[governance] Fwd: RE: Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding

[Mawaki Chango]

Yeah, the thing is that it doesn't get any better if it were a paid tourist
or regular business/meeting visa, as the locations involved don't get
closer one way or another ;)

Maybe your last hope in this kind of situation is to find out whether the
consulate would accept an online or a mail-in application whereby you can
send them your paperwork (whether with scanned passport pages or with the
passport itself if mail-in.) The idea here is that they might be willing to
let you know in a timely fashion if and when your application is cleared so
that you can book combined but decoupled itineraries (ie, 2 separate
tickets) so as to include a stop at the consulate in order to collect your
visa on your way out. For instance: (Syracuse - NYC) in the morning + trip
to the consulate + (NYC - Istanbul) in the evening, assuming flights
availability.

This is just a suggestion based on some of the travel gymnastic I remember
doing in similar cases, but of course it depends on what is acceptable
administrative procedure for the consulate at hand.
Good luck,

Mawaki


On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

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> *From:* Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:suresh at hserus.net]
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>  Most embassies allow you to either use a travel agent or mail in your
> passport.
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> 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!
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