Ha Ha! Very tired and completely down with a viral fever + an unexpected denial of an almost definitive temporary visa + realization of loss of money. To that miserable scenario, Ranjith's wrongly worded mail brought me some good laughter as I get to open the mailbox. Thank you Ranjith. :-)
Now few facts among the many: 1. I have a long travel history since 1992 running through Europe, Americas and Middle East. 2. Well established reasons to show that I must / will get back to India after this short visit. 3. I hold a US B1/B2 visa valid as on date. 4. There is a 'clickable' and identifiable hotel booking and travel booking in my name. 5. The interface to the visa application web site / office is like a black hole. There is no way you can even ask why your application is not being responded even after 60 days. No telephone, no mail ID that can reply to. The whole system seems to be a rude automation of some 19th century port pass system. Canada, for a whole lifetime, I always adored you! But now I feel sorry for you! -Viswaprabha On 31 July 2017 at 10:39, Satdeep Gill <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Let me correct, Viswa only has an Indian passport. I think Ranjith wanted > to say that Viswa's visa got rejected even though he had a Valid US visa. > > Regards > Satdeep Gill > > Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017/Track_B#SGill_.28WMF.29> > Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians> > Treasurer, Affiliations Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Affiliations_Committee> > Member, Language Committee > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee> > > On 31-Jul-2017, at 8:41 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Visa rejections (Ranjith S) > 2. Re: Visa rejections (Josh Lim) > 3. Re: Visa rejections (Risker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:21:06 +0530 > From: Ranjith S <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections > Message-ID: > <CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5oum6...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejection > from Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania. > > He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad. > > Very sad to hear this. > > On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it into > > Phase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people were > > notified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. We > > have filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after they > > accepted the scholarship offer with names from there. > > > Ellie > > WMF Event Manager > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr <[email protected] > > wrote: > > > Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlisted > > candidates this time? > > > > A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask the > > same on this thread. > > > > I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians who > > would like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number of > > rejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who would > > not be able to make it, of course) > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/ > attachments/20170731/3c90c204/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 10:52:36 +0800 > From: Josh Lim <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Ranjith, > > Am I reading correctly that Viswa has a Canadian passport? If he has one, > then he doesn’t need a visa to go to Montréal. > > Best regards, > > Josh > > On Jul 31, 2017, at 10:51 AM, Ranjith S <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejection > from Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania. > > > He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad. > > > Very sad to hear this. > > > On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <[email protected] < > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote: > > We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it into > Phase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people were > notified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. We > have filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after they > accepted the scholarship offer with names from there. > > > Ellie > > WMF Event Manager > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote: > > Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlisted candidates > this time? > > > > A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask the > same on this thread. > > > > > I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians who > would like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number of > rejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who would > not be able to make it, of course) > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l> > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > JAMES JOSHUA G. LIM > Bachelor of Arts in Political Science > Class of 2013, Ateneo de Manila University > Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>> | +63 (977) 831-7582 > Facebook/Twitter: akiestar | Wikimedia: Sky Harbor > http://joshlim.me <http://joshlim.me/> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/ > attachments/20170731/67f5a7ec/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 23:11:31 -0400 > From: Risker <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections > Message-ID: > <capxs8yq3b+ulygnsi+hciuzg426jbpaubgcozao9nekc13i...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I'm sorry...but this one is a red flag. > > Canadian passports are only issued to Canadian citizens, and Canadian > citizens do not require a visa to come to Canada, regardless of where in > the world they are when they start their trip. They must enter Canada > using their Canadian passport for any related travel information (i.e., > using the Canadian passport for airline information), at the time of > boarding and at the time of arrival in Canada. If ViswaPrabha is a dual > citizen, then both passports should be carried at all times. > > If he applied for a visa, he received horrible advice. If he is a Canadian > citizen, he can probably still travel, and should contact the Ministry of > Immigration and Citizenship directly. > > Risker/Anne > > > > On 30 July 2017 at 22:51, Ranjith S <[email protected]> wrote: > > On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejection > > from Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania. > > > He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad. > > > Very sad to hear this. > > > On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it into > > Phase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people were > > notified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. We > > have filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after they > > accepted the scholarship offer with names from there. > > > Ellie > > WMF Event Manager > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlisted > > candidates this time? > > > > A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask the > > same on this thread. > > > > I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians who > > would like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number of > > rejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who would > > not be able to make it, of course) > > > > > Thanks and regards, > > > User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/ > attachments/20170730/d6668ccd/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 135, Issue 45 > ******************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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