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A Ugandan local weather activist has accused the Netherlands embassy of bias and dishonesty in denying him a visa for an occasion in Holland.
Morris Nyombi, the founding father of Earth Volunteers, a non-profit group into tree planting and local weather motion claims that he was meant to journey to the Netherlands to attend the Worldwide Fundraising Congress the place he was resulting from give a keynote speech.
Nonetheless, he was out-rightly denied a visa citing lack of “sufficient ties to Uganda” to make sure his return after the occasion.
Nyombi says he utilized once more however the embassy refused to reply to his calls and emails but the occasion is quick approaching.
“The embassy of the Netherlands rejected my first visa request as a result of they didn’t imagine I had sufficient ties to Uganda to make sure my return after the occasion. Additionally they believed that I’d keep of their nation due to the present political state of affairs in Uganda,” Nyombi narrates.
He says he discovered their motive solely an excuse to disclaim him a visa since he already had a UK VISA activating on November 4th for an occasion in London and one other for the USA.
“After I contacted the embassy in Kampala, they knowledgeable me that they aren’t those who make visa choices and that each one choices are made in Hague, Netherlands,” he stated.
He stated that the embassy requested him to enchantment with their principal workplace in Hague, Netherlands the place he shipped the passport and different paperwork for consideration.
To his shock, nonetheless, the paperwork and passport had been returned to the Kampala embassy to make the choice.
“It has been over 15 working days, and I’m nonetheless ready for my passport. I would like it to attend the convention subsequent week, however nobody is responding to me. This case is unfair for the reason that embassy is making an attempt to delay my passport and attempt to deny me a visa with none clear motive,” he claims.
Nyombi says that this was the second time making use of for this visa, and he did all due diligence.
“It’s not honest that we’ve to spend some huge cash making use of for a Schengen visa solely to be denied as a result of the consular shouldn’t be motivated. I’ve already misplaced cash twice in two totally different months,” he lamented.
He referred to as upon the ambassador of the Netherlands to Uganda to be open and clarify “why am not being allowed to go and communicate at this convention.”
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