[[-- Translated text (es -> en) --]] Friend Marcelo: I am sorry for the paramos that are happening and I hope that they will be solved soon. Regarding the part of traveling through Canada, like the citizens of Panama, the citizens of Argentina need a visa to enter or connect as Silvia wrote https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/ services/visit-canada/entry-requirements-country.html This policy has not changed and will not change under PM Trudeau. Likewise, if you connect through Houston, you do not require a green card, but you do need a B1/B2 tourist visa that you must apply for at the US consulate in your country. In Panama there is a 10-month waiting period supposedly due to a pandemic. Fortunately if you manage to overcome these obstacles, Malaysia does not require a visa for passports from Argentina https://www.imi.gov.my/index.php/en/main-services/visa/visa-requirement-by-c... https://www.malaysia.gov.my/portal/content/133 Although I have found conflicting information about the yellow fever vaccine requirement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Malaysia I did not clearly understand the part that he is 1,200 km from his home but 40 km from Bs As. Does he mean that from Resistencia he has now reached Ezeiza? I hope ICANN Travel Support solves your dilemma soon. He tells us how it went. I add to the case mentioned by Sylvia when ICANN62 was organized 1 week before the inauguration we received a query from some Internet users from Pakistan who were ready to travel, but nobody explained that to enter Panama, citizens of that country require a visa pre-approved by the Security Council of Panama that takes 3 months. It seems to me that for future ICANN meetings this visa issue should be explained by the host country on the registration website MONTHS in advance, warning that each participant should check with the consulate in their country. In any case, I ask you not to give up participating at least virtually through https://events.icann.org/icann75/registration https://75.schedule.icann.org/participation-tools Cheers, Alvaro Aguilar ALVARO AGUILAR ALFU - Attorney at Law Private Client Services, Incorporation and Management of Companies, Trusts and Foundations, Immigration, Real Estate, Tax, E-Commerce and Intellectual Property Law. Mobile: +507 6638-8707 Fax: +507 340-6446 Tel: +507 396-5081 Skype lagcentral / Linkedin / Facebook Airmail address: PO Box 0831-1110, Panama 0831, Panama Courier address: Aquilino de la Guardia St. Ocean Business Plaza, 12th Floor, Panama City, Panama For more information go to: http://www.alvaroaguilar.net The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the author's own and may not reflect those of the firm. The information contained may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Q Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. I thanked 14 September 2022 at 12:53:11 UTC−2, sylvia@internautabrasil.org<sylvia@internautabrasil.org> to write: Hello Marcelo, I am very sorry to hear what you are going through! I know all too well what volunteers have to sacrifice on a personal and professional level to represent our beloved region. I can't understand this part of your message “Air Canada "that there is no visa problem" (the text of the email read)” Any travel agency knows that an Argentine citizen (like many others) NEEDS a VISA to make a stopover in Canada; And much more would have to be known by the agency with which ICANN works, since we have a sad history of volunteers who could not participate. of the meeting held in Montreal. I sincerely hope that they are helping you logistically and financially so that you can get to KL!!! Keep us informed!! Patience, Sylvia From: lac-discuss-es<lac-discuss-es-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> In the name of Marcelo Rodriguez Sent in: terça-feira, September 13, 2022 18:56 To: ICANN Travel Support<travelsupport@icann.org> Cc: FCM Mexico<icann.fundedtraveler@fcmtravel.mx> ; LACRALO Spanish<lac-discuss-es@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [lac-discuss-es] Help Urgent Help Dear What began to be filmed as an unforgettable and very pleasant experience for so many people around me, companions of many small experiences, this is the opportunity to go further, but it was cut short and here I am ASKING AND PRAYING FOR HELP TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND TO A HOTEL TO OVERNIGHT AND WITH TRANSFER FROM THE FLIGHT BACK TO MY CITY. Being new to this, perhaps the importance of being stranded by bureaucratic issues is not measured and that they are a simple solution, just an app, which is there, but with restrictions (I tried a dozen times) by not having the long-awaited green card, could not apply. The importance of being there is priceless, not because of tourism, but rather being present at the meetings. I am very ................ (give your word) since again the weakest link in a chain of powers is not supported as it should be and is left to continue stranded or wandering in a city, place, area more than 1,200 kilometers away from my home and family. I have taken leave from work, I have left my mother missing me and with her ailments, (I am not obligated, but opportunities are given and progress must be made) I brought dreams and illusions of being able to participate and make our region participate and it could not be because there were no a plan B for cases like this. If we were companies or governments, we would have the solution or plan B, but no, being simple citizens who represent "non-commercial" interests, as they say or imply with this truncated trip, and other experiences of colleagues, who It doesn't matter whether they are there or not and that should change. I think about how much progress has been made and how far we still are from being equitable in resources that are foreseen within Icann and not leaving one feeling discriminated against. The trips should also be adapted around the HR that they involve or are elected. In my case, I am 40 km from the federal capital, with no means or way to leave, without having to pay for transportation again. And that is what I have been doing up to now, paying for transfers and stay in this case, with my work income, we do not keep anything, everything is consumed and that is not enough. How to understand this a little, at first I chose to go through Iberia to see it more viable, but it couldn't be because there is only business class and there was a surcharge, so the cheapest option was to go through Houston, but I ruled out as I didn't have a visa, then this modality was suggested to me by Air Canada "that there is no visa problem" (the text of the email read) and as a result of that detail and that I believe, according to what they tell me, I would also have it in Japan, I am here waiting for help, help, as they always did with my countrymen, to continue the trip or return. We'll keep talking about it, while I'm waiting for them to send me a ransom to bs as. Apologies for the length Best regards Marcelo Rodriguez ________________________________ lac-discuss-es mailing list lac-discuss-es@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/lac-discuss-es http://www.lacralo.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.