IETF Logo Mail Archive

Re: Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Tue, 14 August 2018 21:10 UTC

Return-Path: <johnl@iecc.com>
X-Original-To: ietf@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: ietf@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35B971286E3 for <ietf@ietfa.amsl.com>; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:10:42 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.9
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pPcawt2-fjww for <ietf@ietfa.amsl.com>; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:10:40 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from gal.iecc.com (gal.iecc.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:43:6f73:7461]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6D751126CC7 for <ietf@ietf.org>; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:10:40 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (qmail 72051 invoked from network); 14 Aug 2018 21:10:37 -0000
Received: from ary.qy ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) by imap.iecc.com ([IPv6:2001:470:1f07:1126::78:696d:6170]) with ESMTP via TCP6; 14 Aug 2018 21:10:37 -0000
Received: by ary.qy (Postfix, from userid 501) id 40A1220037E591; Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:10:36 -0400 (EDT)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 17:10:36 -0400
Message-Id: <20180814211037.40A1220037E591@ary.qy>
From: John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
To: ietf@ietf.org
Subject: Re: Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand
In-Reply-To: <CAA=duU0ijWy8hxRdDE0arC1MhBZwSt=YQSkC-bfZX8ySH5BqSw@mail.gmail.com>
Organization: Taughannock Networks
X-Headerized: yes
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/fein48FOSMEoWr6XPVx5DGPdPoE>
X-BeenThere: ietf@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27
Precedence: list
List-Id: IETF-Discussion <ietf.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/ietf>, <mailto:ietf-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/ietf/>
List-Post: <mailto:ietf@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:ietf-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf>, <mailto:ietf-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:10:42 -0000

In article <CAA=duU0ijWy8hxRdDE0arC1MhBZwSt=YQSkC-bfZX8ySH5BqSw@mail.gmail.com> you write:
>This page
>https://www.businesseventsthailand.com/plan-your-events/general-travel-information/visa-requirements/
>seems pretty clear.

That's the Thailand Convention and Exhibitions Bureau, same
organization whose US rep told us the same thing.

It's a Thai government agency so they are likely as well informed as
anyone, but as Andrew pointed out, what the rules say or appear to say
and how they're interpreted don't always agree.

R's,
John

>On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 1:32 PM, IETF Administrative Director <iad@ietf.org>
>wrote:
>
>> The IETF is going to Thailand for the first time this November, and we've
>> received a number of requests to provide guidance on visa requirements for
>> IETF attendees.
>>
>> A representative of the Thailand Convention and Exhibitions Bureau (TCEB)
>> informed us that if an attendee does not require a tourist visa to come to
>> Thailand, that attendee does not require a visa to attend a conference.
>>
>> However we are also aware that there is information online that indicates
>> that a visa is required to attend a conference, regardless of tourist visa
>> requirements.

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email