[AFRI-Discuss] ATLASS 3 IN CANADA-IMPENDIMENTS TO A SUCCESSFUL OUTING

Tue Oct 1 01:33:52 UTC 2019

Maureen my case took place, 7 years ago today. But I remind you if you had
time to read the Canadian immigration law and redo your file. However ICANN
must do a lobbying work in the background.

Thank you

Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 8:42 PM, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
a écrit :

> Thank you for your letter Etienne.
>
> I would also encourage others to re-apply and to give their explanations
> based on the reasons given by the Canadian government - just as you did.
>
> ICANN Org is working with Constituency Travel to facilitate support at
> high levels to make their own applications of support. They and we hope
> that it will help more people to get through. But they must reapply and
> respond to their reasons for the original rejection with family and
> employer details that will ensure their return to their home countries.
>
> Maureen
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 5:30 AM Etienne Tshishimbi <news.tkeb at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Bonjour à tous,
>> Je suis confus avec vous pour le refus de visa au regard de vos parcours
>> de voyage (Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON et les autres).
>>
>> Je voudrai vous encourager à refaire la procédure si vous aviez le temps.
>>
>> En 2012, j'ai eu un refus pour le CANADA et j'ai fait bien relu les
>> raisons qu'il m'avait donné pour le refus. Et j'ai bien relu les lois
>> canadiennes sur l'immigration et j'ai refait mon dossier et j'ai eu le visa
>> pour le CANADA. Et je n'avais pas encore eu de visa pour un autre pays de
>> l'Occident à cette époque là.
>>
>> Voici mon petit apport.
>>
>> Cordialement,
>>
>> Etienne
>>
>> Good morning all,
>> I am confused with you for the visa refusal with regard to your journey
>> (Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON and the others).
>>
>> I would like to encourage you to redo the procedure if you have time.
>>
>> In 2012, I had a refusal for CANADA and I did a good rereading of the
>> reasons he gave me for the refusal. And I read the Canadian immigration
>> laws and I redid my file and got the visa for CANADA. And I had not yet got
>> a visa for another country of the West at that time.
>>
>> Here is my little contribution.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Etienne
>>
>> Le lun. 30 sept. 2019 à 11:33, Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
>> a écrit :
>>
>>> +1 Hadia
>>>
>>> We have a lot of people working on this for us, for which we are very
>>> grateful.
>>>
>>> Maureen
>>>
>>> On Sun, 29 Sep 2019, 10:51 PM Hadia El Miniawi, <hadiaminiawi at yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Peters and All,
>>>>
>>>> It is a shame that volunteers, participants, fellows and ICANN
>>>> attendees need to go through all this to take a role in something they are
>>>> passionate about and that is a true contribution to the thriving and
>>>> existence of the Internet through the MSM. I don't know how any of us can
>>>> help in this regard, but I think ICANN needs to address the Canadian
>>>> officials in relation to what is happening with ICANN participants' visas.
>>>>
>>>> Best of luck and wishes to all
>>>>
>>>> Hadia Elminiawi
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, September 27, 2019, 12:22:06 PM PDT, Maureen Hilyard <
>>>> maureen.hilyard at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone
>>>>
>>>> Gisella, Heidi and I have made frequent attempts to help individuals,
>>>> but I did not realise the extent of these visa rejections. I do know that
>>>> they are not only rejecting applicants from Africa.
>>>>
>>>> Peters, Liz, Abdulkarim and others, could you please send me the names
>>>> of anyone you know who has received a rejection letter and the reasons that
>>>> they have been given for the rejection. I have already seen some stating:
>>>>
>>>> * I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay
>>>> as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, *based
>>>> on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.*
>>>> • I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay
>>>> as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, *based
>>>> on the purpose of your visit.  *
>>>>
>>>> It would be helpful to know these reasons. Please send the information
>>>> to me so that we can check what more ICANN could do.
>>>>
>>>> Maureen
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 7:29 AM ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE <
>>>> oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>> It is a shame that this is happening and I think ICANN should find a
>>>> way to solve this problem. From Nigeria alone, I know of 7 funded
>>>> applicants who have applied and 6 of the 7 were rejected. All of these has
>>>> previous travel history and I do not understand why the applications are
>>>> being rejected.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 5:52 PM Liz Orembo <lizorembo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is the height of exclusion. Why are we even allowing  policy
>>>> meetings of such global resources to take place where participants from the
>>>> global south cant attend? What is the purpose of the event code in the
>>>> invite letters?
>>>>
>>>> I hope ICANN takes this up with the Canadian government.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 7:23 PM Peters Omoragbon <
>>>> petersomoragbon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear Colleagues and friends,
>>>>
>>>> I am constrained to bring the attention of everyone to the myriad of
>>>> road-blocks and frustrations currently confronting African delegates to
>>>> ATLAS 3, and I am afraid, about 80% may not make it to Montreal after all.
>>>> No thanks to the Canadian Embassy that, has not only refused their visas
>>>> applications but also giving very spurious and insulting excuses for such
>>>> wanton refusalS.
>>>> For example, delegates that have a track history of previous trips
>>>> abroad with valid USA, UK and even Japan visas are being told, they may not
>>>> leave Canada at the end of the conference!!!
>>>> That is the worst excuse I have heard all my life. If I could not
>>>> remain in the USA, or Japan, UK and Europe, what is so special about Canada
>>>> to keep me away from returning?
>>>>
>>>> It must be recalled that we collectively put up and appeal to ICANN to
>>>> be aware of the notoriety of the Canadian Embassies in African, that they
>>>> will take our monies and refused to grant a genuine visa application.
>>>>
>>>> It is my view that ICANN Secretariat please intervenes because its just
>>>> one month away to Montreal. It will be such a shame if more than half of
>>>> the accredited delegates are absent after all the preparations and efforts
>>>> put into the planning and selections. And it should also be the
>>>> responsibility of the AFRALO leadership to lead on this struggle. The fact
>>>> that, they all have free rides to travel anywhere for ICANN events should
>>>> not becloud their responsibilities to us-members from AFRALO.
>>>> I hope ALAC leadership should provide the oversight function here.
>>>> Best
>>>> Yours truly
>>>> Thank you all.
>>>>
>>>> *Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON*
>>>>
>>>> *-Financial Secretary, Central Association of Nigerians in the United
>>>> Kingdom-CANUK*
>>>>
>>>> *-Executive President/CEO-Nurses Across the Borders-An NGO in Special
>>>> Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United
>>>> Nations-ECOSOC*
>>>>
>>>> *-Designated Contact Person-United Nations Framework Convention on
>>>> Climate Change-UNFCCC*
>>>>
>>>> *-International Liaison Officer-Nigerian Nurses Charitable
>>>> Association-NNCA-UK*
>>>>
>>>> *-Board Member-Conference of NGOS in Special Consultative Status with
>>>> the United Nations-CONGO*
>>>>
>>>> *-Member Steering Committee Regional Committee for Africa-CONGO*
>>>>
>>>> *-General Secretary, Civil Society Network of NGOs on Climate Change*
>>>>
>>>> *-Fellow Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN*
>>>> *-Fellow Open Society Institute-Budapest*
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