On Jan 19, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Muhammad Yahia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, besides the tangents this conversation went into, did anyone reach for > the UK government to get their official position? Yes and I haven't heard back from them yet.... > Some people are waiting on that to decide whether or not to apply for > scholarships... People should apply regardless... > > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ellie Young > [email protected] > > > > On Jan 19, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Tobias <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 01/13/2014 02:13 AM, Ellie Young wrote: > >> And while we are on this subject, I want to reiterate that we expect > >> individuals to cover their own visa expenses as well as contacting the > >> British Consulate on their own or through a visa service in their home > >> country. The UK accepts applications for visas 90 days prior to the > >> expected date of entering the UK (applying before doesn't do any good.) > > > > Incidentally, why do Wikimedia scholarships not cover or at least assist > > with the expenses of getting a visa? > > We in fact do handle requests for financial assistance for VISA application > fees on a case by case basis. We are still expecitng people to cover, but if > circumstances are so dire financially we will assist. > > > > It seems that the people affected by this are (on average) the ones who > > need the support of a scholarship the most in order to be able to attend > > Wikimania. If the UK is discriminating against our contributors' > > nationalities, we might not be able to do much about it (although we > > definitely should try to). But at the very least we can help with the > > financial discrepancy. > > > > -- Tobias > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Muhammad Yahia > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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