Re: [103all] Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand

That is typically what I do too, but I also stumbled across this handy link at United:

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/vendors/default.aspx?i=TIMATIC

spt

> On Aug 15, 2018, at 12:14, Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> For myself, the information seems pretty readily obtained. I asked my favorite search engine “do I need a visa to go to Thailand”, and up popped https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/thai-visas-americans/. You might make a similar inquiry.
> 
> Sent using a machine that autocorrects in interesting ways...
> 
> On Aug 15, 2018, at 1:03 AM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 14, 2018, at 21:47, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@anvilwalrusden.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> As near as I can tell, there is nothing we collectively can do about
>>> this: we each need to be aware of the immigration realities affecting
>>> us.  The IAD and Secretariat and all of IASA can do as much as it
>>> likes to try to get information it knows, but IASA cannot and should
>>> not offer legal advice to any of us.  We all must evaluate our
>>> respective situations and make the determination best in each case.
>> 
>> Hi Andrew,
>> 
>> while this probably faithfully mirrors what a lawyer would tell you, it is also terribly inefficient.
>> 
>> The organization behind the IETF can very well collect information about the situation for, say, citizens of the 10 leading regions that will originate participants.  I would expect my meeting fee dollars to already have paid for that, because the venue selection committee must already have looked at that.  So why withhold that information?
>> 
>> Yes, it would need to be qualified as “not legal advice”, “subject to change”, “void where prohibited”, etc.
>> It would help if it contains pointers to authoritative information I can look up myself.
>> And, ultimately, it is my decision (or that of my organization) how to handle this information, but the IETF could do most of the legwork here.  Regularly, as a routine component of venue selection and preparing for a meeting.
>> 
>> Grüße, Carsten
>> 
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