[FM Discuss] Reg. publishing visa application procedure as manual

[Sindhu S]

Sorry, it took me awhile to reply due to the internship ending.

> So, if we can pitch this as a book about foundations then I have already
> spoken to John Sullivan (FSF CEO) a few months ago in Boston about such a
> book. So, I think I could bring this conversation up with him again.

Please do.

> I would also be happy writing to the GSoC people, who also need to work through visa
> issues often and have a lot of expertise in this area, and perhaps also the
> Foundations list.

Maybe we could bring out a google form asking for feedback on their
experiences in obtaining a visa?

. We could approach each avenue and ask for support in the
> form of:
> 1. sending people to the sprint
> 2. a little bit of $ to host the sprint and pay for people that cant pay
> their way.
> if this sounds good to you then it would be great if you could write up an
> outline for what you want to cover about visas.
Awesome!

I'd like to cover the following in the book:

1. Documents required to submit a visa applications and the
implications of not-submitting documents in required format or at all
or unavailability of documents prescribed by an embassy in decisions
made by the embassy.
2. Time frame for preparing to apply for a visa at any embassy. This
will included the preparation for procuring documents both by the
individual and on behalf of the event hosting organisation.
3. The foolproof unambiguous legal language acceptable for an invite
given by the event hosting organisation that qualifies a FLOSS
contributor for a tourist visa.
4. Current scenarios to consider before applying for visa from the
point of view of the applicant's origin country or citizenship status.
5. Fool proofing a visa application against rejection by working
backwards to take precautions against the reasons for rejection listed
in official rejection letters (I can contribute the official rejection
letter for a Schengen country)

> I will add this into a
> larger proposal about a book on free software foundations and then we start
> pitching it around.
I'd love to help in anyway I can.

Thanks!

-Sindhu