Can candidate of program committee also apply for scholarship review committee?
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 12:30 AM, Joseph Fox <[email protected]>wrote: > If the concern is at the immigration counters then I think invitation > letters might be a good idea. The USA does have a somewhat more strict > process (in which they ask targeted questions before stamping passports) > that perhaps doesn't exist in Hong Kong, but as someone who has only ever > been through HKIA once I can't really tell how strict they'll be there. > > Of course, I defer to Alan and his much great knowledge of Hong Kong's > process! > *--* > *Joseph Fox* > English Wikipedia > > http://enwp.org/user:foxj > > On 24 Nov 2012, at 15:58, "Alan C Y Lai (Wikimedia)" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > I think I must first reiterate the fact that Hong Kong is one of the most > accessible place in the world in terms of visa free access [1], therefore > our concern is more of whether our participants would be turned away at our > immigration counters. > > However, it is also true that there is little we could help about would-be > participants would-be applying for visa. We encourage participants to plan > ahead and apply for Hong Kong visa (or visas of nearby countries like > China, Macau and Taiwan if they're planning to go these places) well before > the start of the conference so that they can be certain of their entry > status. We can only assist a little of the Hong Kong visa application > process by sending invitation letters and notifying the Immigration > Department about their intentions to view the application favourably. > > Our Immigration Department usually view visitors favourably unless there > is legitimate reasons not to and usually approve visa applications. However > it is still a bureaucratic process that takes time especially if you apply > through Chinese diplomatic missions (embassies and consulates) so it should > be no less than 4 weeks before departing towards Hong Kong as the web page > suggests [2]. Nearby countries especially China would require a separate > visa and we urge caution to plan your itinerary and visa application so > that you won't have issues of entry. > > Best regards, > Alan Lai > Sent on the road > > [1] http://wikimania2013.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visas > > [2] http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/pledge_p4_6.htm > > On 24 Nov, 2012, at 20:40, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Joseph Fox, 24/11/2012 13:12: > > It would be almost fraudulent to send out invitation letters to people who > haven't yet received allowance to even enter HK I think. But I don't know, > maybe send them to people who have paid? > > > I've no idea what's the best way or even if invitation letters are > required/useful at all for anyone to get HK visas, people who know more > will decide/find out; I'd only want to be sure that our scholarship > recipients don't fail to attend due to visa problems again. > Experience teaches that we're bound to underestimate visa problems people > will have... better to be safe. > > Nemo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -- Sincerely, Shujen Chang
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