So an organisation P in country Q writes a letter of support to country R to grant a visa to person S from country T on the basis that organization P thinks that person S is actually the pseudonymous user U?
I am not surprised immigration officials don't find this an entirely compelling reason to grant a visa. WMF is not a Canadian organization, and it is not clear to me that WMF is actually in a position to confirm the real life identity of the user they want to attend in any case.
Kerry
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On 24 Jun 2017, at 12:19 am, Jean-Philippe Béland jpbeland@wikimedia.ca wrote:
As per WMF directions, Wikimedia Canada was not involved in anything in relations to visas. The WMF is taking care of that themselves. They did not ask us to write anything to embassies.
I am sorry that Canada has strict rules on visa requirements for a lot of countries.
Jean-Philippe Béland Vice President, Wikimedia Canada User:Amqui
On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Ranjith S ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com wrote: My visa is also got rejected. So I am not coming to Canada this year. I think Canada is a bad place for Wikimania due to their strict rules. And thinking that is not a tourist friendly country.
On 23-Jun-2017 12:52 AM, "Jayanta Nath" jayantanth@gmail.com wrote: I think Wikimedia Canada not send any intimation to their Embassy of respective countries.
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