+1, I'm as well shocked to hear of so many unsuccessful visa applications this year.
Regards, Leon > Am 2017-06-22 um 11:23 schrieb Bodhisattwa Mandal > <[email protected]>: > > 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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