[AFRI-Discuss] Re : 04 - RE: Visa to Colombia

Tue Sep 7 15:19:47 UTC 2010

One way that works for us in Trinidad and Tobago is to fedex hte passport to
the Embassy or consulate in the nearest country and they will do the visa
and send back the passport via fedEx. We do this via  Venezuela or the US
often for visas for countries that have no representation in T&T.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Yaovi Atohoun <yaovito at yahoo.fr> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> With my personal experience, I would not recommend boarding on a flight to
> Columbia expecting to get a visa on arrival.  If there is a country where
> people
> can board on a direct flight to Cartagena that is fine but I don't think
> that it
> applies for most of the african delegates.  Two years ago,  an European
> company
> delayed my boarding of 24 hours from Benin Republic to Morroco even I had
> all
> documents showing that I will get my visa on arrival. Boarding on a flight
> from
> Europe or the US is not evident without a visa for the final destination.
>
> It is like we have two options:
>
> 1) ICANN will facilitate a trip to the closest country (Egypt, Kenya, South
> Africa) in Africa to get the visa for Columbia prior the departure from the
> country of residence
> 2)  I assume that mots of the itinerary will transit by Europe or the
> United
> States. ICANN can send the names and and  support letter of delegates to
> the
> Columbia Consulates in that European/US states of transit. The delegate
> will get
> the visa there and continue to Columbia.  For the ICANN meeting in Mexico,
> I
> transited by New-York to get my Mexico visa there. Again, it is because I
> already had a US visa  and I had many emails exchange, fax and phone
> conversations with the Mexico embassasy in New York and get the agreement
> before
> the trip.  The candidate will have to spend probably one or two day in this
> european country and this option may be less expensive.
>
> In conclusion I just add my voice to my colleagues to say that the visa
> information process should start as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks
> Yaovi
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> De : NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS <nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com>
> À : "langdonorr at gmail.com" <langdonorr at gmail.com>; Tijani BEN JEMAA
> <tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org>; ICANN Constituency Travel
> <constituency-travel at icann.org>; Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich at icann.org>
> Cc : "afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org"
> <afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>; ICANN At-Large Staff
> <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> Envoyé le : Mar 7 septembre 2010, 0h 29min 31s
> Objet : Re: [AFRI-Discuss] 04 - RE:  Visa to Colombia
>
> Thanks Heidi,
> In addition to Mr. Tijani's concerns expressed by members during the
> teleconference with regards to TRANSIT.
>
> One countries where DIRECT FLIGHTS are possible from host countries do not
> need
> transit visas.
> Secondly, there are a lot of  foreign airlines that take passnegers to
> other
> countries other their own (airline's countries) and do not require TRANSIT
> visas
> to take passengers via their own country to these countries. For example,
> if I
> were to fly to China with Emmirates, I do not need a transit visa to United
> Arab
> Emmirates to be taken to China-supposing China were to give me an entry
> visa at
> their Port of Entry, as slong as there is an official document from the
> Columbia
> Forign Affairs Ministry.
>
> The time to start this preparation is NOW.
>
> Pastor Peters OMORAGBON
> Executive President/CEO
> Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) An
> NGO
> On Special Consultative Status with The Economic and Social Council of the
> United Nations-(ECOSOC)
>
> Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
> (UNFCCC)
> URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.org  NABHI as affiliate of the United
> Nations is
> poised to uphold the TENETS of the CHARTERS of the UN. THIS it pledges to
> promote and publicise for enhanced Sustainable Developmet. WE believe in a
> World
> of Law and Order, Peace and Security with RESPECT for Fundamental Human
> Rights.
> NABHI IS NOT A VISA PROCUREMENT AGENCY NOR IS IT AN INTERNATIONAL
> RECRUITMENT
> AGENCY
>
> --- On Sun, 5/9/10, Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich at icann.org> wrote:
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> From: Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich at icann.org>
> Subject: 04 - RE: [AFRI-Discuss] Visa to Colombia
> To: "NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS" <nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com>,
> "langdonorr at gmail.com" <langdonorr at gmail.com>, "Tijani BEN JEMAA"
> <tijani.benjemaa at fmai.org>, "ICANN Constituency Travel"
> <constituency-travel at icann.org>
> Cc: "afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org"
> <afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, "ICANN At-Large Staff"
> <staff at atlarge.icann.org>
> Date: Sunday, 5 September, 2010, 18:27
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