How can ICANN address issues of Visa processing for participants that have
all required criteria for entry the host Country?

I had a very ugly scenario and yet I ended up not submitting my visa
application, after I had spent one week in Abuja. The staff at the embassy
said they can not receive my application because my name has not being sent
from their foreign Affairs department.

I did send in my application as advised before the deadline of 12/02/16
online.

For the airline to refund air ticket cost I have to lose some monies and my
travel insurance becomes a waste of hard earned resources. While the time
and resource spent in Abuja becomes a wasteful venture.

I need this issues to be addressed in the future.

Sonigitu Ekpe

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On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Kathy Kleiman <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> +1 Tapani. In the old days, ICANN used to post the fancy hotels and the
> not so fancy hotels (and I always stayed at the latter). And they
> negotiated some good and low rates that included breakfast and Internet.
> It's time for them to do that again...
> Best,
> Kathy
>
>
> On 2/29/2016 9:00 AM, Tapani Tarvainen wrote:
>
>> On Feb 29 08:46, DeeDee Halleck ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Klaus that “broad stakeholder engagement” is needed. I have
>>> attempted to discuss ICANN with my colleagues (independent/community
>>> media
>>> producers and communications academics) but hit a wall of glazed-over
>>> eyes
>>> when trying to explain the importance of DNS regulation.
>>>
>> Me too. :-(
>>
>> One obvious problem in “non-commercial” participation is the lack of
>>> adequate support for the cost of face to face participation.
>>>
>> That is a very good point in general. However:
>>
>> Even if I had the frequent flier miles to get to Marrakech, how
>>> could I afford the posh hotels available?
>>>
>> There are lots of cheap accommodation options in Marrakech even if
>> ICANN doesn't tell you about them, and taxis are also cheap so you
>> don't need to stay next door to the meeting site.
>>
>> One thing we could do for future meetings is to ask ICANN look up and
>> maybe negotiate rates for some cheap hotels for participants paying
>> their own way.
>>
>>