<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi<div><br></div><div>Anyway who is planning on going to the IGF in Istanbul and has yet to get a visa may want to hold off a bit. I’ve asked about free courtesy visas and the government has said yes to that but the final options for collecting them are TBD.</div><div><br></div><div>Bill<br><br>
<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>Re: Visa for Turkey</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">August 6, 2014 at 12:38:08 PM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Samet TUNCER <<a href="mailto:stuncer@btk.gov.tr">stuncer@btk.gov.tr</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a href="mailto:igfmaglist-bounces@intgovforum.org">igfmaglist-bounces@intgovforum.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:igfmaglist-bounces@intgovforum.org">igfmaglist-bounces@intgovforum.org</a>>, Aysel KANDEMİR <<a href="mailto:akandemir@btk.gov.tr">akandemir@btk.gov.tr</a>>, Meral ÖZTARHAN <<a href="mailto:moztarhan@btk.gov.tr">moztarhan@btk.gov.tr</a>><br></span></div><br><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1254"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hello Samet<div><br></div><div>Thank you for this excellent news, I’m sure it will be greatly appreciated by participants!</div><div><br></div><div>Just to be sure, are you saying that in order to receive a courtesy visa, one must go to an embassy or consulate? While in my case there’s a Turkish consulate in Geneva, many other people won’t have this local option, and I assume it wouldn’t be possible to do with the online visa. But could it be logistically possible to allow collection of a courtesy visa upon arrival at the airport with the IGF registration letter? </div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div><br></div><div>Bill </div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 6, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Samet TUNCER <<a href="mailto:stuncer@btk.gov.tr">stuncer@btk.gov.tr</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="TR" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I would like to inform you that Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs have made an arrangement for visa for IGF participants. Accordingly, the “IGF Registration Confirmation Letter” sent by IGF Secretariat via e-mail will be considered as valid proof for visa without fee in all Turkish Embassies/Consulates. So, you do not need to pay visa fee as IGF participants.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Samet Tuncer<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Junior ICT Expert<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Information and Communication Technologies Authority</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div></div></div></blockquote><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey</b><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">August 4, 2014 at 4:05:18 PM GMT+2<br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Filiz Yilmaz <<a href="mailto:koalafil@gmail.com">koalafil@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">MAG-public <<a href="mailto:Igfmaglist@intgovforum.org">Igfmaglist@intgovforum.org</a>>, IGF <<a href="mailto:IGF@unog.ch">IGF@unog.ch</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi<div><br></div><div>Sorry, I couldn’t find an answer on the website or the list archive, so could someone please remind me: has there been an arrangement made for courtesy visas, as with previous IGFs? Or do we just follow the normal application process and pay the full fee, as applicable?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>