Here you can see the expected wait time for a visa in any US consulate. http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/wait/wait_4638.html
2011/11/1 Josh Lim <jamesjoshua...@yahoo.com> > 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 +0000 > 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 > > > > > -- > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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