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Information on visa assistance for LCWS08 As indicated on the LCWS08 website (http://www.linearcollider.org/lcws08/visa_info.html), LCWS08 is registered with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). This means that NAS can make inquiries into visa applications if there are problems or it is taking too long. For reference, the National Academies' International Visitors Office phone number is (202-334-2339). All persons applying for a visa to LCWS08 should fill out the visa questionnaire: http://nrc58.nas.edu/pgasurvey/Quask/HTML/Visas/visa.htm ...do this now...don't wait for a problem! After about 1 week, you will get a response by email. The form goes directly to the US State Department, which eneters it in a database that the National Academies can view after about 5 days. Once you show up in the database, we will be able to ask about the progress of your visa application. They also told me that by leaving a copy of your passports with a US embassy (rather than the passport itself) will result in only a very short (3 or 4 day) lengthening of the process...they will only need the passport back to put the visa in it. Cheers, Mark Oreglia =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Mark Oreglia Professor, Dept. of Physics The University of Chicago, The Enrico Fermi Institute The University of Chicago | [log in to unmask] 5640 S. Ellis Av | Tel: (773) 702-7446 Chicago, IL 60637-1433 | Fax: (773) 702-1914 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-