Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Louis-Philippe VĂ©ronneau
> I could only find one sentence about visas[1] on the web site You can find more informations about visas on our website here [1] and on the wiki [2]. [1]: https://debconf17.debconf.org/about/visiting-montreal/ [2]: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf17/Visa -- pollo signature.asc Descrip

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 02/05/17 18:02, Carl Karsten wrote: > I have plenty of fist hand experience with Canadian boarder guards. > > Summary: The less you say the better. You are attending a Linux > conference. the end. > > You are not "working" with or for it or anything that might sound like > work. "volun

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Carl Karsten
I have plenty of fist hand experience with Canadian boarder guards. Summary: The less you say the better. You are attending a Linux conference. the end. You are not "working" with or for it or anything that might sound like work. "volunteering" is work. If you hint that you might help out t

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Jonathan Carter (highvoltage)
On 02/05/2017 09:58, Daniel Pocock wrote: > I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the > news, an Australian, no evidence of a criminal record or anything, > unable to enter Canada due to an outbreak of bureaucracy. Well, he overstayed his US visa, even if it was just by a

Re: [Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 02/05/17 12:45, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote: > On 02/05/2017 09:58, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the >> news, an Australian, no evidence of a criminal record or anything, >> unable to enter Canada due to an outbreak of bureaucr

[Debconf-team] Canadian border problems

2017-05-02 Thread Daniel Pocock
I couldn't believe it when I saw this[1] but it is appearing in the news, an Australian, no evidence of a criminal record or anything, unable to enter Canada due to an outbreak of bureaucracy. I'm not suggesting anybody should give money to this cause, but it makes me wonder if Australians are h