Visa problems

[Jaroslav Reznik]

----- Original Message -----
> Best procedure for next year would be that the host location provides a list
> of countries that request a Visa. Every embassy should have this information
> available.
> 
> This info has been provided with every FUDcon Proposal so my question is; why
> was it different for Flock?

It's not a bad idea but I'd prefer not do it - we are not ministry, visa 
requirements may change pretty often (*), so it's better to look it up on
official pages. And I expect Fedora guys are clever enough to Google it :).
On the other hand, as Flock is US and Europe (most of the countries are in
Schengen area), it's pretty simple to get such list.

I know all other conferences has issues with visa policies, even for FUDCon in
China many folks has issues. You can ask people to apply earlier but many
embassies refuse to do it, or visa are time limited etc. So really - there
are not many options. Just be prepared - like invitation letters in advance
(but again, different embassies of the same country could have different 
requirements even for invitation letters).

(*) for example our FUDCon China trip - I applied for visa on Friday, paid
50 euros, Jiri applied next Monday, he paid 30 euros (and probably less 
strict requirements). Our governments just signed an agreement with China...

Jaroslav

> 
> 2014-07-18 10:50 GMT-04:30 Ruth Suehle < rsuehle at gmail.com > :
> 
> 
> 
> Hi, all. It's too late to solve this for this year, but I'm hoping to
> crowdsource some answers for next year.
> 
> We have booked flights for people based on the itineraries they requested, in
> some cases on the assumption that they knew better than we did how best to
> get to Prague from their own countries and deal with getting visas.
> 
> Because some countries require you to (or at least strongly suggest that you
> do) have a flight before you request a visa, we are now quite over budget
> for travel due to denied and delayed visas requiring us to rebook flights on
> different itineraries. It's not only India, although because we have many
> contributors who want to attend Flock from India, it's the primary problem
> country in this situation.
> 
> As those of us doing the flight bookings are American and rarely need visas
> where we travel, this is unfamiliar territory. Can those of you who deal
> with visa problems make any suggestions about how to avoid this next year?
> Or is it simply unavoidable, and we need to budget in the equivalent of
> several extra people's flights for these rebookings?
> 
> Thanks!
> Ruth
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