IPSN2008 Visa Issues and Letters of Invitation

A Message from ACM:

The sites http://www.unitedstatesvisas.gov  & http://travel.state.gov  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. International registrants should be particularly aware and careful about visa requirements, and should plan travel well in advance.

If you need a letter in support of a visa application, please send your request to Ashley Cozzi (acozzi@acm.org), and include your name, mailing address, and fax number, as well as the name of the conference you are attending. (Authors of papers/posters should also include the title). Please note that ACM does not issue formal "letters of invitation" to any of its conferences. All visa inquiries must be handled by ACM HQ.

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Letters of Invitation

If you are an AUTHOR of an accepted paper (regular or workshop), poster, demo, tutorial, or competition and need a letter of invitation for a visa to enter the United States, please follow the following steps:

1. Fill out the following letter with your data. This is the letter that you request to be sent to you:

 
FAX: (put your fax number here)
ADDRESS: (put your address here) 
 
Dear (Put your name here),
 
My name is William J. Kaiser and I am a Professor in the Department
of Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, 
CA, USA. I am also serving as the General Chair for the International 
Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'2008), 
an academic conference sponsored by ACM and IEEE 
(http://ipsn.acm.org/2008/). 
 
Congratulations on getting your paper, "(Put your paper title here)".
accepted in (Put your conference or workshop name here). This conference will 
be held from April 22 to April 24, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. We would like 
to invite you to attend the conference and present your work. My phone number
is 00 +1 310.593.1967 and my e-mail address is kaiser @ ee . ucla . edu in case
you have any questions.
 
Sincerely,

2. E-mail the filled-out form in PURE TEXT to kaiser @ ee . ucla . edu.

Please do not forget to include your fax number. The invitation letter will be faxed to you on official letterhead once your information is verified. If you do not indicate a fax number the invitation will be sent by return e-mail.

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If you are a NOT AN AUTHOR of an accepted paper and would like a letter of invitation for whatever reason, please follow the following steps:

1. Fill out this form letter with your data. This is the letter that you request to be sent to you:

 
FAX: (put your fax number here)
ADDRESS: (put your address here) 
 
Dear (Put your name here),
 
My name is William J. Kaiser and I am a Professor in the Department
of Electrical Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles, 
CA, USA. I am also serving as the General Chair for the International 
Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN'2008), 
an academic conference sponsored by ACM and IEEE 
(http://ipsn.acm.org/2008/). 
 
We are very pleased that you wish to attend the IPSN'2007 conference, which 
is of public registration. Please refer to the website, which has all 
the details. This conference will be held from April 22 to April 24, 2008
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. We hope that you attend the symposium and have 
a good time in St. Louis. My phone number is 00 +1 310.593.1967 and my
e-mail address is kaiser @ ee . ucla . edu in case you have any questions.
 
Sincerely,
 

2. E-mail the filled-out form in PURE TEXT to kaiser @ ee . ucla . edu.

Please do not forget to include your fax number. The invitation letter will be faxed to you on official letterhead once your information is verified. If you do not indicate a fax number the invitation will be sent by return e-mail.