FYI ******************************************* Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. And live like it's Heaven on Earth. ******************************************* ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Russ Weinstein via soac-chairs <soac-chairs@icann.org> Date: Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 16:22 Subject: [soac-chairs] For Info: ICANN84 Travel Visa Summary To: Soac-chairs@icann.org <Soac-chairs@icann.org> Cc: Policy Team Leaders <policy-team-leaders@icann.org>, Sally Costerton < sally.costerton@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) _______________________________________________ soac-chairs mailing list -- soac-chairs@icann.org To unsubscribe send an email to soac-chairs-leave@icann.org _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.