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

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On 27/06/22 at 17:43 +0000, Stefano Rivera wrote:
> Hi Daniel (2022.06.27_15:57:52_+0000)
> > I think covering travel Visa fees makes a lot of sense.
> 
> +1

+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).

Yes. But I don't think that we should have a maximum fee, since the
travel to the nearest embassy/consulate might be expensive in itself,
but rather include this in the total cost in consideration for travel
reimbursement.

Lucas

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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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