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.
Regards Satdeep Gill
Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians Treasurer, Affiliations Committee Member, Language Committee
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:21:06 +0530 From: Ranjith S ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections Message-ID: CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5OuM6RUA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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 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.
Ellie WMF Event Manager
On 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 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,
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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. To that miserable scenario, Ranjith's wrongly worded mail brought me some good laughter as I get to open the mailbox. Thank you Ranjith. :-)
Now few facts among the many: 1. I have a long travel history since 1992 running through Europe, Americas and Middle East. 2. Well established reasons to show that I must / will get back to India after this short visit. 3. I hold a US B1/B2 visa valid as on date. 4. There is a 'clickable' and identifiable hotel booking and travel booking in my name. 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 be a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system.
Canada, for a whole lifetime, I always adored you! But now I feel sorry for you!
-Viswaprabha
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.
Regards Satdeep Gill
Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B#SGill_.28WMF.29 Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians Treasurer, Affiliations Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee Member, Language Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:21:06 +0530 From: Ranjith S ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections Message-ID: CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5OuM6RUA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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 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.
Ellie
WMF Event Manager
On 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 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
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Sound pretty much like it is for a Brit trying to get a visa for Australia these days through their visa agency in Bangkok - and we once used to own the place ;) I’ve stopped visiting my relations there because of the hassle getting in. I think it’s due to my passport showing stamps for every developing country in Asia, and living in Thailand.
Kudpung
On 31Jul, 2017, at 13:56, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswaprabha@gmail.com wrote:
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. To that miserable scenario, Ranjith's wrongly worded mail brought me some good laughter as I get to open the mailbox. Thank you Ranjith. :-)
Now few facts among the many:
- I have a long travel history since 1992 running through Europe, Americas and Middle East.
- Well established reasons to show that I must / will get back to India after this short visit.
- I hold a US B1/B2 visa valid as on date.
- There is a 'clickable' and identifiable hotel booking and travel booking in my name.
- 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 be
a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system.
Canada, for a whole lifetime, I always adored you! But now I feel sorry for you!
-Viswaprabha
On 31 July 2017 at 10:39, Satdeep Gill <satdeep_gill@yahoo.com mailto: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.
Regards Satdeep Gill
Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B#SGill_.28WMF.29 Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians Treasurer, Affiliations Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee Member, Language Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:21:06 +0530 From: Ranjith S <ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com mailto:ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections Message-ID: <CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5OuM6RUA@mail.gmail.com mailto:CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5OuM6RUA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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.
Ellie WMF Event Manager
On 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman>
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"The whole system seems to be a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system."
- As a Canadian, I can tell you the federal government is still living in the 19th century, or early 20th century at best.
JP
On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 2:56 AM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) < viswaprabha@gmail.com> wrote:
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. To that miserable scenario, Ranjith's wrongly worded mail brought me some good laughter as I get to open the mailbox. Thank you Ranjith. :-)
Now few facts among the many:
- I have a long travel history since 1992 running through Europe,
Americas and Middle East. 2. Well established reasons to show that I must / will get back to India after this short visit. 3. I hold a US B1/B2 visa valid as on date. 4. There is a 'clickable' and identifiable hotel booking and travel booking in my name. 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 be a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system.
Canada, for a whole lifetime, I always adored you! But now I feel sorry for you!
-Viswaprabha
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.
Regards Satdeep Gill
Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B#SGill_.28WMF.29 Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians Treasurer, Affiliations Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee Member, Language Committee https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee
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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:21:06 +0530 From: Ranjith S ranjith.sajeev@gmail.com To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections Message-ID: CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5OuM6RUA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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 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.
Ellie
WMF Event Manager
On 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 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,
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*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 bea rude automation of some 19th century port pass system.*
As someone who had to deal with Canadian Immigration for more than 2 yeas, I can say they are not so burocratic as Europe and USA, but not even nearly as easy to deal as the Brazilian Immigration :).
Anyway, just to help you and eveyone else who wants to contact immigration, here is the page: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/call.asp
And since this Wikimania is in Quebec, if for some reason you need to talk with Immigration Quebec (not necessary for a tourist visa, but you never know), here is their contact page: http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/coordonnees/telephone.html%E2%80...
_____ *Béria L. de Rodríguez*
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho.*
On 31 July 2017 at 03:56, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) viswaprabha@gmail.com wrote:
Ha Ha! Very tired and completely down with a vi ral fever + an unexpected denial of an almost definitive temporary visa + realization of loss of money. To that miserable scenario, Ranjith's wrongly worded mail brought me some good laughter as I get to open the mailbox. Thank you Ranjith. :-)
Now few facts among the many:
- I have a long travel history since 1992 running through Europe,
Americas and Middle East. 2. Well established reasons to show that I must / will get back to India after this short visit. 3. I hold a US B1/B2 visa valid as on date. 4. There is a 'clickable' and identifiable hotel booking and travel booking in my name. 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 be a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system.
Canada, for a whole lifetime, I always adored you! But now I feel sorry for you!
-Viswaprabha
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