André Devecserii

French article translation

Can you help me translate fr:Prince Punuari'i Teri'itapunui Pomare and fr:Prince Teri'itua Tuavira Joinville Pomare?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

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I am working on the Battle of Verdun article on this site and am wondering if you would be able to translate some sources as I find them from German to English. Timeweaver (talk) 16:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

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• Thanks, just replied to that. I didn't know I was not free to upload my own passport.

IATA

Hi,

since you have a designated contact with IATA now I was wondering if you could check a few things that I've noticed could be an issue.

Here is the latest one - [1] - information on Botswana and Zambia immigration websites doesn't match the information provided by IATA. This doesn't mean IATA info is wrong, especially with African countries it's common to see their websites very out of date but still worth a check.

And here are the issues I've noticed before

• Gambia - official - IATA - quite a few differences as explained on Talk:Visa policy of the Gambia
• Uganda - IATA says visa-free for Irish and Hong Kong - no word of that on the official page [2]
• Syria - probably impossible to check but the news say they imposed visas on all visitors [3] yet IATA remains showing info on visa-free and visa on arrival policy for many countries [4]
• Bangladesh - official website [5] gives different information from IATA [6] - you may see alternative maps of Visa policy of Bangladesh
• Tanzania - official website [7] gives different information from IATA [8] - you may see alternative maps of Visa policy of Tanzania
• Mozambique - new rules on visitors from countries hosting an embassy of Mozambique [9] aren't noted by IATA at all [10]
• Malaysia - length of stay data differs.

If I remember more I'll let you know. Thanks.--Twofortnights (talk) 22:58, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, will do André Devecserii (talk) 23:16, 4 July 2015 (UTC)

One more inconsistency is for Gabon - the official website says that Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius are also visa-free which are not listed by IATA - [11] --Twofortnights (talk) 21:44, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Kish VoA

Hi, I've noticed you removed the Kish island airport from the list of VoA eligible airports. However it is listed by IATA - Holders of normal passports traveling as tourist can obtain a visa on arrival, for a max. stay of 15 days if: - arriving at Gheshm Island (GSM), Kish Island (KIH), Mashhad (MHD), Esfahan (IFN), Shiraz (SYZ), Tabriz (TBZ) and Tehran Imam Khomeini (IKA) or Tehran Mehrabad (THR). The Kish island visa-free regime applies only to those not leaving the island, however if someone is visiting for example both Kish island and Tehran he must obtain a visa on arrival.--Twofortnights (talk) 15:12, 11 July 2015 (UTC)

So if you first visit Kish and then, say, Tehran, then you'll have to get a VoA in Kish? André Devecserii (talk) 02:17, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

That seems to be the case, yes.--Twofortnights (talk) 16:34, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Iran IATA

OK so they updated Iran data to say that Lebanese tourists may obtain a visa on arrival for 30 days. Iranian news outlets said that Lebanese are getting visa-free treatment. Almost all tourists get visa on arrival for 30 days now. That's why this doesn't make much sense. Also IATA still lists Lebanon as ineligible for visa on arrival (ie. they must get it at the embassy) where they added them (together with Georgia and Egypt) at the same time news said these countries would be getting visa-free treatment. I wouldn't necessarily blame IATA for this as Iranians are really sloppy about this (they haven't officially published their visa policy on any website in ages) so I am not surprised that there is confusion between complete opposites - visa-free vs. not even visa on arrival. I guess Iran just notified IATA there's some change with Lebanon, Georgia and Egypt but didn't properly explain what changes. Also news outlets might be wrong, maybe they are getting visa on arrival but for free.--Twofortnights (talk) 18:17, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Well, some improvement at least. And I agree, I think this issue is due to a miscommunication between Iran and IATA. I even tried mailing the Iranian Mofa to find out the truth - no answer for 2 weeks now.

It's a shame that IATA refuses to communicate with me any longer (or even acknowledge my queries) :/ Otherwise this might (or might not, depending on the Iranians) have been cleared up by now. André Devecserii (talk) 19:38, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Now Iran media (no idea why official websites never publish any information in this country) is saying that visa on arrival is only for 58 countries. The fact that the new list includes Yugoslavia is not very reassuring. Ugh. [12] --Twofortnights (talk) 17:39, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

Simply put, the ones in charge of this are noobs! I'll check if IATA made any updates on this André Devecserii (talk) 19:08, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Indonesia

Do you have any news on Indonesia? They said "starting from Oct. 1, Indonesia will grant visa-free [status to visitors] from all Schengen countries" - [13] and there are also many other countries on the list - [14] but today Indonesia was completely silent. Did they delay the implementation?--Twofortnights (talk) 21:23, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

What, I thought they already did this for all Schengen countries. Anyhow, I see nothing suggesting they've actually implemented it, nor has Timatic been updated (it says 45 and not 90 nationalities are visa-exempt).

I'm going to see if I can find a mail address to border police at Jakarta (or any other) airport. If I can, I'll mail and ask. André Devecserii (talk) 04:42, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

Twofortnights Just sent a mail to passport control in Jakarta. André Devecserii (talk) 07:36, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Indonesian president just signed the decree with immediate effect. They were 7 days late.--Twofortnights (talk) 19:44, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Great. Will wait for 2 weeks and see if IATA updates their list. If not, I'll report it. Speaking of which, what's the main source that can be used? André Devecserii (talk) 16:13, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Pakistan/Zambia

Hi. Pakistan cancelled the visa-free agreement with Zambia recently due to some misuse (drug smuggling) - [15]. Interestingly Zambia does not seem to allow Pakistani citizens without a visa anyway. Moreover Zambia cites that reciprocal basis is the reason - [16]. Strangely enough it seems visas were required months ago [17].--Twofortnights (talk) 20:09, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Strange! Neither the official Pakistani website nor IATA suggest this. André Devecserii (talk) 22:14, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Not surprised to be honest.--Twofortnights (talk) 22:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

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Irish passport cards

My friend (who is both Irish and air crew, but is not employed by an Irish airline) has been doing some practical tests on Irish passport card acceptance.

Normally she would go through the special aircrew lane in a group of 20 or so.

As an experiment, she has been going to the rest room and removing her uniform hat and then covering up her uniform before joining the line for the normal foreigner entry channel in various countries.

She confirms that neither Turks nor Georgians seemed to bat an eyelid when they swiped her brand new Irish passport card. (Hong Kong was rather different, but I need to ask her permission before I spill the beans for reasons which will then be obvious if she gives her permission...) BushelCandle (talk) 18:21, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Wow, interesting. I mailed Hong Kong asking whether they accept ID cards "provided they're biometric and ICAO 9303 compliant". They said they didn't.

Sounds like the Irish card may become much more "powerful" as a travel document than the others André Devecserii (talk) 21:17, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Of course they did.

The Irish passport card is emphatically NOT an "ID card".

A wolf is not a dog -even though they are very similar in appearance and both have a fondness for meat on the bone.

And please note that I have NOT reported on Hong Kong - all I wrote was "Hong Kong was rather different..."

Please remember that there is a lot of political capital invested in the the Irish passport card by Irish politicians. They are deliberately being cautious in the early stages since the Irish dept of foreign affairs needs time to educate foreign governments and conclude bilateral agreements. I'll be very interested to see what happens when someone tries to take off for Israel on an El Al flight just using one of these new passport cards (the Irish government are claiming they incorporate all the latest security features...) - especially considering that fake Irish and NZ passports are favorites of Mossad. BushelCandle (talk) 22:38, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Wow, so if this is neither an ID card nor a passport, but something in its own right, that means a lot of countries now have a whole new document type regarding which to take a stand.

My gosh, now I want Sweden (my country of citizenship) to introduce passport cards as well! André Devecserii (talk) 23:43, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

You may have misunderstood me, André.

My position is that it is "exactly what it says on the tin": a passport. Unlike the "United States Passport Card", which carries text stating that it can not be used for air travel or outside a limited geographical area, the Irish government does not restrict the mode or geographical area of travel for its passport card and its document is unequivocally labelled (in three languages) as a "PAS/PASSPORT/PASSEPORT" and as nothing else. It is NOT an "ID card" unless your language is sloppy.

Its machine readable part begins "IP" rather than "ID" to designate its document type.

I expect a passport card to function exactly like a passport booklet with no page available for stamping because all it's pages have already been completely used and covered with entry stamps/visas. It remains a document acceptable at the discretion of the receiving power and conforms to whatever bilateral and multilateral agreements that have already been reached for "passports" - even if, legalistically, those historic agreements may have had passport booklets in mind at the time they were concluded since there was no anticipation of a passport in card format being introduced in the (distant) future... BushelCandle (talk) 08:46, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Ahhh, now I get it.

Wow, just wow! A full-scale passport in card format. This feels revolutionary - maybe Ireland is simply the first country to introduce what may become the norm by the end of the century or so O_o

I REALLY look forward to finding out what countries will accept it. Still awaiting a mail from several countries btw and I think I shall mail the US, Canada, Australia, Brazil, South Africa, Argentina and Israel as well. André Devecserii (talk) 15:09, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Exactly, André !

Remember that, from the time of their first introduction and for at least 400 years until 1920, passports did not have blank pages ready for stamping or affixing visas, so this "new fangled" passport card is just taking advantage of the modern IT systems which many immigration authorities now use to administer their immigration control systems.

Please take care not to prejudice their answers by calling the Irish passport card an "Irish identity card" when you query various authorities, or you risk muddying the waters and prejudicing what is potentially a very handy innovation...

You might even like to include a link to this particular revision of the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Irish_passport&oldid=688045757 BushelCandle (talk) 15:17, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

In the earliest few mails, I made the mistake of calling it an ID card, however those mails were to CEFTA countries, all of which accept EU ID cards anyway. ALSO, in each and every mail, I have attached an image so that they can see what it says. André Devecserii (talk) 16:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt & comprehensive response, André. BushelCandle (talk) 17:13, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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I hope it's not too early to wish you a very Merry Christmas and an amazingly Prosperous New Year of 2016, André! BushelCandle (talk) 04:20, 23 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, likewise! :D André Devecserii (talk) 21:38, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

EU/EFTA

Hi! I was the one who initially introduced the EU/EFTA to visa lists. However after careful deliberation I've realized this is not a good option. The reason is that there is no such thing as EFTA citizenship. So if we group EFTA together we can also group Mercosur, GCC, ASEAN etc. And this wouldn't make much sense, especially since there are many obscure and also many overlapping groups. The only supranational citizenship that exists and that I know of is the EU citizenship. Therefore in lists of countries based on citizenship the only grouping that makes sense is the EU citizenship. The EFTA countries are very closely associated and their citizens have pretty much the same rights as the EU citizens but it's still not the same thing, there is no citizenship that groups them, just various directives. This is my conclusion.--Twofortnights (talk) 15:06, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

Alright, I understand! I messaged you about South Africa btw. André Devecserii (talk) 01:32, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

Tracking app

Hi! I was wondering do you use any app that tracks changes for IATA Timatic pages? I used page monitor which was perfect (it would send me a notification every time a text was changed but it would ignore dates) but they just merged it with VisualPing which is horrendous (compares screenshots, keeps sending nonsense notifications etc.).--Twofortnights (talk) 18:32, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

Hi! No, I don't even know of such apps, hence why I have a somewhat hard time tracking changes in the right country at the right time. André Devecserii (talk) 07:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Senegal

Some countries seem to have an insane visa policy and that includes Senegal. In the last few months they've changed their policy at least three times completely randomly adding and removing countries from the list without any public notification except to IATA.--Twofortnights (talk) 12:32, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

At least they're diligent about notifying IATA. I don't like how Mozambique hasn't reported their change to the visa on arrival policy, if it is true and not a misunderstanding (I mailed IATA three times submitting evidence but they didn't even bother to respond) André Devecserii (talk) 19:26, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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Timatic

Dear André. You and user 73.241... changed the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Timatic. Your edits have killed more than 4000 references in all visa articles. Careless editing. Be more attentive. thanks. --Norvikk (talk) 13:40, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I really shouldn't be editing when my brain's tired. The parts where I add "or airport code" I find necessary though, because it often makes it easier to look up a country. Please check the latest edit André Devecserii (talk) 13:45, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Can you help verify translations of articles from German

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Taiwanese ID card

Hi there. I have reverted your edit because Taiwan ID cards, like other travel and identity document issued by Taiwan, are not accepted in Mainland China. The only valid identification for them is a Taiwan Compatriot Permit. A single-entry variant of the permit can and must be applied on arrival before clearing immigration (there's usually a separate counter reserved for them next to the VOA counter) and without it, they will be removed from Mainland China. C-GAUN (talk) 18:51, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Wrong, check the IATA database used by airlines. I've also messaged IATA and asked them to double-check with their Chinese government sources. For up to 3 months, the Taiwanese ID is enough André Devecserii (talk) 19:35, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

I suggest you read it carefully. The Timatic states "Passengers with a national ID card issued by Chinese Taipei(Taiwan Identity Card) residing in Chinese Taipei can obtain a single entry visa at Beijing (PEK), Chengdu (CTU), Fuzhou (FOC), Guilin (KWL), Haikou (HAK), Jinan (TNA), Ningbo (NGB), Qingdao (TAO), Sanya (SYX), Shenyang (SHE), Wuhan (WUH), Wuxi (WUX), Xi An (XIY) and Xiamen (XMN) for a maximum stay of 3 months." Nowhere in it says that the Taiwan ID card can be used for ENTRY into mainland China. C-GAUN (talk) 20:11, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Under article 13 of the Regulations for Chinese Citizens Travelling to or from Taiwan, "Taiwan residents" are required to hold a travel document issued by the Ministry of Public Security or a Chinese diplomatic mission outside Mainland China. C-GAUN (talk) 20:19, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

@C-GAUN:, yes, the Taiwan ID alone can be used to get a visa on arrival. If you look at passport exemptions, it says EITHER a compatriot permit OR a Taiwan ID. With a Compatriot permit, no visa is needed, but with the Taiwan ID, one is obtained on arrival, and no further documentation is needed for this (except at a few airports, where a Taiwan passport must also be held), or it would be stated in Timatic André Devecserii (talk) 22:38, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

That does NOT mean that holders of this card can USE IT to enter mainland China. No one is disputing the fact that they can get a TCP on arrival at international airports, but they have to hand in their TCP for immigration clearance, NOT their ID card. That's a fundamental difference. Also I acknowledge that Timatic is a reliable source, however it still cannot precede laws and regulations of each country. C-GAUN (talk) 22:54, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

@C-GAUN:: Aha, so you mean the visa on arrival is a TCP? How do you know that? I've heard from Taiwanese people that it's a loose-leaf entry endorsement André Devecserii (talk) 10:36, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

You just contradicted yourself on your last reply by saying that it was a "loose-leaf entry endorsement" and not a visa. Now you can ask your friend to translate for you, word by word, whether the term "visa" appeared on that document. Keep in mind that your claim so far is anecdotal and not admissible to Wikipedia in any way. C-GAUN (talk) 02:47, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

@C-GAUN::Visas are sometimes issued as loose-leaf documents, especially when the travel document cannot be endorsed. And the people who told me this aren't people I have any contact with.

With this said, again, how do you know the visa on arrival for Taiwanese ID holders is in fact a TCP? Do you know for a fact that a TCP can be obtained on arrival? André Devecserii (talk) 12:50, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

You are not exactly helping our case here. This is the official response from the Exit and Entry Administration. If you prefer to verify this information, then you'd better call one of the EEA inspection stations in Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou. C-GAUN (talk) 13:59, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

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Visit to Macedonia

Hi - am going to Macedonia for a week. I have a Schengen Multiple entry (Germany) visa Type C which I have not used yet. Will I be able to enter Macedonia on this visa? I come from South Africa. Kariens56 (talk) 15:32, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Kariens56, if the visa is valid and expires no earlier than 5 days after your visit to Macedonia, you're fine. André Devecserii (talk) 18:20, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

English to Romanian Translation Request

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As adoption is quite big in Romania. I was wondering if there was any chance that you could translate this article, even just as a Stub for the Romanian Wikipedia? Alex Gilbert. I know it's a big task. So I understand if you are unable to. Thank you! --TheDomain (talk) 06:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

TheDomain, You're lucky! I actually am conversant in Romanian, as I enjoy visiting Romania and Moldova as a tourist (though far from fluent - hence why it's not listed among my languages), so will do my best today André Devecserii (talk) 13:47, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

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Angola

Hi, I don't know if you've seen it, recently Angola updated its visa policy - Visa_policy_of_Angola#Online_pre-visa/Visa_on_arrival. The problem is that it's unclear how to classify this, is it an eVisa, visa on arrival, pre-approved visa collection (like Vietnam had for a while and still does for many countries) or a simplified issuance procedure? Could you check with Timatic when they are going to update their page for Angola given that this entered into force on 30 March and there's still been no updates. I would be interested to see how they classify it.--Twofortnights (talk) 10:12, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Twofortnights, it already says "Passengers with a confirmation that a visa has been approved before departure can obtain a visa on arrival". Guess this is about making it an option for ordinary travelers. So no update needed IMO André Devecserii (talk) 10:31, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

(relatively new) Maldives Passport Card

Interesting, eh André? Pity there's no obverse image to see what the machine readable zone looks like... --BushelCandle (talk) 16:57, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

SO it's been introduced? If so I'll message TIMATIC and advise them to add this as a passport exemption for entering the Maldives André Devecserii (talk) 17:11, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

I don't suppose there are many international travellers (ab)using it yet, but I have now managed to see an image of the obverse (which has "PCMDV" as the first 5 characters in the machine readable zone): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1utvVJuFENI

It certainly opens up Orwellian possibilities, André, given the history of repressive regimes in that archipelago...--BushelCandle (talk) 18:32, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

By the way, did you construct this page? (email me if the answer should not be public...) --BushelCandle (talk) 23:31, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

BushelCandle No, never touched that page other than when uploading my visa as a sample image André Devecserii (talk) 23:36, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

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Translation German into English

Hello Andre!

would you consider to help translationg the following page from German into English? https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Payment_Technologies

thx and best regards Michael

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Hello André Devecserii,

Would you be able to translate this article for the German Wikipedia? I have been making requests to translators on the List of German translators. Have not yet had any replies.

List of graffiti and street art injuries and deaths

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