[robocup-nao] [Fwd: visa application and cargo shipping]

[Michael Quinlan]

Hi,
  Could teams please have a look at the questions asked in email below.

Michael

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Subject: visa application and cargo shipping
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:36:50 +0800
From: XiaoPing Chen <xpchen at ustc.edu.cn>
Reply-To: XiaoPing Chen <xpchen at ustc.edu.cn>
To: ZhouCJ at sp.edu.sg, asad.norouzi at gmail.com, 
Luca.Iocchi at dis.uniroma1.it,	michael.quinlan at gmail.com, 
adam.jacoff at nist.gov, kamal at iiit.ac.in,	Asadi at khayam.ut.ac.ir, 
sdr at ecs.soton.ac.uk, scarpin at ucmerced.edu,	rxiong at iipc.zju.edu.cn, 
tioguerra at gmail.com,	thomas.brian.d at edumail.vic.gov.au
CC: robocup-trustee at cc.gatech.edu, office at robocup.org

Dear league chairs,

Most senior teams have completed registration. Now more attention should 
be paid
to the issues related to visa application and cargo shipping. We need 
following
information fed back from you as soon as possible.

(1) How many participants in your league got Chinese visas so far? I 
know only a
few instances now! If there are some serious problems with tourist visa
application, we have to consider issuing type 2 letters, which takes 
much longer.

(2) Are there any "new" requirements for visa application in your 
country? For
example, some consulates require faxed confirmation letters of hotel 
reservation
for issuing tourist visas now.

(3) Does DHL in your area agrees to transport robots to China? We got 
messages
that DHL in Portugal and Germany is refusing to do so.