That’s one of the reasons why I proposed Bangkok, Thailand, for 2019 - apart from its
extremely tolerant social cultures and very low cost, while being a very modern
hi-tech city easily accessible by direct flights from most parts of the world. Almost
everyone can enter the country for at least 15 days without even a visa. Thailand
only makes it difficult for people wanting to stay longer (years) in the country on the
pretext of being tourists.
It’s a shame for the visa refusals, but perhaps this will open up the possibility to some
refused scholarship applications.
Kudpung.
On 22Jun, 2017, at 16:23, Bodhisattwa Mandal
<bodhisattwa.rgkmc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
The main topic of discussion among the scholarship recipients from global south this
month is the high visa rejection rate by Canadian embassies from these countries.
This year, we had 7 scholarship recipients from Bengali community, 4 from India and 3
from Bangladesh. Already 3 out of 4 scholarship recipients from Indian part of the
communities got their visa rejected, others are waiting. Although I am hoping for the best
for all the scholarship recipients, but may be news of more rejections are coming soon.
Wikimania should be organised in a visa friendly country, and not in those countries
where global south citizens are not allowed to enter even for a 6-days conference.
Otherwise, a global community is not truly presented.
Best wishes,
Bodhisattwa
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