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

[Peters Omoragbon]

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On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, 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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