Useful. Thanks. Maybe it deserves a link from the IETF Meeting Page. > On Aug 15, 2018, at 11:12 AM, Sean Turner <sean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The fact that there is a highway to hell and a stairway to heaven is an interesting comment on projected traffic volume...
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