Hai,
My thought is - at first Canada is a tough country to get VISA for people
from Asia, Africa and other 3rd world countries. They like only people with
USA,UK Visa. Then the invitation problem it was from USA. No mention about
an organisation in Canada. Third the Canadian embassy is reject more visas
than accepting them from all the third world countries. So Canada is a very
bad choice for an international conference like Wikimania. Also Other
strict VISA Rule countries like USA, UK, China, Australia etc. Seeking some
friendly countries are good for better participation. My rejection reason
was current economic conditions and family ties. (I submitted my marriage
certificate and bank statement for that). After all we are staying in
Canada for a week and WMF is sponsoring us. But they still saying the
economic condition is no right.
Regards,
*Ranjith Siji*
Smashing Web
www.smashingweb.info <http://smashingweb.info>
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Jayanta Nath <jayantanth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
I don't understand that how WMCA directed by WMF about the VISA
invitation? In visa application, there must have an invitation for Canada,
otherwise it would reject. We are applying Visa to Canada, but invitation
comes from USA. This is a foolish decision made by WMF. As per my
knowledge in every year, every visa applicant for Wikimania, got their
invitation from hosting countries.
Regards,
Jayanta
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