International Visitors

All international visitors from countries that do NOT participate in the VWP, are responsible for arranging a B-1 Tourist Visa. In order to receive a B-1 Visa, you'll need a personalized invitation letter from Virginia Tech. 

This process will take at least two weeks, so be sure to follow all directions, as outlined below, as early as possible. We recommend that you send us these items as soon as you've completed registration for the conference.

1. Download the "IAPRI Attendee Compliance Form" linked below, fill it out completely, save it in PDF format, named as follows: "Smith.John.IAPRI.Attendee.Compliance.Form.pdf" (LastName.FirstName.Proper.Form.Name).
2. Be sure your personal CV is saved in PDF format, named as follows: "Smith.John.CV" (LastName.FirstName.CV).
3. Email both of these documents together to IAPRI2025Roanoke@vt.edu with the subject line of: "IAPRI 2025 Compliance Form and CV - Last Name." Any emails without the proper subject line will be assumed to be SPAM and may be deleted without processing.

Once these items are emailed to us, named correctly, with all required information, we will submit them to Virginia Tech for approval. Once your visit to the USA is approved by Virginia Tech, we will personalize and fill out an "Invitation Letter for International Visitors" and send it to you. 

International attendees of the 32nd IAPRI Member's Conference in Roanoke Virginia will need this personalized invitation letter in order to receive a B-1 Tourist Visa. 

AGAIN, the Virginia Tech approval process will take at least two weeks from the date you send in all of the correct paperwork, so be sure to turn in your Compliance Form and CV early in order to avoid paperwork causing travel delays or issues. 

We cannot submit improperly named or incomplete forms! Any items that are turned in, without properly following all three steps above, will not be processed and may be deleted without notice to you, so be sure everything is correctly named, fully completed, and in the proper format before submitting.