[NCSG-PC] Fwd: [soac-chairs] For Info: ICANN84 Travel Visa Summary

[Bruna Martins dos Santos]

Did we ever receive these summaries in previous meetings ?

I really like the initiative by Russ. Its super meaningful to know the visa
denials in numbers, just wish they had listed the nationalities too.

Best,
B

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM Tomslin Samme-Nlar <mesumbeslin at gmail.com>
wrote:

> FYI
>
> Remain blessed,
> Tomslin
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Russ Weinstein via soac-chairs <soac-chairs at icann.org>
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 at 16:22
> Subject: [soac-chairs] For Info: ICANN84 Travel Visa Summary
> To: Soac-chairs at icann.org <Soac-chairs at icann.org>
> Cc: Policy Team Leaders <policy-team-leaders at icann.org>, Sally Costerton <
> sally.costerton at icann.org>
>
>
> Dear SO-AC Leaders,
>
>
>
> Recognizing we have heard quite a bit of concern from the community
> regarding travel visas in recent meetings, and there seems to be an uptick
> about this particular meeting, we did analysis and produced this summary
> report for the community that provides summary level data re: funded
> travelers visa status, and also articulates the process and dependencies to
> enable visa applications. As always, ICANN cannot guarantee any group or
> individuals visa, and it is countries who set their own rules about who are
> allowed to enter their countries.  In the report you will find that very
> few funded travelers were unable to secure visa’s for Dublin.
>
>
>
> We hope this report can help you be better informed as this issue may come
> up in your community discussions.  We also intend to publish this report
> and similar information on ongoing basis for future meetings, which will
> enable you to point your community members to those process summaries and
> the relevant data.
>
>
>
> This is another report we would be happy to discuss as a follow up item to
> ICANN84.   Apologies for adding to your plate at this time right before the
> meeting, but we thought better to share the info than hold it.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russ
>
>
>
> Russ Weinstein
>
> Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support
>
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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*Bruna Martins dos Santos *

Policy and Advocacy Manager | WITNESS <https://www.witness.org/>

German Chancellor Fellow 21' (Bundeskanzler-Stipendiatin) | Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation <https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/>

Member | Coalizão Direitos na Rede <https://direitosnarede.org.br/>

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