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Equal Access to International Debate: Visas and Their Implications

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This paper describes the experience of Jordanian student who is studying for a PhD degree in Museum Studies in the UK. She outlines the difficulties that she has met in getting a visa to travel to conferences and feels that the difficulty of obtaining a visa has impacted upon her development as a scholar. One outcome is that she ignored so many conferences and calls for papers because she knew that she could not get a visa in time to attend. She questions why the process of applying for a visa has to be so difficult.

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Este artículo describe la experiencia de una estudiante Jordana que está realizando el doctorado en Museología en UK. La autora señala las dificultades que ha encontrado para conseguir un visado para asistir a conferencias y considera que dichas dificultades han perjudicado su desarrollo como investigadora. Como consecuencia muchas veces ha ignorado diversas conferencias porque sabía que no conseguiría un visado a tiempo para poder asistir. La autora se cuestiona por qué el proceso de solicitud de un visado tiene que ser tan complejo.

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Cet article décrit l’expérience d’une étudiante jordanienne qui fait ses études doctorales au Museum Studies de Grande Bretagne. Elle souligne les difficultés qu’elle a rencontrées pour obtenir des visas pour voyager aux conférences et pense que ces difficultés ont eu un impact dans le développement de sa carrière. Le résultat est qu’elle n’a pu participer à beaucoup de conférences sachant qu’elle ne pourrait pas obtenir un visa en temps. Elle se demande pourquoi les procédures pour demander un visa sont si difficiles.

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Badran, A. Equal Access to International Debate: Visas and Their Implications. Arch 3, 207–209 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11759-007-9015-y

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