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Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events

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Am 27.06.22 um 17:34 schrieb Jonathan Carter:
> I don't think this needs to be a GR per sé, but I'd like to hear the 
> views of others on this, and I hope that we can garner enough consensus 
> so that we can just go ahead and implement this in our future bursary 
> policies.

I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense.

We had cases in the past that go (far) beyond just the official Visa 
fees though. E.g. a person wanted to fly LA <-> NY to pick up a Visa 
sticker. They asked for the flights plus a hotel night in NY. The team - 
at the time - recommended to use FedEx instead.

Thus I suggest a maximum fee for any Visa related activities, e.g. a 
default of USD 200, adjusted to inflation and (if necessary) relative 
Visa-cost insanity of DebConf hosting countries*. Because sometimes 
travel is required to just get a Visa, e.g. going to a larger city to 
apply in person. Of course - as with all our reimbursement - only the 
actual cost can be claimed with receipts.

* Visa fees are often reciprocal between countries. They are a political 
means much more than an administrative.

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Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Jonathan Carter <jcc@debian.org> - 2022-06-27 17:40 +0200
  Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de> - 2022-06-27 18:00 +0200
  Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Daniel Lange <DLange@debian.org> - 2022-06-27 18:10 +0200
    Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> - 2022-06-27 20:00 +0200
      Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Louis-Philippe Véronneau <pollo@debian.org> - 2022-06-27 20:20 +0200
      Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2022-06-27 21:30 +0200
      Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Aron Xu <aron@debian.org> - 2022-06-28 09:30 +0200
  Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana <phls@debian.org> - 2022-06-27 20:30 +0200
  Re: Covering visa fees as part of flights+accommodation expenses for events Pirate Praveen <praveen@onenetbeyond.org> - 2022-06-27 22:00 +0200

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