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

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> Thu, 18 October 2018 10:50 UTC

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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 19:50:06 +0900
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Subject: Re: [102attendees] [103attendees] Visa problems - need a different invitation letter
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On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 7:49 AM Michael StJohns <msj@nthpermutation.com>
wrote:

> > Foreigners entering Thailand for MICE without the purposes of being
> > employed or working for income, but being event attendants will be
> > regarded as tourists under the definition of Tourism Authority of
> > Thailand Act of B.E. 2522 (1979).


FWIW, this page
<http://www.thaiembassy.org/helsinki/en/customize/28150-ConferenceBusiness-meetingSeminar.html>
on the Finnish embassy says something similar: "Foreign nationals wishing
to enter the Kingdom of Thailand to attend a MICE event, which is endorsed
or sponsored by TCEB, without being employed or working for income, are
regarded as tourists". It lists the TCEB website as being www.tceb.or.th,
and IETF 103 is listed on www.tceb.or.th as a conference here
<http://www.tceb.or.th/en/event-calendars/article/1>. The TCEB page on
visas is here <http://www.tceb.or.th/en/article/visa-requirements>.

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