U.S. customs is the least of my worries in this situation. In the 15 years
that I've been attending these sorts of meetings, I've never needed a visa
of any sort ahead of time.
Can you please point me to an official website that suggests that there is a
visa waiver program for us attending the IETF meeting in China?
Mary.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Behcet Sarikaya
<behcetsarikaya(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com>wrote:
I agree with Fred.
Many countries we go to attend IETF meetings would probably require
"business"
visa but we go there as tourists on a visa waiver program. On the way back
as
far as US customs are concerned the purpose is business but US customs
never
asks why you did not get a business visa.
Regards,
Behcet
----- Original Message ----
From: todd glassey <tglassey(_at_)earthlink(_dot_)net>
To: ietf(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org
Sent: Tue, August 24, 2010 12:38:00 PM
Subject: Re: Tourist or business visa from US?
On 8/24/2010 8:24 AM, Fred Baker wrote:
In the many times I have visited China, I have gotten a business visa
once,
and it was seriously not worth the effort.
I plan to get a tourist visa.
Except that now the PRC is looking at the purpose of your trip and that
is to develop intellectual properties so this is not a personal but
specifically a business trip.
Does Cisco's legal department condone that Fred?
Todd Glassey
On Aug 24, 2010, at 7:43 AM, Andrew G. Malis wrote:
Is there a consensus that a tourist visa is sufficient to attend the
IETF from the US?
Thanks,
Andy
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