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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