Abstract
The date of an exciting overseas academic conference is approaching, and you discover that you need a visa. You have to fill out an endless form (do you really have to list every country you've visited over the past 5, or even worse 10, years?). You may need to travel to a distant town for an interview. The visa may cost as much as your airline ticket. You begin to question whether you really need to go to this conference at all. And you wonder what things are like for someone trying to get a visa to attend a conference in your own country or work in your institution.
Highlights
As Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, I hear of failed visa applications and other immigration problems in the United Kingdom and across the world
Scientists must emphasize to governments that international exchange is the best way of training future scientific leaders for the developing world
The scientific community needs international recognition to legitimize the exchange of researchers and scientific dialogue across the world
Summary
As Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, I hear of failed visa applications and other immigration problems in the United Kingdom and across the world. Martyn Poliakoff is Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society of London. THE DATE OF AN EXCITING OVERSEAS ACADEMIC CONFERENCE IS APPROACHING, AND YOU DISCOVER that you need a visa.
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