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Re: [73attendees] Is USA qualifiedfor2.3ofdraft-palet-ietf-meeting-venue-selection-criteria?

Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU> Tue, 18 November 2008 22:04 UTC

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On Nov 18, 2008, at 3:56 PM, Livingood, Jason wrote:

> I recall stats from IETF 71 (which may be out of date).  I believe at
> that time, 48% of attendees were from the U.S.  Next was Japan with  
> 9%,
> then China with 5.7%.  If I recall correctly, this was a good number  
> of
> attendees from China, but I do not know how that compared to IETF 72  
> or
> to IETF 73.  Is the visa issue for visitors from all countries  
> coming to
> the U.S., or is this specific to Chinese citizens coming to the U.S.
>
> Jason

The US offers a large number in the Visa Waiver program:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html

Which is basically EU + Japan + australia,

Plus Canada under a different category.

I would bet (but have no evidence) that the visa problem is almost  
specifically a chinese issue.

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