Let’s face it. Borders do exist, otherwise we would not be fighting so hard to bring them down. It is nice to know that some people continue fighting this battle even on their vacation. This year’s Parisian Summer University took place in cooperation with the Visa Freedom Working Group and broadened the horizons of all of their participants. The charm… Read more →
Visa Freedom WG
Visa Chronicles of One Agora
Starting any visa process in AEGEE is like a lottery – you never know how organisers will behave, how attentively the visa officer will look at your documentation, and what will you get in your passport in the end. After Agora Skopje we all had a sad experience in visa issues, when no Caucasian locals were able to attend the Agora… Read more →
Agora Skopje – a memorable Agora for visa issues and the VFWG
The Agora Skopje will surely be remembered for a long time by many members of AEGEE to be a very exceptional one. Especially for us, the members of the Visa Freedom Working Group, it was quite special in many different aspects. The most remarkable visa-related incident was the lack of information of local organisers about the visa procedures of the… Read more →
Visa Freedom Working Group – The battle continues
Dear AEGEEans, As many of you know, some of our members still need a visa to get to most of our events and travelling for them is not as common as for most others. We, as Visa Freedom Working Group (VFWG), have asked one of our members about her experience of applying for a visa and what she has to… Read more →
The visa freedom fighters – Fighters for an emancipated Europe
Did you ever have the feeling to be rejected, not to be selected, or just to be treated with less respect than others? Did you have the feeling that this happened only because of your origin, nationality, or legal status? Thousands of Europeans from the Eastern or South-Eastern part of our continent experience this feeling every year. They try to… Read more →