On 12/18/2015 03:50 AM, Toerless Eckert wrote:
-1. I think the IETF/IAOC job for planning locations was and
should include these considerations. I would expect that Argentina
was also selected based on the expecation that everybody could
get a visa and mot folks don't even need one.
:-)
If this was the criteria, I guess we'd never meet in the US or Canada.
[rant]
My data point why i worry is simple: I went to india last week to
meet colleagues. Now India has this new e-tourist visa process. Simple,
online, uncomplicated. As opposed to their normal visa process which
changes every year, and which last time had me standing in line in a consulate
forever just to be then sent back with "oh, as a non US-citizen you can not
come in person to deliver your paperwork" (2014) And finally i had to give
up on a planned 2014 trip because i couldn't find the time to give up my
passport for three weeks. So this year, i called up the consulate phone line
and got no precise answer about e-Tourist visa for a "business" trip, but
rather something like "oh, well, if you want, get a visa".
Rumour has it that in India, unless you plan to get employed, you apply
for a tourist visa, not for a business visa. And you don't ever mention
"security" in the application. -- Everyone I met that applied for a
business visa to attend a conference was only allowed to stay for a
couple of weeks (vs months for tourism), paid more, and the process was
way more painful.
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