Note that this is sometimes restricted by national law. I believe if the IETF were to meet in Switzerland, it would be illegal to issue a Letter to be used as the basis for a visa application to anyone who has not already actually paid their registration fee for the meeting. Thanks, Donald ============================= Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Allison, > > On Oct 28, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Allison Mankin <allison.mankin@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > Hosnieh, > > I think you have put your finger on something - if the current amount of > time is too short for visas to be obtained, then one solution is to provide > invitation letters earlier, so there's more lead tmie. > > Adding a question for the IAOC - what are options for making invitation > letters available further ahead of a meeting? > > > We have had a page online where individuals could request a Letter of > Invitation > for meetings well in advance of the meeting. For some reason the link to it > vanished from a Meetings page, but AMS is working to get it restored. > > For an advance LOI one had to meet one of the following criteria: > > Author of a -01 or above version Internet Draft > Author of Working Group Internet Draft > Author of an RFC > Attended an IETF meeting since IETF 65 > > I expect this will be restored this week. > > Ray > > > > > Best, > > Allison