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Do you truly need a business visa just to enter the US in order to speak at a conference, for a visit likely lasting no more than a few days?
by brown9-2 16y ago
Do you truly need a business visa just to enter the US in order to speak at a conference, for a visit likely lasting no more than a few days?
- paraschopra 16y agoYes. How else am I supposed to enter the US?
- steveklabnik 16y agoWe don't have some kind of tourist visa? (Ignorant American here)
- lemming 16y agoOnly if you come from one of these countries: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#... or a few miscellaneous others (Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, etc).
- steveklabnik 16y agoAh, thanks. I am embarrassingly un-travelled.
- nir 16y agoNo, you're actually right. The comment above links to a list of visa-waiver countries, whose citizens automatically get a 3-month (IIRC) visa on entry to the US. Tourist visas are NOT limited to these nations, it just means that if you're from another country (like me) you need to get in before you leave to the US. OP's original statement that he requires a business visa to attend & speak in a conference is just ridiculous.
- FraaJad 16y agoThe B-1 Visa is a Business and Pleasure visa. http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1262.html http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/types_1262.html