Hi Arne, We are already aware about 3 people who are from Taiwan and have this problem.
We currently are working hard on making the registration happen asap, so are a little underwhelmed with work, but i promise after the registrations are open, we are going to help everyone that needs a Visa! Our goal is to try and help those people acquire Visas with as little trouble as possible. http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf11/Visas is the link where you can follow our progress regarding this issue. Stay tuned, we will try our best! Velimir On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Arne Goetje <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi all, > > my Taiwanese friends have some trouble in getting visa for Bosnia and I > think it may affect other people too, if Bosnia does not maintain an > office in their country. > > The problem is that they require that > * the visa gets applied for in person > * the visa gets applied between 30 and 3 days before the actual travel date > * in case of Taiwanese passport holders, they need to apply in London, > Budapest or Beijing, which requires additional travel, visa and > accommodation. > > This is not feasible for at least the Taiwanese who want to attend > Debconf, three of them being DDs. > > According to the "Law on Stay and Movement of Foreigners and Asylum" > [1], there is an exception to these rules: > > - ---- snip ---- > Article 36 (5-7): > (5) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this > Article, where required for reasons of national > security, humanitarian, serious professional or > personal reasons, at the border post the Border > Police may issue a short-term stay visa (Visa C) for > a single entry of 15 days or a transit visa (Visa B) or > an airport transit visa (Visa A) . > > (6) At the border post, the visa referred to in > paragraph (5) of this Article may be issued only on > condition that: > a) the alien, notwithstanding the requirement of > Article 19 (General entry conditions), paragraph > (2), has met the basic and other general > requirements for entry into BiH referred to in > Article 19, paragraphs (1) and (3) of this Law, > b) the alien has proved that he/she was unable > to file a visa application in advance, and > c) the alien has produced one or more > documents proving an imperative reason for > entry into BiH and providing guarantees > concerning his/her return to the country of origin > or the county of habitual residence. > > (7) In the event that the visa has been issued at the > border post, the Border Police may order that the > alien be allowed to enter BiH only at a designated > border crossing. > - ---- snip ---- > > Now I hope, that Debconf/Debcamp qualifies as "serious professional" > reason. But it would be really helpful if we could get something > official, which would ensure that we qualify for this exception and get > the visa directly at the border (probably in Sarajevo airport). > > Could you help us with that? > > Cheers > Arne > (PS: I"m German and don't need any visa. But I live in Taiwan and travel > with my Taiwanese friends who do.) > > [1] http://msb.gov.ba/Zakoni/zakoni/?id=3512&langTag=en-US > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJNk3IHAAoJENiwmJtstTzsiDIP+wUMk1XbbVAbo419cpxFkljH > wkYsCjkZ6FnejF7cvJ7nvqezSJHPYKMAcWmdx1+lPHCvnJHukUEfDaUsgPhRNcvu > JuGXGqgSUwTXIKq5Zd1tc2WT728BIHue0tpH0aIOk53lzgcS9O9QMiBLBsR8SpJS > yhoie3RWcOFAeTQpfqLFQA2tKONIb8gSZiRYqfrse1t4dX7zZmB17TjTr5/FsfOw > BpBmV3HBgBCY+oN0FTPktzz1+pSnHIQGjvVz2VkXCeGDBTuEvGzkwdQKEAwzsAl8 > crqKHBZOsaWRjtOfqSNLLHvWiYJMmOV38hDqqNIfQSuktCaKEaeQ++fZXnFlfJmN > SQA8JnyROcpkb5vh5qukDYOEP9MOmsB6Zo2YwJrbt+RhXk56Q41kbol/3G10DtTp > d8flzewE77A3V+ipy1tXACg7UN0ymXASxfJNyNFx6oU7Q0rRD0mr1LtrfatgtOHU > 3JY+QrWaOfGS72Y81tx0yBMNQzeR5uYpZZJB5ny8ZmBCrhdFv3ZmN3Wy1jM3w1tf > wzyZ/9GblcJVuODPEFgLCEM9CPF78hcS4LtYTmNSnuM4IKXdXsPalpwEHeEzkWX5 > JFedrJsL/sYKbl9u+zg5jMlIRKn6CuCeMTUFOy4VZJvEPgP5BpZuksJ0wsSBfQwp > LfzqHW/aKwV89nRJmo62 > =+400 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss > _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
