Define “everybody” Canada is very convenient for most people. AFAIK Americans, Europeans, even Israelis can enter without a visa. But for Indian (among others) citizens living in the US there is a real issue with the Canadian consulates in the US not processing visa applications from non-US citizens. You’ll find issues with pretty much every country. Even EU countries require visas for visitors from China, India, African countries, Arab countries and parts of latin America. About 50% of our participants come from North America. Disqualifying the US and Canada would be grossly problematic. Early registration and LOI is the better avenue than trying to pick the country with the laxest immigration policy. Yoav > On Oct 27, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Loa Andersson <loa@xxxxx> wrote: > > Folks, > > Maybe we should start favor countries where it is easier to get visa for > everybody? > > /Loa > > On 2014-10-26 19:16, Hosnieh Rafiee wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a suggestion for IETF meetings in the US and Canada. Unfortunately >> sometimes a visa processing (to Canada and the US) might take 2 to 3 months. >> Since invitation letters are usually necessary components to apply for a >> visa, sometimes the time for visa processing is not enough for planning for >> this trip (reservation, buying a ticket, etc.) >> Each IETF is usually every 6 months. I do not know whether there is any >> possibility to change the start of registration date that at least there is >> minimum 3 complete months before the IETF meeting (also after considering >> possibility delay in opening registration, etc.) >> >> Thanks, >> Best, >> Hosnieh >> P.S. This of course applies to non US citizen >> > > -- > > > Loa Andersson email: loa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Senior MPLS Expert loa@xxxxx > Huawei Technologies (consultant) phone: +46 739 81 21 64 >