That is typically what I do too, but I also stumbled across this handy link at United: https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/vendors/default.aspx?i=TIMATIC spt > On Aug 15, 2018, at 12:14, Fred Baker <fredbaker.ietf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For myself, the information seems pretty readily obtained. I asked my favorite search engine “do I need a visa to go to Thailand”, and up popped https://th.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/thai-visas-americans/. You might make a similar inquiry. > > Sent using a machine that autocorrects in interesting ways... > > On Aug 15, 2018, at 1:03 AM, Carsten Bormann <cabo@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Aug 14, 2018, at 21:47, Andrew Sullivan <ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> As near as I can tell, there is nothing we collectively can do about >>> this: we each need to be aware of the immigration realities affecting >>> us. The IAD and Secretariat and all of IASA can do as much as it >>> likes to try to get information it knows, but IASA cannot and should >>> not offer legal advice to any of us. We all must evaluate our >>> respective situations and make the determination best in each case. >> >> Hi Andrew, >> >> while this probably faithfully mirrors what a lawyer would tell you, it is also terribly inefficient. >> >> The organization behind the IETF can very well collect information about the situation for, say, citizens of the 10 leading regions that will originate participants. I would expect my meeting fee dollars to already have paid for that, because the venue selection committee must already have looked at that. So why withhold that information? >> >> Yes, it would need to be qualified as “not legal advice”, “subject to change”, “void where prohibited”, etc. >> It would help if it contains pointers to authoritative information I can look up myself. >> And, ultimately, it is my decision (or that of my organization) how to handle this information, but the IETF could do most of the legwork here. Regularly, as a routine component of venue selection and preparing for a meeting. >> >> Grüße, Carsten >> >> -- >> 103all mailing list >> 103all@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/103all
