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? ________________________________________________________ Olaf M. Kolkman NLnet Labs Science Park 140, http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/ 1098 XG Amsterdam _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf