>>"# You may enter Korea without a visa for a stay up to 30 days >>or less for tourism, visiting, or transit to another country when >>carrying a valid US passport." >> >>Seems to me to pretty clear that a visa is not needed. > >I am not a lawyer, but I don't think attending a professional meeting >is either "tourism", "visiting", or "transit to another country". >YMMV. Man, where were you guys the first time this was discussed here? :-) So, my initial reading of the embassy web page was in line with Paul's; it certainly seemed to me that IETF attendees would need a visa. When I mentioned this to the list, a bunch of people chimed up and said, "What are you talking about, I've been there a bazillion times for meetings and never needed a visa". Sam Hartman and I called our respective consulates (Boston and Washington, DC, respectively). Sam was told unambiguously that a visa was not required. I spoke to a seemingly less knowledgeable person, who was not completely sure, but seemed to indicate that since IETF was non-profit, a visa was not required. Someone else on this list (forgive me, I don't remember your name), had contact with the Korean Ambassador to the US, and forwarded an email from either him or a representative who indicated that a visa is not required. However, Steve Bellovin has an excellent point; these reprisals by other countries in response to our new immigration policies are documented, and while I haven't seen any specific examples of ones from Korea, it's certainly a possibility. I'd hate to be the one who gets the "rubber glove" treatment from a immigration official who has a beef with the US. My feeling regarding the whole thing is: - Without a visa, you're probably okay. - With a visa, you're almost certainly okay. On a side note ... has anyone else had problems getting to the web site of the host? http://www.tta.or.kr/ietf59/index.htm has failed every time I've tried to connect to it in the past few weeks. --Ken