On 31Jul, 2017, at 13:56, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <viswaprabha@gmail.com> wrote:-ViswaprabhaCanada, for a whole lifetime, I always adored you! But now I feel sorry for you!5. The interface to the visa application web site / office is like a black hole. There is no way you can even ask why your application is not being responded even after 60 days. No telephone, no mail ID that can reply to. The whole system seems to be4. There is a 'clickable' and identifiable hotel booking and travel booking in my name.3. I hold a US B1/B2 visa valid as on date.2. Well established reasons to show that I must / will get back to India after this short visit.1. I have a long travel history since 1992 running through Europe, Americas and Middle East.Now few facts among the many:Thank you Ranjith. :-)To that miserable scenario, Ranjith's wrongly worded mail brought me some good laughter as I get to open the mailbox.Ha Ha!Very tired and completely down with a viral fever + an unexpected denial of an almost definitive temporary visa + realization of loss of money.
a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system._______________________________________________On 31 July 2017 at 10:39, Satdeep Gill <satdeep_gill@yahoo.com> wrote:Hi,Let me correct, Viswa only has an Indian passport. I think Ranjith wanted to say that Viswa's visa got rejected even though he had a Valid US visa.RegardsSatdeep GillStrategy Coordinator, Wikimedia FoundationCo-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians
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On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejection
from Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania.
He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad.
Very sad to hear this.
On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <eyoung@wikimedia.org> wrote:We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it intoPhase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people werenotified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. Wehave filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after theyaccepted the scholarship offer with names from there.EllieWMF Event ManagerOn Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikimedia@live.comwrote:Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlistedcandidates this time?A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask thesame on this thread.I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians whowould like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number ofrejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who wouldnot be able to make it, of course)Thanks and regards,User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman >_______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -------------- next part --------------
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Hi Ranjith,
Am I reading correctly that Viswa has a Canadian passport? If he has one, then he doesn’t need a visa to go to Montréal.
Best regards,
JoshOn Jul 31, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Ranjith S <ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com> wrote:On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejection from Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania.He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad.Very sad to hear this.On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <eyoung@wikimedia.org <mailto:eyoung@wikimedia.org>> wrote:We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it into Phase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people were notified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. We have filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after they accepted the scholarship offer with names from there.EllieWMF Event ManagerOn Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikimedia@live.com <mailto:rehman.wikimedia@live.com >> wrote:Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlisted candidates this time?A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask the same on this thread.I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians who would like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number of rejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who would not be able to make it, of course)Thanks and regards,User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman >_______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >_______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >_______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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I'm sorry...but this one is a red flag.
Canadian passports are only issued to Canadian citizens, and Canadian
citizens do not require a visa to come to Canada, regardless of where in
the world they are when they start their trip. They must enter Canada
using their Canadian passport for any related travel information (i.e.,
using the Canadian passport for airline information), at the time of
boarding and at the time of arrival in Canada. If ViswaPrabha is a dual
citizen, then both passports should be carried at all times.
If he applied for a visa, he received horrible advice. If he is a Canadian
citizen, he can probably still travel, and should contact the Ministry of
Immigration and Citizenship directly.
Risker/Anne
On 30 July 2017 at 22:51, Ranjith S <ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com> wrote:On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejectionfrom Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania.He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad.Very sad to hear this.On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <eyoung@wikimedia.org> wrote:We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it intoPhase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people werenotified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. Wehave filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after theyaccepted the scholarship offer with names from there.EllieWMF Event ManagerOn Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikimedia@live.com> wrote:Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlistedcandidates this time?A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask thesame on this thread.I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians whowould like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number ofrejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who wouldnot be able to make it, of course)Thanks and regards,User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman >_______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -------------- next part --------------
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