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

[Tijani BEN JEMAA]

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.



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.



Tijani BEN JEMAA







De : governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] De la part de Milton L Mueller
Envoyé : mardi 12 août 2014 17:44
À : Governance (governance at lists.igcaucus.org)
Objet : RE: [governance] Fwd: RE: Courtesy Visa for Turkey and funding







From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [mailto:suresh at hserus.net]

Most embassies allow you to either use a travel agent or mail in your passport.



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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