[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Consular office at the tunisian mission in Geneva

[Al Alegre]

Dear Philippe

I guess in principle this is a great service. However, in some countries it is a
different reality on the ground.

Here in Manila our immigration desk checks already for a valid visa to your
destination, and it is very hard to convince them (especially for countries that
the officers are not too familiar with) that visas upon arrival will be issued.

In addition, some transit countries also give our nationals a hard time for the
same reason. EU immigration officers in the various countries (e.g., Frankfurt
or Rome) for example may choose to deny entry to people from my country if we
cannot show visas to our onward destination...they seem to think that everyone
is dying to be an illegal alien to fortress Europe :-)

So I would encourage everyone to double-check if this visa-upon-arrival option
will not pose more problems either in your home country or in your transit
airport (if any)...

Thanks
Al

(obviously a veteran of visa problems.... :-)

----- Original Message -----
From: CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at iprolink.ch>
To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>; <bureau at wsis-cs.org>
Cc: 'Renate Bloem' <rbloem at ngocongo.org>; <wsis at ngocongo.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 5:51 PM
Subject: [CS Bureau] Consular office at the tunisian mission in Geneva


> Dear all,
>
> As you may know, visa free of charge will be delivered directly at Tunis
> airport to WSIS participants with a copy of the confirmation of your
> electronic registration to the Summit.
>
> You can check the visa requirement by nationality at
> www.smsitunis2005.org/plateforme/visaen/index.php.
>
> For those are based in Geneva and who would prefer to get a visa before they
> fly to Tunis, we were informed that there will be a consular office at the
> tunisian mission to the UN in Geneva from today (27 October) to next Tuesday
> (1 November).
>
> Mission permanente de Tunisie
> Rue de Moillebeau 58
> 1211 Geneva 19
> Tel 022 749 15 50
>
> Best regards,
>

> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
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>
>
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