I believe the initial email was referring to a private-run visa assistance company, like VFS Global? In the absence of a better tag I used office=company, but could see something like office=visa(_services) being suitable. It would need to be different for government agencies that might offer similar services in some countries.
Ant 06.11.2018, 7:20, Allan Mustard <[email protected]>: > Migration services issue all visas in many countries, including tourist > visas. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 6, 2018, at 9:34 AM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> There is no OSMwiki on what government=migration is about. >> If you simply use the common definition of 'migration' then tourist do not >> fit. >> migration is the movement by people from one place to another with the >> intentions of settling >> >> So a place that assist visas for tourist and business people would not 'fit'. >> >> So I'd say .. office=government, government=migration does not handle this. >> Particularly when the office is a commercial firm, and I think has no >> government funding. >> >> >> On 06/11/18 14:11, Allan Mustard wrote: >>> The office=government, government=migration tags already handle this, no? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Nov 6, 2018, at 7:06 AM, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Lots of people apply for tourist visas. They are not immigrants, so >>>> immigration does not fit all. >>>> >>>> >>>> I don't know if that particular office only does immigration visas, >>>> tourist visas or does any type of visa. >>>> I would prefer a tag suitable for an office that could do any type of >>>> visa, rather than having to find out which particular thing they do. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 06/11/18 12:37, John Willis wrote: >>>>> Amenity=immigration >>>>> >>>>> They handle visas and passports and other paperwork needs of legal >>>>> residents. >>>>> >>>>> This is not something for guests/tourists, but people (like me) who need >>>>> to handle paperwork to continue to live in the country. >>>>> >>>>> It is the inverse of an embassy. >>>>> >>>>> Javbw >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 3, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Allan Mustard <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Definitely not an embassy, and not a consulate, either! More like a >>>>>> specialized travel agency that focuses only on visa applications. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/3/2018 6:22 AM, Warin wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Node: Visalink Germany (4362535595) is tagged as an embassy. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It is a commercial firm that arranges applications to the German >>>>>>> Embassy/Consulate for a visa, see >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.visa-germany.co.za/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think tags could be office=visa, country=DE, >>>>>>> website=https://www.visa-germany.co.za/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> but not amenity=embassy, diplomatic=visa ... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are some 13 with the tag diplomatic=visa that may fall under this >>>>>>> same cloud. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Tagging mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Tagging mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Tagging mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tagging mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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