RE: Invitation to Participate at QI2011

Dear NUR KURTULUS

RESEARCH ASSISTANT
It is my pleasure to officially invite you to participate in the Seventh International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry, to be held May 18 to 21, 2011 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign. You are scheduled to present your research paper(s) listed below:

Submitted Individual Presentation:

Prospective Teachers' Views about Teaching Experience Course: A Qualitative
Study
You are responsible for all the expenses incurred during your participation in the conference.
(If you will be joining us from outside the US, please see the attached document.)

Best regards,

Norman K. Denzin, Conference Director

The Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
Dear NUR KURTULUS
RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Submitted Individual Presentation:

Prospective Teachers' Views about Teaching Experience Course: A Qualitative
Study
You are scheduled to present the work named above during The International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry (QI2011), from 18-21 May 2011. For entry purposes, please use the letter RE:
Invitation to Participate at QI2011 as an official invitation to present at QI2011.

We wish to make your visit as easy as possible and have included the information attached to
assist you in obtaining entrance into the USA. Please understand that there are different rules and
regulations for visitors arriving from various nations. As a delegate arriving from outside the
USA, there are various regulations you should be aware of. Below we have included information
that may or may not be relevant to you. Please check with your nearest US consulate for
procedures in your territory.

Please note that we will be glad to assist you and address your inquiries wherever possible, but
ultimately the responsibility for your preparedness falls upon you personally. Also, the
information on the US Citizenship and Immigration Services web site (http://www.uscis.gov)
may be more current than what we include here. If or when information is in disagreement, please
assume the USCIS is correct.
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM

Best regards,

Norman K. Denzin, Conference Director

The Seventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry
From the U.S. State Department
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables nationals of certain countries to travel to the United
States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa. The program
was established in 1986 with the objective of eliminating unnecessary barriers to travel,
stimulating the tourism industry, and permitting the Department of State to focus consular
resources in other areas. VWP eligible travelers may apply for a visa, if they prefer to do so. Not
all countries participate in the VWP, and not all travelers from VWP countries are eligible to use
the program. VWP travelers are screened prior to admission into the United States, and they are
enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT program.

The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) enables nationals of certain countries to travel to the United
States for tourism or business for stays of 90 days or less without obtaining a visa. The program
was established in 1986 with the objective of eliminating unnecessary barriers to travel,
stimulating the tourism industry, and permitting the Department of State to focus consular
resources in other areas. VWP eligible travelers may apply for a visa, if they prefer to do so. Not
all countries participate in the VWP, and not all travelers from VWP countries are eligible to use
the program. VWP travelers are screened prior to admission into the United States, and they are
enrolled in the Department of Homeland Security's US-VISIT program.

All VWP travelers, regardless of age or type of passport used, must present individual machine
-readable passports. In addition, depending on when VWP travelers' passports were issued, other
passport requirements apply:

 Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended on or after 10/26/06 - requires

integrated chip with information from the data page ( e-Passport ).
 Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended between 10/26/05 and 10/25/06 -
requires digital photograph printed on the data page or integrated chip with information
from the data page.
 Machine-readable passports issued or renewed/extended before 10/26/05 - no further
requirements.
 Temporary, emergency, official and diplomatic passports are exempted from biometric
digital photo and chip requirements, but must be machine-readable. Note that German
temporary or emergency passports are not included in this biometric e-passport
exemption.. Therefore, holders of German temporary or emergency passports must either
obtain a valid, machine-readable regular German passport for VWP travel or apply for a
U.S. visa to travel to or through the United States.

If you are from a country that does not participate in the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, please
contact the nearest US consulate and/or visit the USCIS web site for regulations and instructions
directly relevant to your visa application.

Try to make sure that when you are going through the U.S. Customs/Immigration inspection that
the I-94 Arrival/Departure card (a small white or green card, usually stapled to the passport) is
stamped by the Immigration officer specifies B-1 or WB.

Please feel free to contact the International Faculty and Staff Affairs if you have visa questions:
+1-217-333-8226. For any other concerns or inquiries, please visit the web site of the Seventh
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (www.icqi.org) or contact me directly.