Getting Visas and such for FLOCK.

[Stephen John Smoogen]

For many Flock participants from the United States, this might be the first
time travelling to Europe (or outside of the US if they didn't go to FUDcon
Toronto). What requirements are there for people to be ready to travel
beyond booking tickets? Is a special visa required, who do we need to apply
for them, things like that.


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen.

[Josh Boyer]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  For many Flock participants from the United States, this might be the first
>  time travelling to Europe (or outside of the US if they didn't go to FUDcon
>  Toronto). What requirements are there for people to be ready to travel
>  beyond booking tickets? Is a special visa required, who do we need to apply
>  for them, things like that. 
I don't believe a special visa is required.  I attended DevConf 2014
in Brno back in Feb and nothing outside of a US passport was required
for entry.

josh

[Haïkel]

None according wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens

Best regards,
H.

[Kushal Das]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:42 AM, H. Guémar <hguemar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  None according wikipedia.
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens
>
>  Best regards,
>  H. 
We need such list for people from India :)


Kushal
-- 
http://fedoraproject.org
http://kushaldas.in

[Marina Zhurakhinskaya]

Hi,

Sindhu Sundar, who is a GNOME contributor from India, was first denied Czech visa and then
granted one. She made a page with many resources for people applying for a visa.

http://sindhus.bitbucket.org/docs/gnome-visa/index.html

I can also share some sample invitation letters with whomever will be working on the
invitation letter. For GUADEC last year in Brno, we had one from the GNOME Foundation and
one from the local host organization.

Thanks,
Marina

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kushal Das" <kushaldas(a)gmail.com&gt;
To: "Planning discussion for Flock (Fedora Contributor Conference)"
<flock-planning(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:16:48 PM
Subject: Re: Getting Visas and such for FLOCK.

On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:42 AM, H. Guémar <hguemar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  None according wikipedia.
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens
>
>  Best regards,
>  H. 
We need such list for people from India :)


Kushal
-- 
http://fedoraproject.org
http://kushaldas.in
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[Jiri Eischmann]

Hi,
I can provide an invitation letter on the behalf of Red Hat Czech
written in Czech.
It has two advantages:
* it's issued by a legal entity that resides in the Czech Republic,
* it's written in Czech which a lot of people told us helps especially
in remote countries where fabricating an invitation letter written in
perfect Czech is not that easy, so it's more trustful.

I've issued quite a few invitation letters already. It's not an official
invitation letter according to the Czech law, though. It requires a
really cumbersome procedure to get an official letter which is approved
by the Czech Immigration Police and an unofficial letter is usually
enough.

I'd like to note that the Czech Republic is part of the Schengen area,
so if you have a valid visa issued by any country of the Schengen area
you can travel to the Czech Republic with it.

Jiri
  
Marina Zhurakhinskaya píše v St 09. 04. 2014 v 16:35 -0400:
>  Hi,
>  
>  Sindhu Sundar, who is a GNOME contributor from India, was first denied Czech visa and
> then granted one. She made a page with many resources for people applying for a visa.
>  
>  http://sindhus.bitbucket.org/docs/gnome-visa/index.html
>  
>  I can also share some sample invitation letters with whomever will be working on the
> invitation letter. For GUADEC last year in Brno, we had one from the GNOME Foundation and
> one from the local host organization.
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Marina
>  
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: "Kushal Das" <kushaldas(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  To: "Planning discussion for Flock (Fedora Contributor Conference)"
> <flock-planning(a)lists.fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 4:16:48 PM
>  Subject: Re: Getting Visas and such for FLOCK.
>  
>  On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:42 AM, H. Guémar <hguemar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
>  > None according wikipedia.
>  > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens
>  >
>  > Best regards,
>  > H.
>  We need such list for people from India :)
>  
>  
>  Kushal

[Jaroslav Reznik]

----- Original Message -----
>  
>  
>  None according wikipedia.
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens 
Or an official source
http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/index.html

With the list of countries exempt from the visa regime (+Schengen)
http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/list_of_s...

You will need visa if travelling from
http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/list_of_s...

As Jiri said - sometimes it could be easier to get the EU/Schenge visa
(closer embassy, worst relationship between your country and the Czech R.)

Jaroslav

>  Best regards,
>  H.
>  
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[S.Kemter]

Hi,

First of all its not really truth, that you can travel freely with an visa
of an Schengen country

http://is.gd/CcQERk

the first line in the visa must have written "Schengener Staaten" or
"Stati
Schengen" or "Etats Schengen" or in czech "Staty Schengenu" only
then you
can travel freely in the Schengen area. It is not often the case but it
might be stamped "D" or "F" or "E" or an "CZ"

There are some more lines you have to check, look at the line where in the
picture above is written "MULT" that is the line who actually says how
often you can enter Schengen area, if there is written an 01 or 02 you
might need a new visa. With MULT what means multiple you can go in and out,
how often you want during the time which is noted in the line above.

So in the case of our own Igor, it was only allowed for him enter 1 time,
during 6th and 26th of February the Schengen area and stay for 6 days.

So if you have an Schengen visa and want to travel with it please check it!
If you need help, just ping me


br gnokii




2014-04-10 11:28 GMT+02:00 Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik(a)redhat.com&gt;:

>  ----- Original Message -----
>  >
>  >
>  > None according wikipedia.
>  >
>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_States_citizens
>
>  Or an official source
>  http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/index.html
>
>  With the list of countries exempt from the visa regime (+Schengen)
>
>
> http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/list_of_s...
>
>  You will need visa if travelling from
>
>
> http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/list_of_s...
>
>  As Jiri said - sometimes it could be easier to get the EU/Schenge visa
>  (closer embassy, worst relationship between your country and the Czech R.)
>
>  Jaroslav
>
>  > Best regards,
>  > H.
>  >
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[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 04/09/2014 04:08 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
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>  For many Flock participants from the United States, this might be
>  the first time travelling to Europe (or outside of the US if they
>  didn't go to FUDcon Toronto). What requirements are there for
>  people to be ready to travel beyond booking tickets? Is a special
>  visa required, who do we need to apply for them, things like that.
>   
American citizens will need only a non-expired passport. I've traveled
to the Czech Republic on several occasions; all you should need to
tell them at Immigration and Passport Control is that you're in town
to attend a software conference.

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[Ruth Suehle]

Generally people know whether they require visas, which is why we ask in
the registration form if you'll need an invitation letter. We have a Red
Hat letter and have sent them many times.