Hmmmm. As far as I can see from http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/visiting/general/requirements/ the general requirement is to prove a number of things, which are listed below.

I am no expert but it seems to me that the "10,000 USD and a house in Iran" is a suggestion of proving that
a) you have enough money to sustain you for the 6-month period of a tourist visa
b) you have good reasons to return to Iran after Wikimania

I would hope that there are other ways to demonstrate these things - .e.g.  suggest that with a letter of invitation it would be possible to argue that you only need the funds to live for the week of Wikimania.

Though sadly I can't guarantee that the UK Border Agency will be sensible.....

Chris


  • you are 18 or over;
  • you intend to visit the UK for no more than 6 months (or 12 months if you will be accompanying an academic visitor);
  • you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit;
  • you have enough money to support and accommodate yourself without working or help from public funds, or you and any dependants will be supported and accommodated by relatives or friends;
  • you can meet the cost of the return or onward journey; and
  • you are not in transit to a country outside the 'Common Travel Area' (Ireland, the UK, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands).

You must also be able to show that, during your visit, you do not intend to:

  • live in the UK for extended periods through frequent or successive visits;
  • take paid or unpaid employment, produce goods or provide services, including the selling of goods or services directly to members of the public;
  • do a course of study, as long as this study is not the main reason for your visit (see 'permitted study' below);
  • marry or register a civil partnership, or give notice of marriage or civil partnership;
  • carry out the activities of a business visitor, a sports visitor or an entertainer visitor; or
  • receive private medical treatment.


On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Muhammad Yahia <shipmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Chris, 

I just got a reply:

Several people who applied for a visa from Iran last year got these 'verbal' requirements from the UAE/Turkey embassies. These are based on the information here

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/visiting/general/documents/

They were told that these requirements are designed to satisfy the following clause from the same website:

"The person who is 'sponsoring' your visit cannot give a guarantee that you will comply with the terms of your visa, or that you will leave the UK at the end of your visit.

They can help you with your application and provide you with the relevant supporting documents listed in our guidance, but you must provide these documents to us yourself."






On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Muhammad Yahia <shipmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Chris,

That was the information relayed to me, I will ask the person who asked the question for the source. It maybe be at the UAE/Turkey embassy website.


On Monday, January 13, 2014, Chris Keating wrote:

Hi Muhammad,

I was just looking on the UK Border Agency website and could not see any mention of 10,000 USD requirements or property ownership. Do you have any further info?

(I appreciate that it will still be difficult for Iranians to get a visa even if that isn't the case...)

On 12 Jan 2014 22:08, "Muhammad Yahia" <shipmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,

I received this question about visas for Iranian citizens and am passing it along:

As it stands now, UK visa requirements for Iranian citizens is to have a bank account with (on average) 10000 USD or equivalent in the last six months, plus proof of ownership of a property in Iran, the documents have to be translated and notarized.

Most of the volunteers interested in getting scholarship for WM or trying to arrange travel on their own are mostly young people who do not satisfy either conditions, is there something that the UK team can do about that? can they get confirmation that if they apply these requirements will be waived or something similar?

Thanks!
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