As a response to this thread and a few others, I&#39;ve created this page on the WM2012 wiki:<br><a href="http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visa_rejections" target="_blank">http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visa_rejections</a><br>

...in the hope that information gathered there will help future 
Wikimania organizers assists participants to get visas and clear the 
immigration process.<br><br>Deryck<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 July 2012 18:23, Federico Leva (Nemo) <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:nemowiki@gmail.com" target="_blank">nemowiki@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Stephen Wanjau, 04/07/2012 19:01:<div class="im"><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I wonder if there is a record somewhere that lists the prospective<br>
attendees who didn’t attend Wikimania since they were denied Visa or on<br>
any other grounds. Such a record would help us decide on future<br>
Wikimania hosts with regards to easy of Visa acquaintance.<br>
</blockquote>
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This is not needed. Visa problems were very well known when the decision has been made.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Nemo</font></span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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