Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk wrote: 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? To clarify: you're talking about selecting scholarship recipients, right? Roan ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
Yeah, I'm. _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 21:23:52 +0100 From: roan.katt...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk wrote: 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? To clarify: you're talking about selecting scholarship recipients, right? Roan ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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. _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos.* On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre *Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 * ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
wikimediab...@lists.wikimedia.org is there for this. We also have wik...@lists.wikimedia.org , li...@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 ;) ) _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos.* On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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 _ MateusNobre *MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 * -- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos.* On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre *Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 * ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l Press *ENTER* to look up in Wiktionary or *CTRL+ENTER* to look up in Wikipedia ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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. _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:36:20 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue wikimediab...@lists.wikimedia.org is there for this. We also have wik...@lists.wikimedia.org , li...@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 ;) ) _ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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 _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l Press ENTER to look up in Wiktionary or CTRL+ENTER to look up in Wikipedia ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
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. _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 From: mateus.no...@live.co.uk To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:36:20 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue wikimediab...@lists.wikimedia.org is there for this. We also have wik...@lists.wikimedia.org , li...@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 ;) ) _ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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 _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l Press ENTER to look up in Wiktionary or CTRL+ENTER to look up in Wikipedia ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
On 1 November 2011 20:44, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk wrote: 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. I meant 2 months from now, so about 6 months before the conference. That should be enough time, but we would need to start accepting scholarship applications within the next week or two, really. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
Any visa can be denied, Mateus. And there are a waiting list for Wikimania scholarship. You don't need to worry, no scholarship will be wasted. _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos.* On 1 November 2011 20:44, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk wrote: 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. _ MateusNobre *MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 * -- From: mateus.no...@live.co.uk To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ MateusNobre *MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 * -- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:36:20 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue wikimediab...@lists.wikimedia.org is there for this. We also have wik...@lists.wikimedia.org , li...@wikimedia.pt and http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanadahttp://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia%3aEsplanada(if you can't follow any of those list and is brasilian I don't know what else they can be ;) ) _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos.* On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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 _ MateusNobre *MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 * -- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ *Béria Lima* http://wikimedia.pt/(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos.* On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre *Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
Sorry for the errors, I'm writing fast. I'm already prevented, the problem is the people who doesn't have the visa yet. _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 22:55:41 +0100 From: sterke...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue Ehm... scholarship and suprise? You should be able to check if its possble to get a visa before you apply? The same goes for taking vacation 2011/11/1 Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk 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 _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Kind regards, Huib Laurens WickedWay.nl Webhosting the wicked way. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
I'm not sure if this helps: but can we get some perspectives on how the organizers of Wikimania 2006 (which was held in the U.S.) handled this issue? Josh JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM Block I1, AB Political Science Major in Global Politics, Minor in Chinese Studies Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines Vice-President (2011-2012), Wikimedia Philippines Member, Ateneo Debate Society Member, The Assembly Member, Ateneo Lingua Ars Cultura jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com | +63 (927) 531-8301 Friendster/Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor http://akira123323.livejournal.com From: Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 11:16 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue Sorry for the errors, I'm writing fast. I'm already prevented, the problem is the people who doesn't have the visa yet. _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 22:55:41 +0100 From: sterke...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue Ehm... scholarship and suprise? You should be able to check if its possble to get a visa before you apply? The same goes for taking vacation 2011/11/1 Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@live.co.uk 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 _ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 + From: berial...@gmail.com To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org 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. _ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre mateus.no...@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? _ MateusNobre Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Kind regards, Huib Laurens WickedWay.nl Webhosting the wicked way. ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania
