[AFRI-Discuss] Request for additional travel support for African region ATLAS III participants

[Sonigitu (SEA)]

Thank you Daniel.

Best regards,

Sonigitu 

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On 25 Jul 2019, 15:51, at 15:51, DANIEL NANGHAKA <dndannang at gmail.com> wrote:
>Dear Penholders,
>
>ICANN Travel provides all necessary support towards funded travellers.
>You
>will definitely receive a localhost letter and an official invitation.
>For
>itineraries or flights please go the fcm portal which is provided for
>all
>ICANN travel.
>
>The government of Canada in this reference the Canadian embassy reserve
>the
>right to either grant a visa to an applicant or not.
>
>In case my response is not sufficient, more experienced persons will
>respond appropriately.
>
>Kind regards
>Daniel
>
>ᐧ
>
>On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 17:30, Raymond Mamattah
><mamattah.raymond at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>>
>> We the below mentioned Penholders, on behalf of the ATLAS III
>awardees,
>> refer to the announcement of the ATLAS III travel support selected
>> participants, among which are 19 people from Africa.
>>
>>
>>
>> Aside being selected, the intended purpose of training future leaders
>for
>> At Large cannot be achieved if the selected participants can not get
>visas
>> to attend the scheduled conference and training during the ICANN 66
>at
>> Montreal in Canada.  It must be indicated that getting visas to
>Canada from
>> our various embassies across Africa is cumbersome. In this regard, we
>wish
>> to make the following suggestions on behalf of all the African 19
>> delegates, which can make it easier for us to get our visas:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1.    ICANN or the host entity to write directly to the various
>embassies
>> of the selected participants well in advance to introduce the
>> participants.  There must be acknowledgement for receipt of this
>> introduction letters from the embassies.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2.    The various invitation letters must clearly indicate that ICANN
>is
>> fully sponsoring the participants, listing that airfare,
>accommodation and
>> stipend will be fully provided to each participant.
>>
>>
>>
>> This is very important because the embassies would like to know if
>the
>> participants can have enough funds for the trip. In fact, it’s even a
>> requirement for the participants to provide their bank account
>statement
>> showing evidence of enough funds, hence if it’s indicated that the
>> participants are going to be fully sponsored the better.
>>
>>
>>
>> It must be noted that acquiring the visa can take close to 12 weeks
>in
>> some countries, hence, the earlier the processes are started,
>including
>> implementing the above mentioned suggestions, the better for the
>African
>> delegates to get their visas and attend the trainings.
>>
>>
>>
>> We are counting on your utmost support in this regard.
>>
>>
>>
>> Raymond Selorm Mamattah
>>
>> Remmy Nweke
>>
>> Peters Omoragbon
>>
>> (Penholders on behalf of Afralo ATLAS III awardees)
>>
>>
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