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

[Pedro de Perdigão Lana]

+1 on the idea of pointing out nationalities, or at least regions - this
would help focus efforts (and anticipating them) on those who need the most
assistance with obtaining visas.

Cordially,

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Em sex., 24 de out. de 2025 às 09:53, Bruna Martins dos Santos <
bruna.mrtns at gmail.com> escreveu:

> 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
>>
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