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

Thu Mar 1 14:32:08 EST 2012

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On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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>>>
>>> http://internetstudio.in/
>>>
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