On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 1:42 AM, H. Guémar hguemar@fedoraproject.org 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

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@gmail.com To: "Planning discussion for Flock (Fedora Contributor Conference)" flock-planning@lists.fedoraproject.org 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@fedoraproject.org wrote:

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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

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@redhat.com:

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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_stat...

You will need visa if travelling from

http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/list_of_stat...

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

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Best regards, H.

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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.