FYI Visa for South Korea for Canadians

2004-01-26 Thread Avi Lior
I just found this for Canadian Citizens: (Source: http://www.emb-korea.ottawa.on.ca/html/html1/e_menu.htm) Canadian citizens are exempt from obtaining a visa for tourism, visiting or business(without any employment activities) for a stay of 90 days or less. The permission to stay for 90 days or

Re: Visa for South Korea

2004-01-13 Thread Sam Hartman
Ken == Ken Hornstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm really looking for is some form of official government communication on the subject (unless of course the hosts are the ones who are manning the passport control desks at the airport). So call the nearest

Re: Visa for South Korea

2004-01-12 Thread Ken Hornstein
- Individuals traveling to Korean to attend the IETF meeting do not need a visa, as they are traveling to attend a non-profit conference. They can stay in Korea up to 30 day for such purpose and for tourism. Ah, okay, this makes sense now, because there was a slight language issue

Re: Visa for South Korea

2004-01-12 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
- Individuals traveling to Korean to attend the IETF meeting do not need a visa, as they are traveling to attend a non-profit conference. They can stay in Korea up to 30 day for such purpose and for tourism. - If you travel to Korea for business purposes, such as

Re: Visa for South Korea

2004-01-12 Thread Bill Manning
%- Individuals traveling to Korean to attend the IETF meeting % do not need a visa, as they are traveling to attend a % non-profit conference. They can stay in Korea up to 30 % day for such purpose and for tourism. % %- If you travel to Korea for business purposes, such

Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Ken Hornstein
From my reading of the Korean Embassy web page, it seems that US residents will require a visa to attend the Seoul IETF. I'm wondering if anyone has gotten a visa to enter South Korea before, and if so, can they provide any tips on the visa process? (The only requirement that looks like

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Stephen Kent
At 11:34 -0500 12/30/03, Ken Hornstein wrote: From my reading of the Korean Embassy web page, it seems that US residents will require a visa to attend the Seoul IETF. I'm wondering if anyone has gotten a visa to enter South Korea before, and if so, can they provide any tips on the visa process

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Ken Hornstein
I attended a technical meeting in Seoul in the summer of 2003, and did not require a visa. We should get a reading on this from our hosts. It's certainly possible that I'm wrong. I'm only going by the link provided from the Seoul meeting web pages:

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Ole J. Jacobsen
See also: http://www.mofat.go.kr/en/visa/e_visa.mof ... for a more comprehensive list of countries under visa exemption etc. Some of us are blessed with non-US passports, Ken :-) Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Michael StJohns
*bleah* http://travel.state.gov/skorea.html seems to agree with you. However, visas are required for all business visits. I think Steve is right that we need to get a read from our hosts. Mike At 12:07 PM 12/30/2003, Ken Hornstein wrote: I attended a technical meeting in Seoul in the summer of

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Ken Hornstein
*bleah* http://travel.state.gov/skorea.html seems to agree with you. However, visas are required for all business visits. I think Steve is right that we need to get a read from our hosts. Maybe I'm just more paranoid than most (boy, I never thought I'd say that among _this_ crowd :-) ), but

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Ken Hornstein
See also: http://www.mofat.go.kr/en/visa/e_visa.mof ... for a more comprehensive list of countries under visa exemption etc. Some of us are blessed with non-US passports, Ken :-) Heh, I guess the termology in my first note was imprecise; I should have said US passport holders instead of US

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread John Stracke
Ken Hornstein wrote: What I'm really looking for is some form of official government communication on the subject (unless of course the hosts are the ones who are manning the passport control desks at the airport). So call the nearest Korean consulate/embassy. Answering this kind of question

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Ken Hornstein
What I'm really looking for is some form of official government communication on the subject (unless of course the hosts are the ones who are manning the passport control desks at the airport). So call the nearest Korean consulate/embassy. Answering this kind of question is part of their job.

Re: Visa for South Korea

2003-12-30 Thread Mike Jezierski - BOFH
At 14:03 -0500 12/30/03, Ken Hornstein wrote: What I'm really looking for is some form of official government communication on the subject (unless of course the hosts are the ones who are manning the passport control desks at the airport). So call the nearest Korean consulate/embassy. Answering