Re: [guadec-list] Foundation financial info

[Thomas Wood <thos thos me uk>]

Hi Diego,

Your sponsorship to GUADEC is being paid for by GUADEC-UK, rather than
the foundation. GUADEC-UK is oraganising Guadec 2007 on behalf of the
GNOME Foundation. We have separate accounts to make the logistics
easier and as such GUADEC-UK has not had a bank account for very long.

I'm fairly sure this is going to make things even more difficult for
you, but perhaps you can suggest what we could arrange so that you are
able to get a visa quickly and efficiently?

Regards,

Thomas


On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 08:26:22 -0500
"Diego Escalante Urrelo" <diegoe gnome org> wrote:

> Hey Rodrigo, Sara, Jaime!
> 
> I'm sad to say it but, I think you have never invited a peruvian to go
> outside of his/her country :(. It's hell.
> 
> But let's be rational. You can see (in spanish) requisites for visas
> for UK and Spain:
> 
> http://www.mae.es/Consulados/Lima/es/MenuPpal/Visados/Visado+de+Turismo/
> http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1136904295400
> 
> Note that Spain doesn't say it clearly but you can take my word that
> it's a requisite.
> In the case of UK you can read:
> 
> "Si es otra persona quien cubre los gastos debe proporcionarle, además
> de los estados de cuenta bancarios y boletas de pago de sueldo, una
> carta de responsabilidad por sus gastos..."
> 
> Which for our English speaking friends basically means something like:
> 
> "If someone else is taking care of your expenses he/she should provide
> bank account states, pay checks and a letter of responsibility for
> your expenses"
> 
> Rodrigo, sadly for naturals of my country it's not easy to be trusted
> so easily.
> 
> Sara, I'm moving the thread to guadec-list as you suggest. The PDF you
> attached me is great! I was going to ask for one with almost exactly
> those details. Still, as I just explained, I have to give the
> financial info.
> 
> Jaime, yes I'm going to GUADEC-es too!. arturogf on #gnome-hispano was
> kind enough to offer me the same. I'll be contacting you soon.
> 
> And to everyone, just to clarify what's the intention of the financial
> thing. As Sara said, the thing is to convince the embassies that the
> guests will not have financial problems while on UK/wherever. In that
> context, I just need financial info that proofs that the GNOME
> foundation is a wealthy organization, enough to _really_ pay for my
> trip and that it's not just an invention of me and my UK friends.
> Yes, yes, I also think it's silly but this is how things are for
> me :(.
> 
> So to resume, what I need is a trustful report that tells the embassy
> (in numbers):
> 
> 1. GNOME Foundation is wealthy enough to pay my expenses
> 2. GNOME Foundation actually exists and $someone-not-me knows about it
> 
> I was suggested that a printed report of the IRS (the "Internal
> Revenue System" of the US) would be enough. I understand that the
> Foundation is US based (?).
> If not, a report from $country's-IRS-equivalent would be enough. I
> repeat, I don't need to tell the embassy how much money is in
> Foundation's bank account. I only need to proof that it moves money,
> and the taxes and info reported to the $country state as a non-profit
> would be enough.
> 
> Maybe this time I was clearer?.
> Just to _really_ stress this out: It's not easy for me to get out of
> Perú, sadly naturals from my country are not well seen by other govs.
> 
> Thanks everyone for your replies and will to help, I really
> appreciate it.
> 
> Hope to see you at GUADEC!,
> 
> Diego