Travel to Duluth

Most national and international airline travel to Duluth (Duluth International Airport) is by way of Minneapolis/St Paul or Detroit, Michigan. Northwest Airlines operates multiple flights daily between Minneapolis and Duluth and two direct flights between Detroit and Duluth. Driving time from Minneapolis to Duluth – for those wishing to rent a car in Minneapolis – is about 2.5 hours. Conference hotels offer free shuttle to/from the Duluth Airport. All conference hotels and venues are within easy walking distance of one another (less time than driving and parking)

Visa information - International travel to meetings in the USA

The US State Department requires citizens of many countries to obtain visas to attend a scientific meeting.

The State Department requires citizens from visa waiver program (VWP) countries to obtain visas if they do not have machine-readable passports, but a one-time waiver may be granted. For more information on these requirements, please refer to http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/tempvisitors_novisa_waiver.html.

Canadian citizens do not need a visa, but should visit http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1260.html for more information.

Security-related policies have greatly increased the processing time for visa applications as most applicants must be interviewed by US consular officers, so if you need a visa, please apply at least 3 months in advance. Some consulates may have backlogs in scheduling visa interviews. Please check the U.S. Embassy or Consulate website procedures for making an interview appointment. Embassy websites worldwide can be located at http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/embassies/embassies_1214.html. Visa wait times are available at: http://travel.his.com/visa/tempvisitors_wait.php. If the date provided for interview is not early enough for the travelers intended travel, the applicant should follow the U.S. Embassy or Consulate website procedures for the "how to" request an expedited appointment. Consular Sections recommend that all requests note the date that the applicant need to travel and contact information (local telephone number) for the applicant.

Please consult the information posted at http://www.nationalacademies.org/visas/ to see how the new requirement applies to you.

The official information on the visa application process posted by the Department of State can be accessed form http://travel.state.gov/visa.

This conference is registered with the Department of State under the acronym of Paleolim10, and the official name of the 10^th International Paleolimnology Symposium. Unfortunately, this will not expedite the visa application process, but perhaps will be of some help in successfully obtaining the visa.