General information

Depending on your nationality, you may need a visa to come to the United States.

You can check if you need to apply for a visa here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wizard.html. For attending the conference, you should select “Business or Employment” as your reason for coming to the United States.

If you need to apply for a visa, you should follow the instructions here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html/visa.

Please start preparing your visa application well in advance of your travel.

Please contact the registration chair if you have questions about the visa application process.

Information for authors

You may ask for a visa support letter before registration. Each accepted paper should have at least one author registered to be included in the program, regardless of authors receiving a visa. Papers with no authors registered in the conference will be removed from the proceedings.

Authors can obtain a visa support letter by sending an email to the Registration Chair, Mehmet Belviranli (belviranli@mines.edu), containing the following information:

  • Email title: IISWC 25 Visa Letter Request - {Full Name}
  • Content:
    • Full name as it appears on your travel documents
    • The number and title of accepted paper/poster

Non-author participants

You will receive a visa support letter automatically after registering for the conference.