Re: [102attendees] [103attendees] Visa problems - need a different invitation letter

[George Michaelson <[e-mail]>]

A friend got permission to travel to the US for a health related
conference, as an Iranian, resident in Australia, and working in a
non-nuclear field. She even got to the door of the conference and the
registration desk before somebody realised the university housed a nuclear
reactor, and therefore by definition she should have been denied entry for
this  specific meeting. She wound up being personally directed off campus,
escorted back to LAX, and sat with until outside the US border until she
could be flown home, hugely embarrassing for her personally, and the
conference, who risked defaulting on US embargo rules which are otherwise
strictly enforced.

The moral of the story, (because this is on topic) is that you should
*never* trust a website associated with a conference or meeting to
correctly describe your personal immigration status, right of entry, visa
obligations. They cannot know everything about you.

Have you ever insulted the Thai royal family in print or online? You are
strongly advised not to go to Thailand as imprisonment may offend (you). Is
this discussed on the visa page?

Folks, the IETF information is at best advisory: They cannot guarantee you
will get entry, even if you wave the letter of invitation. "it depends"

PS I have an APEC card. I am pre-cleared at visa equivalent level, as a
business related person, to be in Thailand. I'm not 100% confident either,
I always have a days change of underclothes in carryon, and I'm prepared to
be told "no" because .. you never ever know.

For any country. Including your own because after all, people do get
excluded from coming home too.

YMMV

-G