I think what James means to say is that the 2012 Wikimania team has no special right to know what's going on with visa applications. I'm not sure what support they have set up for failed applicants.

In my experience, going through the US Embassy for a visa is expensive and time-consuming if you're not from a country with close relations with the US. The only recourse is to apply again and hope that you meet the requirements. It was difficult (and expensive) enough getting visas sorted in London; I can't imagine that the Ghanan embassy is less strict about it or any cheaper.

I'm not sure what support or advice the Wikimania team can offer, although they have the State Department's E-Diplomacy office as an official partner, so they might have some connections there. That would be up to them, though. 

Richard Symonds

On 24 June 2012 18:58, James Hare <messedrocker@gmail.com> wrote:
No.

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On Jun 24, 2012, at 1:55 PM, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner@gmail.com> wrote:

> would it be possible that you call the embassy what is going on, to
> have something like a "second opinion"? you wrote the letter of
> invitation, and have some right to know what happened?
>
> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:51 AM, James Hare <messedrocker@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The only recourse you have is to apply again, and it may be too late
>> to do that now that we're 18 days from the conference.
>>
>> James
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 8:49 PM, rupert THURNER
>> <rupert.thurner@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> what is the proceeding if somebody from ghana, africa, got the visa
>>> for the wikimania denied at the us embassy in accra?
>>>
>>> rupert.
>>>
>
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