On 12/18/2015 03:50 AM, Toerless Eckert wrote: > -1. I think the IETF/IAOC job for planning locations was and > should include these considerations. I would expect that Argentina > was also selected based on the expecation that everybody could > get a visa and mot folks don't even need one. :-) If this was the criteria, I guess we'd never meet in the US or Canada. > [rant] > My data point why i worry is simple: I went to india last week to > meet colleagues. Now India has this new e-tourist visa process. Simple, > online, uncomplicated. As opposed to their normal visa process which > changes every year, and which last time had me standing in line in a consulate > forever just to be then sent back with "oh, as a non US-citizen you can not > come in person to deliver your paperwork" (2014) And finally i had to give > up on a planned 2014 trip because i couldn't find the time to give up my > passport for three weeks. So this year, i called up the consulate phone line > and got no precise answer about e-Tourist visa for a "business" trip, but > rather something like "oh, well, if you want, get a visa". Rumour has it that in India, unless you plan to get employed, you apply for a tourist visa, not for a business visa. And you don't ever mention "security" in the application. -- Everyone I met that applied for a business visa to attend a conference was only allowed to stay for a couple of weeks (vs months for tourism), paid more, and the process was way more painful. -- Fernando Gont e-mail: fernando@xxxxxxxxxxx || fgont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1