So an organisation P in country Q writes a letter of support to country R to grant a visa to person S from country T on the basis that organization P thinks that person S is actually the pseudonymous user U?
++ this is the big issue. On 24-Jun-2017 6:58 AM, "Kerry Raymond" <[email protected]> wrote: > So an organisation P in country Q writes a letter of support to country R > to grant a visa to person S from country T on the basis that organization P > thinks that person S is actually the pseudonymous user U? > > I am not surprised immigration officials don't find this an entirely > compelling reason to grant a visa. WMF is not a Canadian organization, and > it is not clear to me that WMF is actually in a position to confirm the > real life identity of the user they want to attend in any case. > > Kerry > > Sent from my iPad > > On 24 Jun 2017, at 12:19 am, Jean-Philippe Béland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > > Jean-Philippe Béland > > [image: Wikimedia Canada] Vice-président — Wikimédia Canada > <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?uselang=fr>, chapitre national > soutenant Wikipédia > Vice president — Wikimedia Canada > <https://ca.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page?uselang=en>, national chapter > supporting Wikipedia > 535 avenue Viger Est, Montréal (Québec) H2L 2P3,[email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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