<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><span apple-content-name="body" style="display: block;" class="" apple-content-edited="true" applecontenteditable="true"><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><img apple-inline="yes" id="16994C93-F9DF-4BC8-BF2B-F840ADFD497F" height="144" width="750" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:FCC0C064-25A8-4A12-AEEF-90760F7BBEC0/PastedGraphic-2.tiff"></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><div class=""><b class="">Objet:</b> <b class="">PLEASE READ: ICANN 56 Meeting - Helsinki - Visa Applications</b><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Dear All,</font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">Our invitation letter for ICANN 56 Helsinki Meeting is now open. Individuals that will need a visa to enter Finland and/or any Schengen country to attend the meeting can go to our website: </font><a href="https://invitationletters.icann.org/" target="_blank" class="">https://invitationletters.icann.org/</a>, to apply for the letter. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our local host will be supplying the local host letter to those who apply on our invitation letter website. </div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica,sans-serif" class="">We highly urge individuals who do not have a valid Schengen visa to apply as early as possible as the visa process is time consuming. All participants who apply for a visa will have to book an appointment to have their fingerprints taken and etc. In some locations, Finland is represented by another government, in these cases our local host will have no way to influence the application process. </font></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Our local host confirmed that the deadline for visa application is <b class="">May 31, 2016.</b> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Please feel free to share this with your constituents so that they can plan accordingly. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you!</div></div><div class="" style="font-family: EuphemiaUCAS;"><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Rudi Vansnick</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Chair Non-for-Profit Operational Concerns Constituency (NPOC)</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://www.npoc.org" class="">www.npoc.org</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class=""><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@npoc.org" class="">rudi.vansnick@npoc.org</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Tel : +32 (0)9 329 39 16</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Euphemia UCAS'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 13px;" class="">Mobile : +32 (0)475 28 16 32</span></div></div></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></body></html>