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

[Norbert Bollow]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 16:26:07 +0000
Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:

> Oh, I love this. In order to avoid a $20 visa payment we get to spend
> $200-$500 to travel to a city where there is an embassy and waste
> hours applying in person --MM

I'd expect that very likely the host country agreement between Turkey
and the UN foresees that it should be possible to pick up the free visa
at Istanbul airport. 

At least that would be the natural way for the relevant blank in the
UN's model host country agreement, see page 15 at
http://www.intgovforum.org/cmsold/ST-AI-342-HCA.pdf , to be filled
in:

“All persons referred to in article II shall have the right of entry
and exit from (host state), and no impediment shall be imposed on their
transit to and from the conference area. They shall be granted
facilities for speedy travel. Visas and entry permits, where required,
shall be granted free of charge, as speedily as possible and no later
than two weeks before the date of the Conference, provided the
application for the visa is made at least three weeks before the
opening of the conference; if the application is made later, the visa
shall be granted not later than three days from the receipt of the
application. Arrangements shall also be made to ensure that visas for
the duration of the conference are delivered at [specified point(s) of
entry] to participants who were unable to obtain them prior to arrival.”

Of course, the IGF Sekretariat should be able to confirm this with
specificy.

Greetings,
Norbert

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