On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:14:41 -0400 Gene Gaines <gene.gaines@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To answer the question of a visa requirement to attend IETF63 in > France -- for citizens of all countries. > > According to your nationality, the country where you reside, and > the duration and purpose of your stay in France, a visa may be > required before departure. > > Citizens of most countries do not need a visa. Examples of where > a visa is not needed for IETF63 include: citizens of the EU, > USA, Canada, Mexico. > > You should have a current passport; carry with you something, > for example a business card or letters, that identifies your > employer and that you are a professional; and information about > where you will be staying. France does not require you to carry > a formal letter of invitation from the organizing body. > > The French government provides a web page that definitively > will tell you if you require a visa. > > Go to: www.diplomatie.fr/venir/visas/ > > Select your language preference - English, French, Spanish. > > 1. In list at left, select the country you reside in. > > 2. In list at right, select the nationality of your passport. > > 3. Below, select "short term (up to 3 months)". > > 4. Select purpose of your stay as "Professional" and "Business trip". > > 5. Press Submit. > > 6. A new page will tell you need or do not need a visa. > > If a visa is needed, that page will have a link to a visa > application form, detailed instructions for documentation > required with the application, and a link to locations to apply > for the visa. To obtain the visa, you may require a letter of > invitation, see www.ietf.org/meetings/IETF-63.html. > > An exception. If your passport identifies you as a government > official, you are required to obtain a visa. > Note that (as I remember well from when I carried a "red" US passport) this applies to holders of US Government passports if they plan to travel under them. And (unless the regs have changed in the last 5 years), if they're on official business, such holders should travel under their Government passports. > Hope this helps. > > Gene Gaines > Regards Marshall Eubanks > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf