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FWIW I always say that I am attending an international technical
standards meeting.
- Stewart
On 15/08/2018 20:28, Clint Chaplin
wrote:
Instead of "
I am attending an IETF meeting at the
Fairmont Hotel in Montreal", I say "
I am attending an IETF conference at the
Fairmont Hotel in Montreal"
"Meeting" can imply
business meeting, which is close to work. "Conference" does
not have the same implication. I once had to spend five
minutes explaining to Canada Immigration what kind of
"meeting" I was attending.
On Wed, 15
Aug 2018, Bob Hinden wrote:
> When asked by immigration why I am there I answer
something like “I am
> attending an IETF meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in
Montreal”. That is
> truthful and avoids the work issue. I haven’t been
rejected yet :-)
Yes, it's best to avoid the word "work" when travelling.
You're there to
attend a conference, meet vendors or similar. You're there for
business..
Never "to work".
For thailand:
http://www.thaiembassy.com/thailand/changes-visa-exempt.php
http://www.thaiembassy.org/helsinki/en/customize/28150-ConferenceBusiness-meetingSeminar.html
"1. Foreign nationals wishing to enter the Kingdom of
Thailand to
attend a MICE event, which is endorsed or sponsored by TCEB,
without being
employed or working for income, are regarded as tourists"
Having spent a total of over a year and traveled in and out of
thailand a
non-trivial amount of time, I'd recommend to make things
easier for
everybody and just say you're going there for tourism if
you're a passport
holder from one of those 55 countries. If someone questions
that, point to
above rule and say you interpreted it as you should say
tourism. Apologise
profusely for the mix-up.
--
Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@xxxxxxxxx
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Clint Chaplin
Principal Standards Engineer
Samsung Research America
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