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Re: Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand

Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Wed, 15 August 2018 14:46 UTC

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Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> wrote:
    > IANAL, so take this as anecdata, not advice, but what seems to create
    > sticking points for people who have visa waiver programs is that if you
    > are going to the country to work, you need a work visa, and a visa
    > waiver visa won't do it. So the question is, when you go to IETF, are
    > you going to IETF to work for the IETF? I always answer this question
    > "no," because I am working for whatever company I'm working for back
    > home, not for the IETF.

Exactly.

It would be nice if the IETF had a letter (that we could print) from a
government agency (immigration is best) in the host country, in two languages
(the local language and english), explaining exactly this.  It can be totally
generic. (The invitations that we create for VISA applications are not generic)

Given that english is the likely language used at the border, and is likely
the second language of both people for whom this is a problem, I'm hardly
surprised that this happens.

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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works
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