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Hey everyone! Could you clarify some questions for me?

 

1) I have an activity where my verifier works out of the country 75% of the year. In this case I don't think a phone number would be the best form of contact (12 hour time difference + long distance). How can I indicate this in my application? By only providing email? 

2) I have an activity where my verifier does not speak English at a conversational level (my mom), but she can read just fine with the help of google translate. How can I indicate this in my application? By only providing email? 

 

On OMSAS the verifier phone number is mandatory.

 

As an aside, what happens if a verifier has no phone? 

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10 hours ago, bearded frog said:

Don't use immediate family members as verifier. Put the phone number regardless, on the off chance they actually want to reach out they can leave a voicemail.

Who should you use for an activity that you've been doing since you were young? Ex. I started playing the violin at 5. I have not been in contact with my violin teacher in over 12 years but I kept playing after I stopped taking lessons ... I would have used my mom since she and my other immediate family members are pretty much the only people who have seen me play from the start.

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51 minutes ago, Maggie19 said:

Who should you use for an activity that you've been doing since you were young? Ex. I started playing the violin at 5. I have not been in contact with my violin teacher in over 12 years but I kept playing after I stopped taking lessons ... I would have used my mom since she and my other immediate family members are pretty much the only people who have seen me play from the start.

I used a parent for my sports involvement and a sibling for a different entry. Last possible resort but it’s not an automatic fail if you do. 

I gave the international number, and email for my international verifier and he spoke next to no English. For schools that send automated emails requiring him to select yes/no or provide detail, he used an online translator. Not sure how accurate that was. He didn’t get a call from omsas though. (Although none of my verifiers did)

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