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Re: Tourist or business visa from US?

2010-08-27 05:46:34

On Aug 24, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:

On Aug 24, 2010, at 12:44 PM, Behcet Sarikaya wrote:

Many countries we go to attend IETF meetings would probably require 
"business" 
visa but we go there as tourists on a visa waiver program.

I don't quite understand this discussion.  Why not ask
the host what they recommend?


Since one is responsible for ones own travel, I suggest you (always) ask a 
specialist yourself, like the local consulate or a visa service bureau. 

FWIW, if you are in the NL: I've been using http://www.visum.nl/ a number of 
times. In some cases these visa buros can arrange a letter of invitation for 
you. This buro does that for trips to Russia.  

Also FWIF, I just called the that visa buro about China and they actually 
recommended to ask for a tourist visa which will result in a 'general' visum 
that can be used for business too. Or, as second alternative apply for both 
tourist and business, which will result in a general visa too. I will probably 
take the approach of handing them all the paperwork, including the LOI and let 
them make sure I get the right visa.

Again, don't take my word, or anybody else's, do your own research.

--Olaf


PS I always thought of Visa being plural of Visum, but that is rejected by my 
spell checker. Is there a singular version of the word in English?



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Olaf M. Kolkman                        NLnet Labs
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http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/               1098 XG Amsterdam

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