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

Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@gmail.com> Wed, 15 August 2018 13:53 UTC

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From: Behcet Sarikaya <sarikaya2012@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 08:53:24 -0500
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Subject: Re: [103all] Visas for IETF 103 in Thailand
To: Saleem Bhatti <saleem@st-andrews.ac.uk>
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On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 4:01 AM, Saleem Bhatti <saleem@st-andrews.ac.uk>
wrote:

>
>
> For those with a British passport, visa information (as well as other
> travel advice) from the UK government is here:
>
>   https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand/entry-requirements
>
> Worth reading all the information, but from the page above, I have the
> following:
>
> ----
>
> British passport holders arriving by air or land can enter Thailand for 30
> days without a visa - this is known as a visa exemption.
>
> ----
>
>


> I visited Bangkok last year (just after IETF100/Singapore) and had no
> problems.
>
>
+1
with a US passport.

Behcet

> Cheers,
> --/Saleem
>
>
> On 14 Aug 2018, at 18:32, 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.
>
> In short: the information available is difficult to parse, and is
> confusing..
>
> We also know that many companies and organizations have their own internal
> requirements and processes; sometimes these processes may seem at odds with
> published or anecdotal information.
>
> As always, please take the initiative to determine if you require a visa
> to attend a particular IETF Meeting. Many attendees need visas to attend
> IETF meetings and the requirements change from time to time. Because of
> this, we strongly urge all attendees to review the visa requirements for
> traveling to each IETF meeting location and determine for themselves, or in
> collaboration with their employer, if a visa is required.
>
> If you require a letter of invitation to obtain a visa, you can obtain one
> directly after registering for the meeting. You can register for IETF 103
> here: https://www.ietf.org/registration/ietf103/ietfreg.py.
>
> In addition, if you've attended an IETF meeting in the past, you are able
> to obtain a letter of invitation prior to registering for the meeting at
> https://www.ietf.org/registration/letterofinvite/singleletter.py.
>
> Regards,
>
> Portia Wenze-Danley
> Interim IETF Administrative Director
> on behalf the IAOC
>
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