Subject: Re: three postings From: Nora Ganter Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 15:29:19 -0500 (CDT) To: Don Davis If you read carefully what Matt forwarded, you will see that it agrees with Stefan's information. It is true that it is easier to get reimbursed if you are visiting from abroad, but I believe that the visitor needs to make sure to get a business visa waiver (WB) rather than a tourist one, when he enters the country. She might need a letter of invitation explaining this. I am not 100% sure, but I believe that on an F-1 visa it is legal to get reimbursed for such a trip by your home university. >> >> From: Stephan Stolz >> Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 09:16:09 -0500 >> >> > From: Robert Bruner >> > Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 08:45:12 -0400 (EDT) >> > >> > Can the reimbursement problem be avoided simly by paying for things >> > directly, so that the student never pays a bill and does not need >> > reimbursement? This would be feasible for accomodations, but would >> > be rather hard for travel. >> > >> >> This is in response to Bob Bruner's suggestion. Sounds very reasonable >> to me and so I was chagrined to hear that it doesn't work this way >> (at least not according to the rules my department operates under), >> when I recently invited a foreign graduate student studying at a US >> University to give a seminar talk at Notre Dame. Ironically it would >> be no problem to reimburse expenses if this same person were studying >> at a University outside the country... >> >> Stephan Stolz