{"id":201,"date":"2017-04-12T22:13:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press3.mcs.anl.gov\/ics2017\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2017-04-12T22:13:52","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T22:13:52","slug":"travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>United States Travel and Visa Information<\/b><br \/>\nConference attendees from outside the United States are urged to begin their visa application early. The waiting time can be long and varies from country to country. The following sites ( <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/visas\/en.html\">link1<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/travel.state.gov\/\">link2<\/a> ) have information about obtaining a visa for those traveling to the United States. Both sites have links to websites for U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide. The embassy and consulate websites have very helpful information about procedures, timelines, communities served, required documentation, and fees.<br \/>\nInternational registrants should be particularly aware and careful about visa requirements, and should plan travel well in advance. All visa inquiries must be handled by ACM HQ. Please send your request for a letter in support of a visa application to <a href=\"mailto:supportletters@acm.org\">supportletters@acm.org<\/a> with the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Your name as it appears on your passport<\/li>\n<li>Current postal mailing address<\/li>\n<li>The name of the conference you wish to attend<\/li>\n<li>Your Registration Confirmation Number<\/li>\n<li>If you have any papers accepted for the conference, please provide the title and indicate whether you are the \u2018sole author\u2019 or a \u2018co- author\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Please note visa support letters are issued via email by PDF and the original is mailed to your current postal address.<br \/>\nPlease note that the Association for Computing Machinery does not issue formal invitation letters for visas to attend ACM sponsored conferences. For more information, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acm.org\/special-interest-groups\/volunteer-resources\/conference-manual\/visa-support-letters\">the ACM web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States Travel and Visa Information Conference attendees from outside the United States are urged to begin their visa application early. The waiting time can be long and varies from country to country. The following sites ( link1 and link2 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/travel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.cels.anl.gov\/ics2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}