That’s one of the reasons why I proposed Bangkok, Thailand, for 2019 - apart from its extremely tolerant social cultures and very low cost, while being a very modern hi-tech city easily accessible by direct flights from most parts of the world. Almost everyone can enter the country for at least 15 days without even a visa. Thailand only makes it difficult for people wanting to stay longer (years) in the country on the pretext of being tourists.
It’s a shame for the visa refusals, but perhaps this will open up the possibility to some refused scholarship applications. Kudpung. > On 22Jun, 2017, at 16:23, Bodhisattwa Mandal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > The main topic of discussion among the scholarship recipients from global > south this month is the high visa rejection rate by Canadian embassies from > these countries. > > This year, we had 7 scholarship recipients from Bengali community, 4 from > India and 3 from Bangladesh. Already 3 out of 4 scholarship recipients from > Indian part of the communities got their visa rejected, others are waiting. > Although I am hoping for the best for all the scholarship recipients, but may > be news of more rejections are coming soon. > > Wikimania should be organised in a visa friendly country, and not in those > countries where global south citizens are not allowed to enter even for a > 6-days conference. Otherwise, a global community is not truly presented. > > Best wishes, > Bodhisattwa > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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