Travel & Visa
ISFC 2018 Boston
The B-1 visitor for business visa is appropriate for travel to attend a conference such as the 2018 ISFC Summer Institute and congress, as it is a professional development conference for members of the educational profession and not a full-time course of study. Participants in the conference are not eligible for a student visa. Program participants will not be engaged in full‐time study, and the program is neither offered for academic credit, nor required for completion of an academic program of study. The Summer Institute is properly classifiable as an educational convention or seminar and the B-1 visa is, therefore, appropriate for travel to attend the 2018 ISFC summer Institute and congress.
Please check the links below:
https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visitor.html
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/VisaFlyer_B1B2%20March%202015.pdf
Please apply for the visa ahead of time since processing the B-1 visitor visa may take longer than expected.
Travelers coming to the United States for tourism or business (B-1 or B-2 category visa) purposes for 90 days or less from qualified countries* may be eligible to travel without a visa if they meet the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) requirements.
Currently, 38 countries* participate in the VWP. For additional information on VWP requirements, see : https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/visit/visa-waiver-program.html
Citizen or National of VWP Designated Country
Citizens or nationals of the following countries* are currently eligible to travel to the United States under the VWP, unless citizens of one of these countries are also a national of Iraq, Iran, Syria, or Sudan.
The list below may NOT include all VWP countries. Please check the link for more information.
Andorra | Hungary | Norway |
Australia | Iceland | Portugal |
Austria | Ireland | San Marino |
Belgium | Italy | Singapore |
Brunei | Japan | Slovakia |
Chile | Latvia | Slovenia |
Czech Republic | Liechtenstein | South Korea |
Denmark | Lithuania | Spain |
Estonia | Luxembourg | Sweden |
Finland | Malta | Switzerland |
France | Monaco | Taiwan* |
Germany | Netherlands | United Kingdom** |
Greece | New Zealand |
To be eligible to travel under the VWP, British citizens must have the unrestricted right of permanent abode in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
Each Traveler Must Have Authorization Under ESTA
In order to travel without a visa on the VWP, you must have authorization through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) prior to boarding a U.S. bound air or sea carrier. ESTA is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) automated web-based system to determine eligibility to travel without a visa to the United States for tourism or business. Visit the ESTA webpage on the CBP website for more information.