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

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Hi Daniel (2022.06.27_15:57:52_+0000)
> I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense.

+1

> 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.

That sounds sensible. I'd go one step further and say that any
visa-related travel costs shouldn't be automatically covered, but
require the sign-off of the visa team (for debconf, or DPL otherwise).

In the case of Indian visas this year, it took the local team a few
weeks of effort to find a better solution than travel to Istanbul for
the Indian attendees. I think we want the pressure to be on for visa
team to try to make something like that happen.

I'd also suggest that the bursaries team publish a clearer list of what
is and isn't acceptable for travel reimbursement (e.g. taxis, travel
hotels).

SR

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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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