[governance] Host Country's attention to IGF participant Visas

[Sivasubramanian M]

Dear Sala

For an event as significant as the IGF, it could work on a different level
altogether.  MAG / IGF Secreatriat, while finalizing the host country,
could include in its criteria, a clause that the host country should
designate at least two officers of a sufficient rank within the the
ministry that oversees immigration to coordinate IGF visa arrangements on a
"single window".

The designated officers may not have to deal with individual email requests
direct from participants, but could be asked to be responsive to collective
requests from the IGC, from ICC, from ISOC, from a member of the MAG, from
ICANN and of course from the IGF Secretariat, who could collectively
forward a list of participants applyiing for visa. The Host country could
go by the travel history submitted and the recommendation of these
organizations to process them right there at the Minsitry of Immigration,
rather than ask them to travel to the embassy office in their respective
countries. MAG / UN Secretariat could stipulate / recommend such a gesture
by the Host Country.

( If NIC, Costa Rica hasn't made this special arrangment I would have had
to travel 2000 kilometers to Delhi and would have had to set aside at least
four days if I travelled by air. In many cases participants spend as much
time and travel as far to obtain their visas )

Sivasubramanian M


On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:47 AM, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro <
salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Siva raises an important point.  The excellent work done by Grace Githaiga
> in acting as a liaison for the IGC and Department of  Immigration in
> Nairobi helped tremendously. It would be great if the Secretariat and Hosts
> worked together to facilitate visa coordination with ease so that people
> who have to fly out to other countries to collect a visa and cannot afford
> to send their passports in the mail are catered for.
>
> It is certainly easier to collect it on arrival, I think and if temporary
> visas can be granted, even better. I remember when the IGF was hosted by
> Lithuania, I had to pick up my visa in Tokyo, Japan, fortunately I could
> pick my Schengen visa, I had from Fiji.
>
> I suppose ICANN Travel have vast experience from organising travel fori 3
> ICANN  meetings per annum, and have achieved a level of "administrative
> efficiency" but yes there should be a workable model for the IGF Visa
> coordination that should be done many months before.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Sala
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Imran Ahmed Shah <ias_pk at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I also support this proposal
>> +1.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Imran------------------------------On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 11:33 PM PKT
>> Sivasubramanian M wrote:>Hello,>>Costa Rica is hosting the 43rd ICANN
>> meeting.>>On February 4 ICANN Constituency Travel sent an email message to
>> all>participants seeking visa on arrival and asked us to send a copy of
>> the>ticket and passport to Sylvia Moya of NIC, Costa Rica. Three weeks
>> later>there is a copy of a resolution by Dirección Genero! de  Migracion y>
>> Extranjeria, Servirzicza, Justicia: y Transparencia. This resolution
>> is>addressed to the Juan Santa Maria International Airport and contains a
>> list>of 24 names of participants who have been granted a visa for 30
>> days.>>I hope that the IGF Host Countries could designate someone like
>> Sylvia Moya>and pay special attention to the visa issues of the
>> participants.>>( Costa Rica has declared the ICANN meeting one of "National
>> Interest".>
>> http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2012/january/26/costarica12012609.htm>
>> )>>Sivasubramanian
>>  M>ISOC India Chennai>http://isocindiachennai.org>>>
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