As per WMF directions, Wikimedia Canada was not involved in anything in
relations to visas. The WMF is taking care of that themselves. They did not
ask us to write anything to embassies.

I am sorry that Canada has strict rules on visa requirements for a lot of
countries.

Jean-Philippe Béland
Vice President, Wikimedia Canada
User:Amqui


On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Ranjith S <[email protected]>
wrote:

> My visa is also got rejected. So I am not coming to Canada this year. I
> think Canada is a bad place for Wikimania due to their strict rules. And
> thinking that is not a tourist friendly country.
>
> On 23-Jun-2017 12:52 AM, "Jayanta Nath" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think Wikimedia Canada not send any intimation to their Embassy of
>> respective countries.
>>
>> Jayanta Nath
>>
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soutenant Wikipédia
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