Scott Meyers will deliver a keynote talk at DConf 2014

Adam Wilson flyboynw at gmail.com
Wed Feb 5 12:14:50 PST 2014


On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:19:45 -0800, MattCoder  
<somekindofmonster at email.com.br> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 08:41:15 UTC, Mengu wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 22:07:05 UTC, MattCoder wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 20:53:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 2/4/14, 12:34 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> In wake of this announcement, we decided to keep registration opened  
>>>> at pre-registration costs until we publish a program. Register now!
>>>>
>>>> http://dconf.org
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>
>>> Question: I want to participate, but I am from another country,
>>> then I need to get my passport first, but in case it is denied
>>> (It happens sometimes) can I have a refund?
>>>
>>> Matheus.
>>
>> where do you live?
>>
>> you need a valid passport to travel but you actually need a visa to  
>> enter the US, if your country is not a member of the visa waiver  
>> program. [0]
>>
>> [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Waiver_Program
>
> I'm from Brazil, and for what I read I don't think that applies
> to us.
>
> Matheus.

It is true that the VWP does not apply to Brazil. But according to the  
list lower down on that page the State Department only refuses 3.5% of  
requests from Brazil so I imagine that it would be fairly easy to get one.  
The type of visa you will specifically need is a B1 visa.

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