Hey Thomas On 6/8/07, Thomas Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Diego, > > Your sponsorship to GUADEC is being paid for by GUADEC-UK, rather than > the foundation. GUADEC-UK is oraganising Guadec 2007 on behalf of the > GNOME Foundation. We have separate accounts to make the logistics > easier and as such GUADEC-UK has not had a bank account for very long. > Hmmm, maybe we can show some kind of proof or receipt that shows that GUADEC-UK is a "local branch" of the Foundation?. I mean, just to give the existence of GUADEC-UK "support". A simple letter from the Foundation acknowledging the existence and purpose of GUADEC-UK would be fine I think.
I think that if GUADEC-UK financial state has nice numbers (read: more than two pennies), there shouldn't be a problem. > I'm fairly sure this is going to make things even more difficult for > you, but perhaps you can suggest what we could arrange so that you are > able to get a visa quickly and efficiently? > I'll double-check that this doesn't make things more complicated. But I think it would only be needed to proof that GUADEC-UK is funded to some extent by the Foundation. > > Regards, > > Thomas > > > On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:26:22 -0500 > "Diego Escalante Urrelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey Rodrigo, Sara, Jaime! > > > > I'm sad to say it but, I think you have never invited a peruvian to go > > outside of his/her country :(. It's hell. > > > > But let's be rational. You can see (in spanish) requisites for visas > > for UK and Spain: > > > > http://www.mae.es/Consulados/Lima/es/MenuPpal/Visados/Visado+de+Turismo/ > > http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1136904295400 > > > > Note that Spain doesn't say it clearly but you can take my word that > > it's a requisite. > > In the case of UK you can read: > > > > "Si es otra persona quien cubre los gastos debe proporcionarle, además > > de los estados de cuenta bancarios y boletas de pago de sueldo, una > > carta de responsabilidad por sus gastos..." > > > > Which for our English speaking friends basically means something like: > > > > "If someone else is taking care of your expenses he/she should provide > > bank account states, pay checks and a letter of responsibility for > > your expenses" > > > > Rodrigo, sadly for naturals of my country it's not easy to be trusted > > so easily. > > > > Sara, I'm moving the thread to guadec-list as you suggest. The PDF you > > attached me is great! I was going to ask for one with almost exactly > > those details. Still, as I just explained, I have to give the > > financial info. > > > > Jaime, yes I'm going to GUADEC-es too!. arturogf on #gnome-hispano was > > kind enough to offer me the same. I'll be contacting you soon. > > > > And to everyone, just to clarify what's the intention of the financial > > thing. As Sara said, the thing is to convince the embassies that the > > guests will not have financial problems while on UK/wherever. In that > > context, I just need financial info that proofs that the GNOME > > foundation is a wealthy organization, enough to _really_ pay for my > > trip and that it's not just an invention of me and my UK friends. > > Yes, yes, I also think it's silly but this is how things are for > > me :(. > > > > So to resume, what I need is a trustful report that tells the embassy > > (in numbers): > > > > 1. GNOME Foundation is wealthy enough to pay my expenses > > 2. GNOME Foundation actually exists and $someone-not-me knows about it > > > > I was suggested that a printed report of the IRS (the "Internal > > Revenue System" of the US) would be enough. I understand that the > > Foundation is US based (?). > > If not, a report from $country's-IRS-equivalent would be enough. I > > repeat, I don't need to tell the embassy how much money is in > > Foundation's bank account. I only need to proof that it moves money, > > and the taxes and info reported to the $country state as a non-profit > > would be enough. > > > > Maybe this time I was clearer?. > > Just to _really_ stress this out: It's not easy for me to get out of > > Perú, sadly naturals from my country are not well seen by other govs. > > > > Thanks everyone for your replies and will to help, I really > > appreciate it. > > > > Hope to see you at GUADEC!, > > > > Diego > _______________________________________________ guadec-list mailing list guadec-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list
