No, the person who didn't receive his visa on
time submitted everything
well ahead of the deadline. It was their local Chinese Embassy which was
being generally unhelpful and delaying the application beyond Wikimania.
Since the application was stuck at the embassy rather than Hong Kong,
there was basically nothing we can do from the Hong Kong side.
The advantage of Hong Kong was that the vast majority of Wikimaniacs did
not require visas to enter Hong Kong. But the disadvantage is that Hong
Kong is not an independent sovereign state, therefore the bureaucracy is
extra-difficult to navigate through for the few who did need visas. This is
the opposite problem of Wikimania DC - huge amounts of people needed visas,
but Wikimania had the support of the state department so the bureaucracy
was handled quite smoothly.
Deryck
On 16 August 2013 00:31, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think I have to clarify a thing: the guy that
couldn't get his visa
in time There was just one reason. he didn't send his documents in
time. It wasn't the committee's fault at all or policy of the
government
Best
On 8/15/13, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Next year, WMF and Wikimania London are hiring
the company which got
the
visas for everyone in London Olympics! Fingers
crossed.
Also, unfortunately, this year we did have one person who didn't get
his
visa on time. One is too many for Hong Kong! :(
On 15 August 2013 16:02, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Without doubt, Wikimania HK has been a successful one.
>
> For the first time, a Ghanaian from Ghana could attend the event. This
> brings us much joy.
>
> That wouldn't have been possible without the keen support of the local
> organizing team in terms of Visa acquisition. Though through a lot of
> inconveniences in acquiring Visa, Ghana was represented.
>
> I see their support as a very practical and effective approach in
helping
> countries like ourselves obtaining a visa to
enter such high-ranking
> countries.
>
> I believe and hope such visa assistance mechanism and approach is
adopted
> and improved upon by LOCs of upcoming
Wikimanias to enable persons
from
> semi-banned countries like Ghana attend such
wonderful events.
>
> Rexford
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