Bob Birchall <bob@calyx.net.au>
On 16/03/12 23:08, Olugbenga Adara wrote:
Is it possible for the conference organizers to do something about this?
There is an application form for just such a letter at: http://koha-community.org/kohacon12/visa-info/
Thanks Bob for publicising that. To emphasise three points it says on that page: 1. the top reason for visa rejection is when the border guards do not believe that you will return home at the end of your visit. So showing continuing economic and family ties to your homeland may help. 2. the UK is an island in more ways than one: it is not part of the Schengen travel/borders zone which covers part of the EU, so you may need to obtain transit or other visas for any intermediate stops on your journey, even just to change planes. I think this messed up some visits to Kohacon 10. 3. we will be sending invitation letters out in batches. And one more tip it doesn't (and IMO shouldn't) say on that page: Please put in the "other details" box if you are listed in the Koha source code, on the koha-community.org sites like the wiki or bug tracker, and/or if you are proposing to speak to the conference (the call for papers will appear soon, but do not let that stop visa applicants proposing talks with their invitation request now), so that we can mention that in the invitation letter and maybe strengthen it for long-time contributors. Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op. http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer. In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/