I will be sure to take this up when we are putting together instructions this Spring. UK Immigation has agreed to put together a "how to apply" guide for our event. I will be sure this issue get put to them.
Ellie WMF Conference Coordinator On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Muhammad Yahia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I received this question about visas for Iranian citizens and am passing it > along: > > As it stands now, UK visa requirements for Iranian citizens is to have a bank > account with (on average) 10000 USD or equivalent in the last six months, > plus proof of ownership of a property in Iran, the documents have to be > translated and notarized. > > Most of the volunteers interested in getting scholarship for WM or trying to > arrange travel on their own are mostly young people who do not satisfy either > conditions, is there something that the UK team can do about that? can they > get confirmation that if they apply these requirements will be waived or > something similar? > > Thanks! > -- > Best Regards, > Muhammad Yahia > _______________________________________________ > 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
