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

[Hadja OUATTARA/ SANON]

++1 Tijani

Hadja

2014-08-13 9:04 GMT+00:00 Tijani BEN JEMAA <tijani.benjemaa at planet.tn>:

>  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.
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> 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.
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> *Tijani BEN JEMAA*
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> *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
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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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