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Imagine what can happen at the US border when you invite a speaker from a foreign country…
[T]he customs agents concluded that because Microsoft was covering my flight and accommodation, I was being compensated for consulting activities. In order to enter the country, I’d need a work permit.
http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2006/01/im-an-alien-an-illegal-alien.html
P.S. I don’t expect any speakers from the academic will have this problem, or so I hope.
1:46 on January 26th, 2006
Canadian customs&immigration hassled me once over exactly this issue. Where the Canadian value of “hassled” means being asked politely to sit and wait while they tried to figure it out, and then let through.