The International Visitors Office (IVO) of the National Academies of the USA has launched a new Website to provide information on visas for visiting scientists and scholars and advice for organizers of international scientific meetings in the United States.

This site includes a questionnaire through which scientists, engineers, medical professionals, and scholars can report their difficulties with the visa process. The questionnaire is used by the IVO to collect statistical data, and, in some cases, to assist with the visa process.

The IVO maintains a list of international scientific meetings held in the United States. It shares this list with the Department of State on a regular basis to help validate a visa applicant's purpose for visiting the United States. To register your meeting, send the IVO (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) the following details: meeting name, location, date, and Website link. The IVO site also has guidelines for organizing international scientific meetings in the United States.