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

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi,

happy that I raised the concern to Kurtis in our last 1 to 1 meeting and
that he really followed-up. I am more concerned about adding clear criteria
on the matter for the selection process and that constituency travel start
the process to deliver invitation letters etc earlier.

Best,

Rafik

Le ven. 24 oct. 2025 à 17:53, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> a écrit :

> 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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