Wow so sorry to read this, Armine! If the pillars of our community are having their visas "rejected-by-filing-in-Moscow" then this is surely newsworthy? Maybe someone can run a piece on this problem? This case in particular is pretty shocking to me.
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Armine Aghayan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am from Armenia and I applid for a temporary Canadian visa on May 8, > 2017 from the Canada visa application centre (CVAC) in Armenia. My > documents were transferred from CVAC in Armenia to Embassy of Canada to > Moscow on May 15, 2017. On http://www.cic.gc.ca page it says that > documents for citizens of Armenia can be viewed within 2 weeks (without > transfer time). It's already 8 weeks my documents are under review. > Because of this uncertain delay I lost my trip to participate in WikiWomen > Camp. On June 12, 2017 I wrote a letter to immagration office to Moscow and > have this reply: Your application is under review. Processing times can > take longer when verifications are needed and no specific time for > completion can be confirmed. You will be notified once a decision is > made. > > On May 27, I wrote them telling that scholarship applicatnts visa deadline > is near and again got the same answer back. So from May 8 up to now the > Canadian Moscow visa office is reviewing my docs. > > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 1:05 AM, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 22 June 2017 at 10:23, Bodhisattwa Mandal >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > 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. >> >> Today in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: >> >> “Ours is a land of original peoples, and of newcomers. And our >> greatest pride is >> that you can come here from anywhere in the world, build a good >> life and be part >> of our community. We don’t care where you’re from, or what >> religion you practice, >> or whom you love, you are all welcome in Canada!” >> >> http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/select >> ed-quotes-from-participants-in-the-national-canada-day- >> celebrations/wcm/14f154e7-9fe4-49f5-9423-fcebad451962 >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > -- > > Best Regards > Armine Aghayan > > Wikipedia Editor > Leading Human Resourses specialist at the > Ministry of Transport, Communication and Informational Technologies of RA > > +374 77209096 <+374%2077%20209096> > > +374 43053700 <+374%2043%20053700> > > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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