On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org
wrote:
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote:
I too am concerned that the current scholarship process tends to polarize
the community, and too often simply rewards long-time community
In addition, there might be other better ways of handling issues for such
applicants wanting to attend the Wikimania other than just sending a signed
letter to be given to the embassy.
Perhaps, the Wikimedia UK, sending specific details of those they've
awarded scholarship to the originating
Most of the UK Embassies worldwide (including Ghana) outsource their visa
application handling to VFS Global, so sending the documents directly to the
Embassy won't work...
Abbas.
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:52:06 +0200
From: nkansahrexf...@gmail.com
To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject:
the booklet is a great format Ed: nice idea to use them broadly in London. it
is also a very nice way to present transversally the program (maybe around
themes or specific interests; i.e. research, GLAM, educational project, Africa,
photography...).
my impression is that maybe we can start
Well, don't be tricked!
They have outsourced the COLLECTION of the visa from the public to vfs, but
it is the embassy that ISSUES the visa.
The vfs people, EVERYDAY, send in applications they've received to the
embassy they work for. When the visa is processed and is ready, the vfs
people will
Lemme add that, the documents won't be sent in during the application from
the applicant. It should be in the hands of the consular, (or the one who
will stamp the passport with the visa) BEFORE the applicant gets there.
Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab
On Jan 13, 2014
My dear Rexford,
Please read my email again. I clearly used the word _application_. I am very
well aware of who processes and issues the visa. My point was that you can not
simply bend protocol and forward your application documents directly to the
embassy when there is a structure in place to
My dear Abbas,
My last email isn't referring to the _usual_ application. I'm saying those
documents should be there in front of the consular _before_ the applicant
is there with his/her _usual_ application.
Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab
On Jan 13, 2014 11:55 AM, Abbas
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
As is evident in the selection criteria the scholarship committee puts
forth, contributions on our wiki projects is the key component to receiving
a scholarship. The scores are so close, it is really difficult
(impossible?) to
Hi Muhammad,
I was just looking on the UK Border Agency website and could not see any
mention of 10,000 USD requirements or property ownership. Do you have any
further info?
(I appreciate that it will still be difficult for Iranians to get a visa
even if that isn't the case...)
On 12 Jan 2014
Hey Chris,
That was the information relayed to me, I will ask the person who asked the
question for the source. It maybe be at the UAE/Turkey embassy website.
On Monday, January 13, 2014, Chris Keating wrote:
Hi Muhammad,
I was just looking on the UK Border Agency website and could not see
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Jessie Wild jw...@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Nathan nawr...@gmail.com wrote:
As is evident in the selection criteria the scholarship committee puts
forth, contributions on our wiki projects is the key component to receiving
a
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