I think it depends completely on the nationality of the speaker. My wife brought in a speaker from Russia for two events that she organized and each time had to go through extensive paperwork with the INS and obtain a special visa. Dr. Kenneth Wayne, Curator Albright-Knox Art Gallery 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14222 Direct tel: (716) 270-8244 Fax: (716) 882-1958 [log in to unmask] www.albrightknox.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Ciotola, Nicholas P. [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 9:28 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: honoraria to foreign speakers > > All: > > Does anyone have any experience with providing an honorarium payment > (totaling no more than several thousand dollars) to a museum speaker who > is > a citizen of another country? Does the speaker need to have a working visa > or can he or she be paid simply as a visitor to the U.S., i.e. the visa > process avoided completely. > > Obviously, INS is the place to contact, but I wonder if anyone has any > specific experience in this area. The red tape for getting a visa is such > that I hope a simpler solution is available. > > Respond on or off list - [log in to unmask] > > Thank you, > > Nicholas P. Ciotola > Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).