[An-lang] visa hassles

[Pila Wilson]

Thanks for this.

We will check further.

wahi a "Piet Lincoln" <linc at hawaii.rr.com>:
>After scouting around various web sites  ---,   [
>http://travel.state.gov/getting_vistors_visa.html
>]http://travel.state.gov/getting_vistors_visa.html   one of the clearest
>and most informative (don't read too much into that) ---   it appears:
>
>1. there are 27 countries which have visa waiving agreements
>
>
>
>Andorra 	Iceland 	Norway
>Australia 	Ireland 	Portugal
>Austria 	Italy 	San Marino
>Belgium 	Japan 	Singapore
>Brunei 	Liechtenstein 	Slovenia
>Denmark 	Luxembourg 	Spain
>Finland 	Monaco 	Sweden
>France 	the Netherlands 	Switzerland
>Germany 	New Zealand 	United Kingdom
>
>
>
>2.  citizens other countries must apply for visa.    Application Fee  US
>$100
>
> 3. some visas  may require an additional "issuance fee"  This varies
>according to visa  and country.
>
>    as far as I could tell  simple visitor visas from likely COOL
>countries would require only the application fee.
>
>4.  I found out less about interviews.  They don't seem to be required
>for everyone.
>
>5.  There seemed to be one clearly stated concern:  the visa applicant
>would try not leave once in the US.
>    Thus evidence of job, family, and similar motivations for round trip
>in home country  was desired.
>
>6. one of the continuations of above URL  has:
>If you find that you need to submit an inquiry, to serve you better,
>please indicate the subject of your inquiry on the subject line (e.g.,
>student visa, visitor visa, worker visa, spouse visa, affidavit of
>support, etc.) General visa questions may be directed via e-mail to the
>State Department by [ mailto:usvisa at state.gov ]mailto:usvisa at state.gov.
>
>
>that "click here"  generates an e-mail   to   [ mailto:usvisa at state.gov
>]mailto:usvisa at state.gov <[ mailto:usvisa at state.gov
>]mailto:usvisa at state.gov>
>
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>I hope these notes are helpful and you all can overcome the hassles.
>
>
>Piet Lincoln
>Honolulu
>
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>
>from John Lynch
>
>Subject: [An-lang] COOL6 - potential problem
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>Following the announcement of the dates and venue for the 6th
>International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics - Hilo, July 2004 - a
>possible problem has come to my attention. Recent media reports have
>indicated that the US Immigration Service is tightening up its visa
>processing regulations, and requires that each applicant from certain
>countries - I cannot establish which - attend a personal interview at the
>embassy, as well as paying a fee of US $100.
>
>In the case of participants who are citizens of Oceanic-speaking
>countries, this will require travel outside their home country simply to
>have a shot at getting a visa, with no guarantee of success. In my own
>case, for example, as a citizen of Vanuatu, I would first have to travel
>to Papua New Guinea, where the embassy responsible for Vanuatu is
>located, then return here, then travel to Hilo via Fiji, Australia or New
>Zealand.
>
>One of the intentions behind the Oceanic Conferences was to try to
>encourage native-speaker linguists from Pacific countries to attend.
>These regulations will make that extremely difficult, because of the
>additional expense involved. I am not sure to how many other countries
>these regulations apply, but perhaps someone on the list might be able to
>get better information. (My email messages to the US embassy in PNG keep
>bouncing and those to the US embassy in Fiji go unanswered).
>
>John Lynch
>
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