The conferences you’re referring to are all EAGx events which primarily serve the region the conference is based in. This means the organisers aren’t expecting many applicants to require visas. Earlier this year, before we had confirmed more conferences around the world, serving more of the community, we accepted some people to events like EAGxOxford from further afield.
Applications for EA Global will open much earlier for this reason, though that won’t solve the problem for the US.
We know that, even with long application timelines, visas are just very difficult for some people to get for some countries. Timelines aren’t the only problem; we see lots of visa rejections too. We’re hoping to run more events like EAGxVirtual and EAGxSingapore, which are more accessible to those people and we’re improving our visa process to make applications stronger and ensure they’re processed faster.
All to say, we’re working on making these events more accessible, but we’re not nailing it yet.
I am glad to learn that applications for EAG London will open much earlier, that wasn’t clear to me from the text. For me that solves much of the problem.
I understand that there must be operational costs of opening admissions much earlier and you have to balance many trade-offs. I just wanted to signal this issue so that it can be taken into account in your decision-making. I think you are doing a great job, thank you for everything!
Yeah, thanks for raising this!
The conferences you’re referring to are all EAGx events which primarily serve the region the conference is based in. This means the organisers aren’t expecting many applicants to require visas. Earlier this year, before we had confirmed more conferences around the world, serving more of the community, we accepted some people to events like EAGxOxford from further afield.
Applications for EA Global will open much earlier for this reason, though that won’t solve the problem for the US.
We know that, even with long application timelines, visas are just very difficult for some people to get for some countries. Timelines aren’t the only problem; we see lots of visa rejections too. We’re hoping to run more events like EAGxVirtual and EAGxSingapore, which are more accessible to those people and we’re improving our visa process to make applications stronger and ensure they’re processed faster.
All to say, we’re working on making these events more accessible, but we’re not nailing it yet.
I am glad to learn that applications for EAG London will open much earlier, that wasn’t clear to me from the text. For me that solves much of the problem.
I understand that there must be operational costs of opening admissions much earlier and you have to balance many trade-offs. I just wanted to signal this issue so that it can be taken into account in your decision-making. I think you are doing a great job, thank you for everything!
Thanks Emre!