On 2016-05-06 16:38, Rich Bowen wrote:
On 05/06/2016 10:19 AM, Ate Douma wrote:
On 2016-05-06 15:16, Rich Bowen wrote:
Your registration confirmation suffices, as it contains the correct
phrasing to serve also as an invitation letter.
Thanks Rich!
Would be good if LF adds this to the event sites.
It's on the Hotel/Travel pages:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apache-big-data-north-america/attend/hotel-and-travel
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america/attend/hotel-and-travel
Well, no.
Those pages say that for *Non-US-Citizen* you need:
"to have either a visa or Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)
AND an Invitation Letter from the conference to enter Canada."
Note the capital AND in that sentence.
So I think those pages are confusing for Non-US Citizen in this regard.
On 05/06/2016 08:39 AM, Ate Douma wrote:
Hi all,
Preparing for my trip to Vancouver tomorrow, I only now noticed the
following
on the event site [1]:
"As of March 15, 2016, Canada requires all non-US citizens to have
either a
visa or Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) AND an Invitation
Letter from
the conference to enter the country."
It then goes on with providing a link to request such an Invitation
Letter [2],
but that ends up with the following text:
"Visa letter requests are not currently being accepted. Please
check back
soon."
I'm puzzled what this is all about and if such Invitation Letter is
required
indeed. And if so, how about getting one on a short notice?
Note, I already did apply for and receive the ETA.
Regards, Ate
[1]
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america/attend/hotel-and-travel
[2]
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-north-america/attend/visa-request
