> On 17 Dec 2015, at 14:32, Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Toerless Eckert wrote: >> they told me that >> if i was to attend a conference i would need a business visa > > Interesting. The website says: > > Dieses Visum ist für Geschäftsleute vorgesehen, die Kunden besuchen, > Geschäfte tätigen, Marktstudien durchführen, an Messen oder > Ausstellungen teilnehmen möchten, und ähnliches. > > (Google turns this into: > This visa is designed for business people who visit customers, do > business, market studies carried out, wishing to participate in trade > fairs or exhibitions, and the like. > ) > > I'm not planning to do any of this, so this visa is not for me. just make sure you don’t go to bits-’n’-bytes, that could be construed as an exhibition ;-) Klaas