In article <CAMm+LwiUGd4WjmSJDFG6HmwC5kw=0FC3YeKJQXaLSnf0RrScUw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >Looks like it might be a while before we can hold meetings in the US again. >If Adi can't get a visa, who can? During a government shutdown, probably nobody. In other press reports it's utterly unclear whether he was specifically refused or he was just in a pile of applications that didn't get processed in time to go to the conference. I would want to learn more details before leaping to conclusions.