Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf 11 report - Feb 24
Nobody said there's going to be and "intervention" or a "phone call".
We will receive help from the Prime Minister's office regarding the
Visas issue, and of course we will send Invitation Letters to everyone
who needs them. That's why Adnan said we will make a list of everyone
who needs it, so we can do this in time!
We just can't do this without people registering for the conference
first, and that is why it has not been done yet!
Velimir
On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Dienstag, 8. März 2011, Amar Cosic wrote:
>> No one can "just enter" any country. If law requires papers/visas/letters
>> for residents of some countries than that will 100% be case.
>
> Yup!
>
>> I think we
>> rely too much on some phone call, "intervention" of someone etc.. which
>> could go in wrong direction for some people..
>> We could have list of ppl that require visa and we could (month at least
>> before Debconf) arrange signature on that list of minister(s), president(s)
>> that they are allowed to enter country.
>
> A month might be too late already. We should aim for 2 at least!
>
> For DebConf6 (I think, doesnt really matter which..) we had the case where
> someone from somewhere in Asia, might have been India, had a Visa for Mexico,
> had flight tickets from $home to Mexico and back and then was denied a
> transit visa for the UK aka Heithrow airport. That person didnt make it :(
>
> Point of the story: it's not only about Visas to Bosnia & Herzegovina, but
> also "other stuff" (I'm sure there's more than transit visas here too), why
> it's helpful to send visas / visa invitation letters as early as possible.
>
>
> cheers,
> Holger
>
>
>
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