On 2Jul, 2017, at 17:26, Jonathan Cardy
<werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Sadly not just Canada.
I know the UK keeps the passport of applicants while they process the visa, and Georgians
applying for a UK visa will have that processed in Ankara. Though the 8 weeks is slow for
a visitor visa, not much chance to attend a funeral with that.
On a more practical note, this is a recurring problem - we certainly had issues in London
and I know there have been other venues where there have been problems. Would it be
possible to find some venues that are generally open for visitors and rotate Wikimania
between them? Or at worst rotate Wikimania between closed and open countries. We are a
global movement and if some of us have visa issues it should be are a problem for all of
us.
Regards
Jonathan
On 2 Jul 2017, at 08:13, Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com
<mailto:mardetanha.wiki@gmail.com>> wrote:
Canadian visas are kinda different from rest of
the world, Iran, Azerbaijan and Georgia and turkey are considered in Visa center in
Ankara.
Most Arabic countries are being considered in Amman Jordan.
some Caucasian are being considered in Moscow
and in Europe most are in VAC office in Paris.
so depending on your country of origin your document might be reviewed and sent to other
countries, another strange point is throughout the process, they keep your passport, so it
means that for unclear time-frame you can not make any travels.
Mardetanha
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com
<mailto:jane023@gmail.com>> wrote:
Wow so sorry to read this, Armine! If the pillars of our community are having their visas
"rejected-by-filing-in-Moscow" then this is surely newsworthy? Maybe someone can
run a piece on this problem? This case in particular is pretty shocking to me.
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Armine Aghayan <arminehaghayan(a)gmail.com
<mailto:arminehaghayan@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello all,
I am from Armenia and I applid for a temporary Canadian visa on May 8, 2017 from the
Canada visa application centre (CVAC) in Armenia. My documents were transferred from CVAC
in Armenia to Embassy of Canada to Moscow on May 15, 2017. On
http://www.cic.gc.ca
<http://www.cic.gc.ca/> page it says that documents for citizens of Armenia can be
viewed within 2 weeks (without transfer time). It's already 8 weeks my documents are
under review. Because of this uncertain delay I lost my trip to participate in WikiWomen
Camp. On June 12, 2017 I wrote a letter to immagration office to Moscow and have this
reply: Your application is under review. Processing times can take longer when
verifications are needed and no specific time for completion can be confirmed. You will be
notified once a decision is made.
On May 27, I wrote them telling that scholarship applicatnts visa deadline is near and
again got the same answer back. So from May 8 up to now the Canadian Moscow visa office is
reviewing my docs.
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk
<mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>> wrote:
On 22 June 2017 at 10:23, Bodhisattwa Mandal
<bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com <mailto:bodhisattwa.rgkmc@gmail.com>> wrote:
The main topic of discussion among the
scholarship recipients from global
south this month is the high visa rejection rate by Canadian embassies from
these countries.
Today in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said:
“Ours is a land of original peoples, and of newcomers. And our
greatest pride is
that you can come here from anywhere in the world, build a good
life and be part
of our community. We don’t care where you’re from, or what
religion you practice,
or whom you love, you are all welcome in Canada!”
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/selected-quotes-from-p…
<http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/selected-quotes-from-participants-in-the-national-canada-day-celebrations/wcm/14f154e7-9fe4-49f5-9423-fcebad451962>
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk <http://pigsonthewing.org.uk/>
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