Re: [ericas] Stuck getting visas for IETF meetings

[Nicolas Ruiz <[e-mail]>]

On 05/02/2013 09:15 AM, Fernando Gont wrote:
> On 05/02/2013 11:02 AM, Nicolas Ruiz wrote:
>> On 05/02/2013 07:02 AM, Fernando Gont wrote:
>>> On 04/30/2013 06:28 AM, Carsten Bormann wrote:
>>>>
>>>> There is not much we can do about the visa complexity at the IETF level.
>>>> But we can do two things:
>>>>
>>>> -- collect information about relative levels of complexities exhibited
>>>>      by different venues.  Right now I would guess (but don't know) that
>>>>      it is easier for many to go to Canada than to the US.
>>>
>>> That's mostly a myth, I would say. In the same way that quite a few
>>> times the folks at the Canadian border have been much less polite (if
>>> you know what I mean) than at the US border.
>>
>> I don't think is a myth. In my experience it's more difficult to be
>> granted a visa to visit the US than western Europe.
>
> Wasn't the discussion about "US vs Canada"?
>
I understand that the question is in regard to different venues, and 
pose the issue of Canada vs USA visa as an example. But even if the 
issue is strictly Canada vs USA, I think the perception that obtaining a 
visa to the USA is more difficult that a visa to Canada is accurate.

nicolas