{"id":9900,"date":"2025-10-16T18:37:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/?page_id=9900"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T13:56:07","slug":"visa-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/dgo-2026\/registration\/visa-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Visa Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align:right;\">27th Annual International Conference&nbsp;<br>on Digital Government Research<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align:right;\">Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation<\/h3>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align:left;\">University of Nebraska at Omaha<br>&nbsp;Omaha, Nebraska, USA&nbsp;<strong><br>June 01-04, 2026\n<\/strong><\/h3>{&#8220;title&#8221;:&#8221;&#8221;,&#8221;nav_menu&#8221;:&#8221;140&#8243;}{&#8220;title&#8221;:&#8221;&#8221;,&#8221;content&#8221;:&#8221;<style>\\r\\n.entry-content ul,\\r\\n.page ul,\\r\\n.post-content ul {\\r\\n    display: flex;\\r\\n    flex-wrap: wrap; 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font-family: Jost; color: #182138; border-bottom: 2px solid #146ef5; display: inline-block;\">VISITOR VISAS (B-2):<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/tourism-visit\/visitor.html\"> B-2 Visa (Tourist Visitor)<\/a> is the other option for attending the conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:medium;\">We recommend starting your application process as soon as possible, as interview wait times vary by location.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Jost; color: #182138; border-bottom: 2px solid #146ef5; display: inline-block;\">VISA WAIVER PROGRAM (VWP) AND ESTA:<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-size:medium;\">If you are a citizen of a VWP-participating country, you may travel without a visa provided you have a valid <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/tourism-visit\/visa-waiver-program.html\"> Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) <\/a> approval.<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size:medium;\">Designated VWP countries (as of March 11, 2026): Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom.<\/span>\n<p style=\"font-size: large; font-family: Jost; color: #182138; border-bottom: 2px solid #146ef5; display: inline-block;\">RESTRICTIONS ON VWP\/ESTA ELIGIBILITY:<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-size:medium;\">Under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, travelers in the following categories must obtain a visa prior to traveling to the United States as they are no longer eligible to travel under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP):<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><p style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n  <span style=\"color: #6b7489;\">\u25cf<\/span> Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, or Yemen on or after March 1, 2011 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country<br><br><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0;\">\n  <span style=\"color: #6b7489;\">\u25cf<\/span> Nationals of VWP countries who have traveled to or been present in Cuba on or after January 12, 2021 (with limited exceptions for travel for diplomatic or military purposes in the service of a VWP country)<br><br><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin: 0; 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We will send you a letter as soon as possible.<\/span>\n<span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><p>If you have any issues or questions regarding the invitation letter, please reach out to andrewdburk@gmail.com.<\/p><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"27th Annual International Conference&nbsp;on Digital Government Research Collaborative Digital Transformation for Public Value Creation University of Nebraska at Omaha&nbsp;Omaha, Nebraska, USA&nbsp;June 01-04, 2026 {\"title\":\"\",\"nav_menu\":\"140\"} {\"title\":\"\",\"content\":\"\\r\\n.entry-content ul,\\r\\n.page ul,\\r\\n.post-content ul {\\r\\n display: flex;\\r\\n flex-wrap: wrap; \/* allow wrapping on small screens *\/\\r\\n \/* space between items *\/\\r\\n list-style: none; \/* remove bullets *\/\\r\\n margin: 0;\\r\\n padding: 0;\\r\\n}\\r\\n\\r\\n.entry-content [...]","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":0,"parent":9895,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","iawp_total_views":356,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9900"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10522,"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9900\/revisions\/10522"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dgsociety.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}