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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by detaro on Saturday December 08, 2018 @06:56AM (#18634843)
On the other hand, there's a bunch of stories about people traveling to present something at a conference getting into trouble because that the border guard said it needs a business visa of some kind. That's maybe different kind of work, but also something one would think not that important.
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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by ghaff on Saturday December 08, 2018 @08:55AM (#18635198)
Because that’s clearly business, especially if you’re being paid or sponsored. If you get a specifically tourist visa and then admit to being in the country on business there’s probably going to be an issue.

If you're, say, a US citizen visas aren't required in a lot of cases and visas on arrival often don't distinguish between business and tourism.

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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by isostatic on Sunday December 09, 2018 @06:08AM (#18640307)
ESTAs do differentiate between business and tourism. “WB” or “WT”.
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Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ... by xkcd-sucks on Saturday December 08, 2018 @03:08PM (#18637240)
Well yeah border guards are human and display the full range of human behavior
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