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Nov 2, 2011, 9:47 AM

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Re: Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 10

For visa at least I need 6 month, so it would very great if we can have
some sort of help for users who live in such countries, My options are
Kabol, Dubai , Baku, Istanbul and ankara, except turkey they all need visa
:)
Mardetanha


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> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 4
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> You mean try and slip across the border unnoticed? The consequences if you
> were caught would be very serious. I don't think the wikimedia movement can
> condone illegal immigration in order to attend wikimania.
> On Nov 1, 2011 10:58 PM, "Justin Quintal" <cestmoijustin [at] gmail> wrote:
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> From: Justin Quintal <cestmoijustin [at] gmail>
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> Well, not that, but to make it easier heh
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> 2011/11/1 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
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> > You mean try and slip across the border unnoticed? The consequences if
> you
> > were caught would be very serious. I don't think the wikimedia movement
> can
> > condone illegal immigration in order to attend wikimania.
> > On Nov 1, 2011 10:58 PM, "Justin Quintal" <cestmoijustin [at] gmail>
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> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue
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> http://wikimania2006.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Main_Page#Visas
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> It was mentioned.
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> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 4
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> How would it be easier?
> On Nov 2, 2011 1:23 AM, "Justin Quintal" <cestmoijustin [at] gmail> wrote:
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> > Well, not that, but to make it easier heh
> >
> > 2011/11/1 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
> >
> >> You mean try and slip across the border unnoticed? The consequences if
> >> you were caught would be very serious. I don't think the wikimedia
> movement
> >> can condone illegal immigration in order to attend wikimania.
> >> On Nov 1, 2011 10:58 PM, "Justin Quintal" <cestmoijustin [at] gmail>
> >> wrote:
> >>
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> From: Deror Avi <deror_avi [at] yahoo>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 videos inquiry
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> The videos that have uploaded may be easily accessed through the schedule
> page:
> ?
> http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Main_Event_Programme
> ?
> Deror
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> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:04:39 +0000
> From: B?ria Lima <berialima [at] gmail>
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> Justin, canadians also need visa to be in USA, so ask for a canandian visa
> doesn't help.
> _____
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> *Imagine um mundo onde ? dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter
> livre acesso ao somat?rio de todo o conhecimento humano. ? isso o que
> estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.*
>
>
> On 2 November 2011 01:22, Justin Quintal <cestmoijustin [at] gmail> wrote:
>
> > Well, not that, but to make it easier heh
> >
> > 2011/11/1 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
> >
> >> You mean try and slip across the border unnoticed? The consequences if
> >> you were caught would be very serious. I don't think the wikimedia
> movement
> >> can condone illegal immigration in order to attend wikimania.
> >> On Nov 1, 2011 10:58 PM, "Justin Quintal" <cestmoijustin [at] gmail>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
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> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 11:35:53 +0100
> From: Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw [at] gmail>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 4
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> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:04 AM, B?ria Lima <berialima [at] gmail> wrote:
> > Justin, canadians also need visa to be in USA, so ask for a canandian
> visa
> > doesn't help.
> Canadians don't need a visa for most short visits. But by "Canadians"
> I mean people with a Canadian passport. If you have a Brazilian
> passport, it doesn't matter how you enter the US (by air, land or sea,
> directly from Brazil or via Canada), you will need a US visa. A
> Canadian visa won't help you get into the US at all: the US and Canada
> are separate countries with border controls between them (the border
> isn't open like the one between the UK and Ireland, or the borders
> between Schengen countries in Europe).
>
> That said, I hear it's possible to get a visa from a US consulate in
> Canada, which I presume will have shorter waiting times than some
> consulates elsewhere. But this is probably not allowed in most
> circumstances if you're not a Canadian citizen. In the OP's case where
> his country of citizenship doesn't have a consulate or embassy and
> he's gonna have to apply in a third country anyway, it might just be
> allowed, I guess. But Canada is a lot farther from Iran than Turkey or
> the UAE and doesn't have visa-free travel for Iranians either, so
> you'd have to get a visa in order to get a visa :P . I wouldn't know
> what sort of choice you have in choosing the country where you apply
> for a visa and whether you're allowed to apply in a country farther
> away from Iran where waiting times are shorter. You should probably
> talk to an immigration lawyer about that sort of thing.
>
> Roan
>
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:55:50 +0100
> From: Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton [at] gmail>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 68, Issue 4
> To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)"
> <wikimania-l [at] lists>
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> On 2 November 2011 11:35, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw [at] gmail> wrote:
> > That said, I hear it's possible to get a visa from a US consulate in
> > Canada, which I presume will have shorter waiting times than some
> > consulates elsewhere.
>
> The waiting times will probably be pretty short for Canadians (in
> those cases where they need visas). I would expect foreign nationals
> to have quite a long wait, since the US consulate in Canada won't have
> experts on Iranians and what checks need to done and won't have
> systems in place to do those checks quickly. Countries bordering Iran
> probably do such checks reasonably frequently, so would probably be
> quicker.
>
>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 08:45:56 -0700
> From: phoebe ayers <phoebe.ayers [at] gmail>
> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2011 videos inquiry
> To: Deror Avi <deror_avi [at] yahoo>, "Wikimania general list (open
> subscription)" <wikimania-l [at] lists>
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> Deror and all,
>
> This is awesome. Congratulations on successfully producing *and* uploading
> *and* linking up all of the Wikimania videos! This may be a first :)
>
> best,
> Phoebe
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:51 AM, Deror Avi <deror_avi [at] yahoo> wrote:
>
> > The videos that have uploaded may be easily accessed through the schedule
> > page:******
> > ** **
> > http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule#Main_Event_Programme
> >
> > Deror
> >
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