Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 6 - Wikimania-l

1 Nov 2011

      without official invitation letter and so, there is no merit in wasting in
US embassy, they won't issue visa at all
Mardetanha
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Re: Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 4 (Mateus Nobre)

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From: Mateus Nobre mateus.nobre@live.co.uk
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I think it's better you advance your visa...

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And I live in Iran, which US has no embassy, so I have travel to turkey or
UAE for the visa at least two times, to apply for the visa, 6 month is the
minimum time that i need to apply Mardetanha
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Re: Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue (Mateus Nobre)

Re: Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue (Thomas Dalton)

Re: Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue (B?ria Lima)

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 23:44:59 +0300
From: Mateus Nobre mateus.nobre@live.co.uk
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Yeah Thomas, I forgot that.
It's prundet give the scolarschips to whom already have the visas. Two
months would be impossible normally (at least for Brazil, idk for other
countried visa-needed). We could request special priority, but it's risky
and always can be denied.

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From: mateus.nobre@live.co.uk
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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 23:41:09 +0300
Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
Yeah, but not all brazilians editors follow these lists.
A good idea too give priority to whom already have the visa. This could
avoid problems to Wikimania staff.

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:36:20 +0000
From: berialima@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org is there for this.
We also have wikipt@lists.wikimedia.org , lista@wikimedia.pt and
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada (if you can't
follow any of those list and is brasilian I don't know what else they can
be ;) )

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Imagine um mundo onde ? dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somat?rio de todo o conhecimento humano. ? isso o que
estamos a fazer.
On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre mateus.nobre@live.co.uk wrote:
For me it's easy. But it could catch someone by surprise and this someone
may not have the visa. And take a U.S. visa in six months in some countries
is really hard....

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 +0000
From: berialima@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
How that can be possible if the answers to scholarship applications are
made in January - March? I would suggest to - If you applied for the
scholarship - send a mail to the USA embassy scheduling the request for
visa. If takes at least 3 months, will be done only in Feb (if you request
now - December is a dead month in Brazil) and by them, you will have a
result for your application.

B?ria Lima
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Imagine um mundo onde ? dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
livre acesso ao somat?rio de todo o conhecimento humano. ? isso o que
estamos a fazer.
On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.nobre@live.co.uk wrote:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries
Hello everyone,
As you know in 2012, United States will held Wikimania at Washington D.C.!
Yeah.
But make a Wikimania in U.S.A. have some problems, you probably know it
but I wanna clarify to you.
U.S. just dispense visas to thirty-six nations. All of the dozens left
over need a visa to enter in.
Last year I was selected to attend Wikimania 2011 at Haifa (the best
moments ever in my life, btw, would love to support Washington too, ops
 :D) and WMF contacted me six months before.
In this ''six months before'' have one problem.
In Brazil (not only, but in the most countries that need the visa) we take
3 months to schedule (and get some free time - it's vacation in Brazil and
the people wanna travel) the visit to U.S. Embassy to require the visa.
When we requite the visa, we take more 3~~4 months to receive the answer of
Embassy. Over 6 months. And half per cent of the visas are denied. We could
appeal, and would take more two months.
It would be the biggest problem ever in a Wikimania organization. And
happens in a really lot of countries which need a visa to enter in U.S.A.
I suggest to announce to the people who live in that countries early.
Earliest as possible. Maybe 8 or 9 months before... Take a visa to US
really isn't easy.
What do you think?

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