Re: [Debconf-team] On Bosnian entry visas for South and Central Americas EXCLUDING Argentinians!
I think we *luckily* found this big problem in time....
I think the US/Japan/* goverment recomendation will make people think about attending or not, if we
also add this problem of having to travel abroad to get a visa, this will become chaoting and more
expensive...
Mexico peoples example, they should travel to argentina (~750USD) or to the US, where they need
another visa to get in...
If not, what Safir suggested about getting them "on the fly" on some other city...that will probably
mean staying at least 1 day-1 night in some city. Afaik, not all the flights let you do stop-free in
the middle of the flight and stay for a day there. So this might mean more expensive flights and
more people not being to attend... :(
If not, wait till getting to Sarajevo's airport to see if you get your visa...scary...I think many
people wouldn't buy the ticket without having the visa.
Reading Damog's mail about mexico not having embassy in bosnia, what happends if he losts his
passport or something like that? Probably most latin american countries dont have embassy...(I know
that's not a debconf's responsability...but would be nice to get a solution for that...)
So..having all this type of problems, I think we should do a good research on how to solve all this
stuff asap, and find better solutions.
My 2 cents,
Marcela
Holger Levsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sunday 18 June 2006 11:11, Safir Secerovic wrote:
>
>>I was told by Bosnian Foreign Office that we could ask from them to issue
>>you a visa in one of the European coutries, say in Rome, Italy or
>>somewhere convenient for you, on your way to here, and they apparently
>>would issue you a visa on the fly, assuming that you do not need a transit
>>or entry visa for you entry point in Europe I guess. So we can work this
>>out for Mexicans, Venezuelans, Brazilians and so on. We just need to
>>figure out the best location in EU where you guys could get you Bosnian
>>visas on the fly. Since we would send Letters of Invitation directly to
>>our Foreign Office for each of you, stating that you should be issued a
>>visa in the country of our choice. OK? Happy? :)
>
>
> Well, if "on the fly" doesnt mean "in the plane" this still means
> inconvenience and also more costs, as people would need to fly to that city,
> leave the airport, go to the Foreign Office, probably wait there, hopefully
> get the VISA, get back to the airport, (hopefully catch the booked flight),
> fly to Sarajevo :-(
>
> Safir, as yourself had "visa problems for Mexico", I hope you understand that
> this doesnt sound fantastic :-/
>
> Also, how is the visa situation for people from eastern european countries?
>
>
> regards,
> Holger
>
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