How about this for a twist: if you ask for an invitation (required for a
visa), you are told you really, really don't need it. When I requested a visa
from TTA, this is the response I got. Has anyone succeeded in getting a letter?
-----Original Message-----
From: KeeMoon Roh [mailto:ietf59(_at_)tta(_dot_)or(_dot_)kr]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 1:32 AM
To: Eric Burger
Subject: RE: [Fwd: Korean Visa invitation letter request for C-2 visa]
Dear. Mr. Burger
This mail is from 59th Local IETF Secretariats in Korea.
Currently we are issuing invitation letters.
There is one thing we like to tell you about Korean Entry Visa.
USA Nationals who want to visit Korea just for a short-term tour or transit are
permitted to enter Korea with no visa according to the principles of
reciprocity or priority of national interests with a tourist/transit visa
status(B-2, 30days).
Event though, it is written that No-Visa Entry is for a short-term tour or
transit, participating in short term conventions or meetings(less than 30 days)
is allowed as well.
I checked this out several times with Korean Embassy.
Please refer to http://www.mofat.go.kr/en/visa/e_visa.mof
USA citizens, who hold US passport, do not need VISA to attend the 59th IETF
Meeting in Seoul Korea,
Invitation letter is only for VISA issuing.
If you need for some other reason,
I can issue you an invitation letter without notarial certificate (not for
submitting to Korean embassy).
If you still need an invitation letter. please reply to this mail
(ietf59(_at_)tta(_dot_)or(_dot_)kr).
best regards,
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Kee-Moon Roh
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Hoffman / IMC [mailto:phoffman(_at_)imc(_dot_)org]
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:07 PM
To: Steve Bellovin; ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Subject: Re: visa requirements (US citizens)
At 2:31 PM -0500 1/27/04, Steve Bellovin wrote:
I was advised by our corporate travel consultants that I should get a
visa. Given the current international climate -- there was
an article
in last Thursday's Wall Street Journal about how other countries
are retaliating for the current U.S. fingerprinting and visa
application
requirements -- this may be a prudent course of action.
The Korean embassy page that is linked to from the IETF meetings page
(<http://www.koreaembassy.org/visiting/eng_visas.cfm>) makes it
pretty darn clear that US folks should get a visa. They do have a
link from that page saying how wonderful US-Korea relations are, of
course.
Showing up in the airport without a visa and saying "but someone at
one of your consulates told me I didn't need one" may go over as well
in other countries as it does in the US...
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium