I will be sure to take this up when we are putting together instructions this Spring. UK
Immigation has agreed to
put together a "how to apply" guide for our event. I will be sure this issue
get put to them.
Ellie
WMF Conference Coordinator
On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Muhammad Yahia <shipmaster(a)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!
--
Best Regards,
Muhammad Yahia
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