<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>)<br>
<b>Objet :</b> RE: [governance] Fwd: RE: Courtesy Visa for Turkey and
funding<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Suresh
Ramasubramanian [mailto:<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>] </span><span lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Most embassies allow you to either use a
travel agent or mail in your passport.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">And the intermediaries charge no less than $90 for this service.
This is just such a lovely demonstration of the economic obliviousness of
governments. To avoid less than $50 in costs we incur $90 - $1,000 in expenses.
I went through the same thing for Netmundial, ended up spending 36 hours and
$800 to get that “free” visa (and by the way, Brazil would not accept any
intermediaries for this free visa, you had to apply for it in person.) No
thanks!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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