Re: Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Thu, 16 August 2018 22:28 UTC

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> Heh. I called the Chicago consulate. This is as close as I can get to
> a verbatim transcript of my phone call:
> ...
> And on their website, it is crystal clear, in the other direction:

there is a amusement in watching westerners try to deal with southeast
asian bureaucracy

randy, who does not claim any understanding other than go with the flow