Letters of invitation for visa purposes
If you are a track participant planning to attend the TAC 2010 workshop and need an invitation letter for visa purposes,
send an email request to Lori Buckland ([email protected])
explaining exactly what the invitation letter must include, and
including the following information in your request:
- visa recipient's full name EXACTLY as it should appear in the invitation letter
- complete address to which the invitation letter should be sent (P.O. boxes are not acceptable)
- whether the letter should be sent by email, fax, or physical mail
- email: the letter will be scanned and emailed as a pdf attachment
- fax: please provide the recipient's fax number
- physical mail: please provide a telephone number to be used for the shipping form. N.B.: Physical mail has additional delays in that mail to some countries must first be reviewed by a separate office at NIST.
It is advisable to start the visa process very early. Over the past several years it has become increasingly time-consuming to obtain a US visa. In some years there have been people who planned to attend the workshop but who were unable to do so because they could not get a visa in time. By U.S. law, NIST staff cannot intervene on your behalf in any way to expedite the visa process.