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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org [mailto:ncuc-discuss-bounces@lists.ncuc.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William Drake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 07, 2014 3:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCUC-discuss<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [NCUC-DISCUSS] Visa for IGF Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">William Drake <<a href="mailto:william.drake@uzh.ch">william.drake@uzh.ch</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject: Re: Visa for Turkey</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">August 6, 2014 at 12:38:08 PM GMT+2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"<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>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for this excellent news, I’m sure it will be greatly appreciated by participants!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Aug 6, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Samet TUNCER <<a href="mailto:stuncer@btk.gov.tr">stuncer@btk.gov.tr</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="TR" style="font-size:11.0pt;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></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">From: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Subject: Re: [IGFmaglist] Visa for Turkey</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Date: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">August 4, 2014 at 4:05:18 PM GMT+2</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">To: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Filiz Yilmaz <<a href="mailto:koalafil@gmail.com">koalafil@gmail.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Cc: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">MAG-public <<a href="mailto:Igfmaglist@intgovforum.org">Igfmaglist@intgovforum.org</a>>, IGF <<a href="mailto:IGF@unog.ch">IGF@unog.ch</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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